Student Population at Metropolitan State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
6,294	5,488	806

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 6,294 students have enrolled in Metropolitan State University with 5,488 undergraduate and 806 graduate students.

By gender, 2,617 male and 3,677 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (4,749 students in average - public Master's College and University (medium programs)).

3,637 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,785 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

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Student Population by Gender

Metropolitan State University has a total of 6,294 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 5,488 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 806 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,617 male and 3,677 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,294	5,488	806
Men	2,617	2,282	335
Women	3,677	3,206	471

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,584 White, 1,751 Black, and 994 Asian students out of a total of 6,294 are attending at Metropolitan State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	34	14	20
Asian	994	411	583
Black	1,751	741	1,010
Hispanic	439	165	274
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	2,584	1,079	1,505
Two or more races	236	87	149
Race Unknown	67	29	38

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	29	13	16
Asian	905	374	531
Black	1,597	661	936
Hispanic	404	150	254
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	2,150	919	1,231
Two or more races	211	77	134
Race Unknown	55	26	29

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	6	4	2
Asian	157	61	96
Black	369	156	213
Hispanic	92	35	57
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	0	0	0
White	474	209	265
Two or more races	50	19	31
Race Unknown	3	0	3

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Metropolitan State University, 3,637 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,785 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,507 students lived in Minnesota or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 130 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	6,294	3,637	1,785
Undergraduate	5,488	3,240	1,560
Graduate	806	397	225

Online Student Population by Locality
	Minnesota Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	3,507	129	1
Undergraduate	3,138	101	1
Graduate	369	28	0

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,488 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,182 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 21.54%.630 students have transferred in as full-time status and 552 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	1,853
Transfer-in Full-time	630
Regular Part-time	2,453
Transfer-in Part-time	552