Student Population at Delta State

By race/ethnicity, 1,250 White, 1,115 Black, and 16 Asian students out of a total of 2,654 are attending at Delta State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Delta State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 60% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

By age, Delta State has 222 students under 18 years old and 15 students over 65 years old. There are 1,751 students under 25 years old, and 903 students over 25 years old out of 2,654 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 222 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. Delta State has 1,594 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 282 students aged 25 and over.

It has 157 graduate students aged under 25 and 621 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 Delta State University, 932 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,213 students are enrolled in some online courses.

767 students who live in Mississippi or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 165 students live in another State or outside of the United States.