Arkansas Tech University Student Population

How many students at ATU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Arkansas Tech University has a total enrollment of 8,746 students, including 8,145 undergraduate and 601 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 3,692 male students (42.2%) and 5,054 female students (57.8%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 6,358 White students (72.7%) and 1,067 Hispanic students (12.2%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 8,145 undergraduate students (93.1%) and 601 graduate students (6.9%).
• Class Delivery: 2,239 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 2,821 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Master's College and University (larger programs) - which average 10,123 - ATU's body is relatively small.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 3,692 male (42.21%) and 5,054 female (57.79%) students are attending Arkansas Tech University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 73.05.

By class level, 8,145 (93.13%) are undergraduate students and 601 (6.87%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 42.47% are male and 57.53% are female, while among graduate students, 38.77% are male and 61.23% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,358 White, 460 Black, and 167 Asian students out of a total of 8,746 are attending at Arkansas Tech University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Arkansas Tech University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 45.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, ATU has 2,776 students under 18 years old and 31 students over 65 years old. There are 7,267 students under 25 years old, and 1,479 students over 25 years old out of 8,746 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 2,776 students are younger than 18 and 21 students are older than 65. ATU has 7,092 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,053 students aged 25 and over.

It has 175 graduate students aged under 25 and 426 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Arkansas Tech University, 2,239 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,821 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,145 students who live in Arkansas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 94 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,145 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 284 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.49%.229 students have transferred in as full-time status and 55 students transferred in as part-time status.