Student Population at Austin Peay State

By race/ethnicity, 5,582 White, 2,014 Black, and 192 Asian students out of a total of 10,439 are attending at Austin Peay State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Austin Peay State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 65.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

By age, Austin Peay State has 1,439 students under 18 years old and 19 students over 65 years old. There are 7,178 students under 25 years old, and 3,261 students over 25 years old out of 10,439 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,439 students are younger than 18 and 12 students are older than 65. Austin Peay State has 6,854 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,072 students aged 25 and over.

It has 324 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,189 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 Austin Peay State University, 2,718 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,403 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,245 students who live in Tennessee or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 473 students live in another State or outside of the United States.