Student Population at Arkansas State

By race/ethnicity, 10,015 White, 2,581 Black, and 222 Asian students out of a total of 15,726 are attending at Arkansas State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Arkansas State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 56.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

By age, Arkansas State has 813 students under 18 years old and 49 students over 65 years old. There are 8,729 students under 25 years old, and 6,997 students over 25 years old out of 15,726 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 813 students are younger than 18 and 21 students are older than 65. Arkansas State has 7,814 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,171 students aged 25 and over.

It has 915 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,826 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Arkansas State University, 7,752 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,350 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,252 students who live in Arkansas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,500 students live in another State or outside of the United States.