How many students at MSU? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 52,089 students have enrolled in Michigan State University with 41,234 undergraduate and 10,855 graduate students.
By gender, 24,439 male and 27,650 female students are attending the school.
It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (34,856 students on average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
2,681 students are enrolled exclusively, and 24,643 students are enrolled in some online courses.
You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.
Michigan State University has a total of 52,089 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 41,234 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 10,855 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 24,439 male and 27,650 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school.
| Total | Undergraduate | Graduate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 52,089 | 41,234 | 10,855 |
| Men | 24,439 | 19,921 | 4,518 |
| Women | 27,650 | 21,313 | 6,337 |
By race/ethnicity, 33,416 White, 3,364 Black, and 4,087 Asian students out of a total of 52,089 are attending at Michigan State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).
Michigan State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 57.2% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Native American | 144 | 64 | 80 |
| Asian | 4,087 | 1,998 | 2,089 |
| Black | 3,364 | 1,349 | 2,015 |
| Hispanic | 3,477 | 1,527 | 1,950 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 32 | 20 | 12 |
| White | 33,416 | 15,351 | 18,065 |
| Two or more races | 2,158 | 985 | 1,173 |
| Race Unknown | 992 | 520 | 472 |
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Native American | 112 | 54 | 58 |
| Asian | 3,260 | 1,682 | 1,578 |
| Black | 2,730 | 1,138 | 1,592 |
| Hispanic | 2,766 | 1,258 | 1,508 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 29 | 19 | 10 |
| White | 27,569 | 13,068 | 14,501 |
| Two or more races | 1,826 | 866 | 960 |
| Race Unknown | 760 | 404 | 356 |
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Native American | 32 | 10 | 22 |
| Asian | 827 | 316 | 511 |
| Black | 634 | 211 | 423 |
| Hispanic | 711 | 269 | 442 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| White | 5,847 | 2,283 | 3,564 |
| Two or more races | 332 | 119 | 213 |
| Race Unknown | 232 | 116 | 116 |
By age, MSU has 1,034 students under 18 years old and 11 students over 65 years old. There are 43,775 students under 25 years old, and 8,314 students over 25 years old out of 52,089 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 1,034 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. MSU has 40,448 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 786 students aged 25 and over.
It has 3,327 graduate students aged under 25 and 7,528 students aged 25 and over.
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 1,034 | 636 | 398 |
| 18-19 | 17,864 | 9,578 | 8,286 |
| 20-21 | 17,684 | 9,218 | 8,466 |
| 22-24 | 7,193 | 3,630 | 3,563 |
| 25-29 | 4,780 | 2,578 | 2,202 |
| 30-34 | 1,746 | 948 | 798 |
| 35-39 | 786 | 452 | 334 |
| 40-49 | 758 | 461 | 297 |
| 50-64 | 233 | 145 | 88 |
| Over 65 | 11 | 4 | 7 |
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 1,034 | 636 | 398 |
| 18-19 | 17,859 | 9,574 | 8,285 |
| 20-21 | 17,481 | 9,079 | 8,402 |
| 22-24 | 4,074 | 1,674 | 2,400 |
| 25-29 | 491 | 196 | 295 |
| 30-34 | 149 | 77 | 72 |
| 35-39 | 58 | 30 | 28 |
| 40-49 | 59 | 33 | 26 |
| 50-64 | 28 | 14 | 14 |
| Over 65 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18-19 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 20-21 | 203 | 139 | 64 |
| 22-24 | 3,119 | 1,956 | 1,163 |
| 25-29 | 4,289 | 2,382 | 1,907 |
| 30-34 | 1,597 | 871 | 726 |
| 35-39 | 728 | 422 | 306 |
| 40-49 | 699 | 428 | 271 |
| 50-64 | 205 | 131 | 74 |
| Over 65 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Michigan State University, 2,681 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 24,643 students are enrolled in some online courses.
1,746 students who live in Michigan or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 935 students live in another State or outside of the United States.
| All Students | Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses | Enrolled in Some Online Courses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Students | 52,089 | 2,681 | 24,643 |
| Undergraduate | 41,234 | 439 | 23,373 |
| Graduate | 10,855 | 2,242 | 1,270 |
| Michigan Residents | Other States in U.S. | Outside of U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Students | 1,746 | 861 | 74 |
| Undergraduate | 394 | 41 | 4 |
| Graduate | 1,352 | 820 | 70 |
Among 41,234 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,326 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.22%.1,217 students have transferred in as full-time status and 109 students transferred in as part-time status.
| Number of Students | |
|---|---|
| Regular Full-time | 37,329 |
| Transfer-in Full-time | 1,217 |
| Regular Part-time | 2,579 |
| Transfer-in Part-time | 109 |
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