Student Population at Murray State

By race/ethnicity, 7,468 White, 574 Black, and 83 Asian students out of a total of 10,020 are attending at Murray State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Murray State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 43.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

By age, Murray State has 1,008 students under 18 years old and 32 students over 65 years old. There are 8,065 students under 25 years old, and 1,955 students over 25 years old out of 10,020 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,007 students are younger than 18 and 19 students are older than 65. Murray State has 7,171 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 680 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at Murray State, 1 students are younger than 18 and 13 students are older than 65. It has 894 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,275 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 Murray State University, 1,796 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,286 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,169 students who live in Kentucky or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 627 students live in another State or outside of the United States.