Enrollment Trends at Jackson State

The student population at Jackson State University is 6,326 (4,650 undergraduate and 1,676 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,476 (35.46%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Jackson State is 73.51% which is decreased by 2,825 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 651 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, down from 53 in 2015.
2,221 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 75.43% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,624 where 6,326 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 9,811 students in 2017 and was lowest at 6,326 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 9,802 to 6,326 students, a net loss of 3,476 (35.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Jackson State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,802	7,475	2,746	4,729	2,327	667	1,660
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
2023-24	6,564 -342	4,769 -158	1,735 -65	3,034 -93	1,795 -184	461 -46	1,334 -138
2024-25	6,326 -238	4,650 -119	1,712 -23	2,938 -96	1,676 -119	443 -18	1,233 -101
Average	7,624	5,573	2,013	3,560	2,051	524	1,527

Jackson State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,573 where 4,650 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Jackson State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	4,769	4,270	1,538	2,732	499	197	302
2024-25	4,650	4,178	1,544	2,634	472	168	304
Average	5,573	5,573	1,794	3,113	5,573	219	448

Jackson State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,051 where 1,676 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Jackson State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,795	888	228	660	907	233	674
2024-25	1,676	768	195	573	908	248	660
Average	2,051	2,051	211	605	2,051	313	922

Jackson State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.08% and the percentage of black students is 92.00% at Jackson State University. 0.22% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 0.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 5.27% to 3.08%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.43% to 0.22%. Black student enrollment increased from 89.49% to 92.00%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 0.45% to 0.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1526 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.1962 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Jackson State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	23	17	6,072	18	11	180	40
2024-25	20	14	5,820	14	8	195	26
Average	23	23	6,911	43	4	304	72

Jackson State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,221 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 35% of total students. The number of online students has increased 75.43% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Jackson State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	6,564	2,542	3,319	703
2024-25	6,326	2,221	3,227	878
Average	7,624	2,047	3,229	2,348

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Enrollment Trends at Jackson State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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