Enrollment Trends at Jackson State

The student population at Jackson State University is 6,906 (4,927 undergraduate and 1,979 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,913 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Jackson State is 71.34% which is decreased by 1,748 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 165 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.99 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,865 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 190.57% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,255 where 6,906 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.34% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.66% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,748 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 165 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.99 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Jackson State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Jackson State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,819	6,675	2,510	4,165	2,144	610	1,534
2013-14	9,134 315	6,903 228	2,566 56	4,337 172	2,231 87	638 28	1,593 59
2014-15	9,508 374	7,199 296	2,691 125	4,508 171	2,309 78	672 34	1,637 44
2015-16	9,802 294	7,475 276	2,746 55	4,729 221	2,327 18	667 -5	1,660 23
2016-17	9,811 9	7,492 17	2,753 7	4,739 10	2,319 -8	607 -60	1,712 52
2017-18	8,558 -1,253	6,500 -992	2,376 -377	4,124 -615	2,058 -261	534 -73	1,524 -188
2018-19	7,250 -1,308	5,331 -1,169	1,914 -462	3,417 -707	1,919 -139	473 -61	1,446 -78
2019-20	7,020 -230	5,152 -179	1,813 -101	3,339 -78	1,868 -51	461 -12	1,407 -39
2020-21	6,921 -99	4,668 -484	1,607 -206	3,061 -278	2,253 385	518 57	1,735 328
2021-22	7,080 159	4,763 95	1,670 63	3,093 32	2,317 64	566 48	1,751 16
2022-23	6,906 -174	4,927 164	1,800 130	3,127 34	1,979 -338	507 -59	1,472 -279
Average	8,255	6,099	2,222	3,876	2,157	568	1,588

Jackson State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,099 where 4,927 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Jackson State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,675	5,506	2,224	3,282	1,169	286	883
2013-14	6,903	5,812	2,304	3,508	1,091	262	829
2014-15	7,199	5,959	2,360	3,599	1,240	331	909
2015-16	7,475	6,678	2,495	4,183	797	251	546
2016-17	7,492	6,507	2,367	4,140	985	386	599
2017-18	6,500	5,935	2,183	3,752	565	193	372
2018-19	5,331	4,840	1,757	3,083	491	157	334
2019-20	5,152	4,126	1,570	2,556	1,026	243	783
2020-21	4,668	4,171	1,462	2,709	497	145	352
2021-22	4,763	4,046	1,423	2,623	717	247	470
2022-23	4,927	4,316	1,602	2,714	611	198	413
Average	6,099	6,099	1,977	3,286	6,099	245	590

Jackson State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,157 where 1,979 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Jackson State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,144	797	244	553	1,347	366	981
2013-14	2,231	853	260	593	1,378	378	1,000
2014-15	2,309	860	271	589	1,449	401	1,048
2015-16	2,327	870	261	609	1,457	406	1,051
2016-17	2,319	828	211	617	1,491	396	1,095
2017-18	2,058	813	217	596	1,245	317	928
2018-19	1,919	738	175	563	1,181	298	883
2019-20	1,868	610	163	447	1,258	298	960
2020-21	2,253	936	220	716	1,317	298	1,019
2021-22	2,317	870	208	662	1,447	358	1,089
2022-23	1,979	840	230	610	1,139	277	862
Average	2,157	2,157	224	596	2,157	345	992

Jackson State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.64% and the percentage of black students is 92.70% at Jackson State University. 0.30% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Jackson State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	29	82	7,970	48	1	606	83
2013-14	36	99	8,239	60	1	588	111
2014-15	39	43	8,491	38	1	524	96
2015-16	31	42	8,772	44	1	517	106
2016-17	27	28	8,794	61	1	468	100
2017-18	24	21	7,628	61	1	401	106
2018-19	18	16	6,504	50	0	331	92
2019-20	20	18	6,338	61	0	271	81
2020-21	28	25	6,228	58	1	298	76
2021-22	19	29	6,551	38	7	200	49
2022-23	19	21	6,402	22	10	182	47
Average	26	39	7,447	49	2	399	86

Jackson State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,865 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 42% of total students. The number of online students has increased 190.57% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Jackson State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,508	986	3,180	5,342
2015-16	9,802	1,266	3,343	5,193
2016-17	9,811	1,500	3,425	4,886
2017-18	8,558	1,411	3,441	3,706
2018-19	7,250	1,394	3,090	2,766
2019-20	7,020	1,420	2,866	2,734
2020-21	6,921	2,653	3,033	1,235
2021-22	7,080	3,195	3,143	742
2022-23	6,906	2,865	3,404	637
Average	8,095	1,854	3,214	3,027

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