Student Population at Henderson State

By race/ethnicity, 1,143 White, 670 Black, and 18 Asian students out of a total of 2,055 are attending at Henderson State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Henderson State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 58.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

By age, Henderson State has 18 students under 18 years old and 8 students over 65 years old. There are 1,425 students under 25 years old, and 630 students over 25 years old out of 2,055 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 18 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Henderson State has 1,281 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 180 students aged 25 and over.

It has 144 graduate students aged under 25 and 450 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 Henderson State University, 690 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,169 students are enrolled in some online courses.

602 students who live in Arkansas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 88 students live in another State or outside of the United States.