Student Population at Adams State

By race/ethnicity, 1,536 White, 188 Black, and 56 Asian students out of a total of 2,901 are attending at Adams State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Adams State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 64.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

By age, Adams State has 280 students under 18 years old and 9 students over 65 years old. There are 1,404 students under 25 years old, and 1,497 students over 25 years old out of 2,901 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 280 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. Adams State has 1,264 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 341 students aged 25 and over.

It has 140 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,156 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 Adams State University, 1,544 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 412 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,057 students who live in Colorado or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 487 students live in another State or outside of the United States.