Enrollment Trends at Mississippi State

The student population at Mississippi State University is 22,649 (18,305 undergraduate and 4,344 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,284 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Mississippi State is 80.82% which is increased by 1,915 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 369 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.06 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

3,686 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 86.26% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 21,633 where 22,649 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.82% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.18% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,915 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 369 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.06 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Mississippi State.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	20,365	16,390	8,526	7,864	3,975	1,966	2,009
2013-14	20,161 -204	16,399 9	8,523 -3	7,876 12	3,762 -213	1,883 -83	1,879 -130
2014-15	20,138 -23	16,536 137	8,565 42	7,971 95	3,602 -160	1,787 -96	1,815 -64
2015-16	20,873 735	17,421 885	8,882 317	8,539 568	3,452 -150	1,751 -36	1,701 -114
2016-17	21,622 749	18,090 669	9,127 245	8,963 424	3,532 80	1,790 39	1,742 41
2017-18	21,883 261	18,312 222	9,242 115	9,070 107	3,571 39	1,789 -1	1,782 40
2018-19	21,974 91	18,490 178	9,301 59	9,189 119	3,484 -87	1,698 -91	1,786 4
2019-20	22,226 252	18,792 302	9,500 199	9,292 103	3,434 -50	1,633 -65	1,801 15
2020-21	22,986 760	18,803 11	9,466 -34	9,337 45	4,183 749	1,851 218	2,332 531
2021-22	23,086 100	18,584 -219	9,225 -241	9,359 22	4,502 319	2,039 188	2,463 131
2022-23	22,649 -437	18,305 -279	9,066 -159	9,239 -120	4,344 -158	1,919 -120	2,425 -38
Average	21,633	17,829	9,038	8,791	3,804	1,828	1,976

Mississippi State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 17,829 where 18,305 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 Mississippi State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	16,390	15,004	7,830	7,174	1,386	696	690
2013-14	16,399	15,048	7,805	7,243	1,351	718	633
2014-15	16,536	15,146	7,838	7,308	1,390	727	663
2015-16	17,421	16,023	8,148	7,875	1,398	734	664
2016-17	18,090	16,695	8,344	8,351	1,395	783	612
2017-18	18,312	16,803	8,413	8,390	1,509	829	680
2018-19	18,490	16,839	8,377	8,462	1,651	924	727
2019-20	18,792	17,113	8,517	8,596	1,679	983	696
2020-21	18,803	17,089	8,482	8,607	1,714	984	730
2021-22	18,584	16,794	8,215	8,579	1,790	1,010	780
2022-23	18,305	16,621	8,164	8,457	1,684	902	782
Average	17,829	17,829	8,194	8,095	17,829	845	696

Mississippi State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,804 where 4,344 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 Mississippi State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,975	2,006	980	1,026	1,969	986	983
2013-14	3,762	1,903	960	943	1,859	923	936
2014-15	3,602	1,858	934	924	1,744	853	891
2015-16	3,452	1,850	919	931	1,602	832	770
2016-17	3,532	1,920	952	968	1,612	838	774
2017-18	3,571	1,972	957	1,015	1,599	832	767
2018-19	3,484	1,870	848	1,022	1,614	850	764
2019-20	3,434	1,838	799	1,039	1,596	834	762
2020-21	4,183	1,989	829	1,160	2,194	1,022	1,172
2021-22	4,502	2,068	897	1,171	2,434	1,142	1,292
2022-23	4,344	2,175	886	1,289	2,169	1,033	1,136
Average	3,804	3,804	906	1,044	3,804	922	932

Mississippi State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.98%. The percentage was 69.87% 10 years ago and Mississippi State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.65% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.24% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Mississippi 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	104	245	4,168	378	16	14,230	228
2013-14	118	245	3,948	396	20	14,261	257
2014-15	104	263	3,871	457	17	14,209	273
2015-16	109	266	4,022	514	15	14,744	301
2016-17	87	286	4,148	597	18	15,276	336
2017-18	105	280	4,110	627	19	15,443	372
2018-19	120	329	3,963	667	17	15,591	392
2019-20	123	338	3,725	700	17	15,998	433
2020-21	137	361	3,955	785	18	16,336	489
2021-22	124	384	3,772	841	18	16,435	516
2022-23	119	373	3,451	855	11	16,303	539
Average	114	306	3,921	620	17	15,348	376

Mississippi State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,686 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 86.26% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Mississippi State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	20,138	1,979	1,478	16,681
2015-16	20,873	1,949	1,846	17,078
2016-17	21,622	1,845	1,860	17,917
2017-18	21,883	1,788	1,902	18,193
2018-19	21,974	1,785	1,874	18,315
2019-20	22,226	1,836	2,153	18,237
2020-21	22,986	4,762	15,544	2,680
2021-22	23,086	3,808	6,015	13,263
2022-23	22,649	3,686	6,394	12,569
Average	21,937	2,604	4,341	14,993

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