Student Population at Morehead State

By race/ethnicity, 7,009 White, 275 Black, and 81 Asian students out of a total of 8,791 are attending at Morehead State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Morehead State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 35.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

By age, Morehead State has 2,717 students under 18 years old and 28 students over 65 years old. There are 7,794 students under 25 years old, and 997 students over 25 years old out of 8,791 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 2,717 students are younger than 18 and 23 students are older than 65. Morehead State has 7,675 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 583 students aged 25 and over.

It has 119 graduate students aged under 25 and 414 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 Morehead State University, 1,107 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,391 students are enrolled in some online courses.

991 students who live in Kentucky or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 116 students live in another State or outside of the United States.