Student Population at Appalachian State

By race/ethnicity, 16,911 White, 760 Black, and 360 Asian students out of a total of 21,570 are attending at Appalachian State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Appalachian State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 37.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

By age, Appalachian State has 266 students under 18 years old and 8 students over 65 years old. There are 19,005 students under 25 years old, and 2,565 students over 25 years old out of 21,570 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 266 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. Appalachian State has 18,162 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,398 students aged 25 and over.

It has 843 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,167 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 Appalachian State University, 2,551 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,977 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,466 students who live in North Carolina or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 85 students live in another State or outside of the United States.