Student Population at Minnesota State University-Mankato

How many students at Minnesota State University-Mankato? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 15,271 students have enrolled in Minnesota State University-Mankato with 13,433 undergraduate and 1,838 graduate students.

By gender, 6,476 male and 8,795 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

2,748 students are enrolled exclusively, and 6,992 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Minnesota State University-Mankato has a total of 15,271 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 13,433 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,838 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,476 male and 8,795 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total15,27113,4331,838
Men6,4765,918558
Women8,7957,5151,280

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 10,819 White, 900 Black, and 479 Asian students out of a total of 15,271 are attending at Minnesota State University-Mankato. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Minnesota State University-Mankato is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 48.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American511338
Asian479213266
Black900412488
Hispanic925369556
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders541
White10,8194,4316,388
Two or more races541225316
Race Unknown19982117
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American401030
Asian408191217
Black790365425
Hispanic839335504
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders330
White9,5634,1155,448
Two or more races498215283
Race Unknown1667294
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1138
Asian712249
Black1104763
Hispanic863452
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders211
White1,256316940
Two or more races431033
Race Unknown331023

Student Age Distribution

By age, Minnesota State University-Mankato has 1,285 students under 18 years old and 15 students over 65 years old. There are 11,959 students under 25 years old, and 2,687 students over 25 years old out of 14,709 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,285 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Minnesota State University-Mankato has 11,430 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,406 students aged 25 and over.

It has 529 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,281 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181,285883402
18-194,2302,4321,798
20-213,9212,1311,790
22-242,5231,2351,288
25-291,113625488
30-34517352165
35-39367265102
40-49490368122
50-6418514540
Over 651569
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181,285883402
18-194,2302,4321,798
20-213,8802,0941,786
22-242,0359161,119
25-29649324325
30-3427418490
35-3919914257
40-4921016050
50-64715615
Over 65303
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2141374
22-24488319169
25-29464301163
30-3424316875
35-3916812345
40-4928020872
50-641148925
Over 651266

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Minnesota State University-Mankato, 2,748 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,992 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,433 students who live in Minnesota or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 315 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students15,2712,7486,992
Undergraduate13,4331,8016,645
Graduate1,838947347
Online Student Population by Locality
Minnesota ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,4333150
Undergraduate1,5852160
Graduate848990

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 13,433 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,209 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.00%.851 students have transferred in as full-time status and 358 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time9,316
Transfer-in Full-time851
Regular Part-time2,908
Transfer-in Part-time358

Minnesota State University-Mankato Enrollment Frequently Asked Questions

For the academic year 2024-2025, 15,271 students are enrolled at Minnesota State University-Mankato.
13,433 undergraduate and 1,838 graduate students are enrolled at Minnesota State University-Mankato.
6,476 male (42.41%) and 8,795 female (57.59%) students are attending Minnesota State University-Mankato.
1,352 international students (8.85%) are enrolled at Minnesota State University-Mankato, including 1,126 undergraduate and 226 graduate students.
Minnesota State University-Mankato has a student population that is predominantly White: 10,819 White (70.85%), 900 Black (5.89%), and 479 Asian (3.14%) students are enrolled.
1,285 students are under 18 and 15 students are over 65 years old.
2,748 students are enrolled exclusively online, and 6,992 students take some online courses.

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