Fort Hays State University Student Population

How many students at FHSU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Fort Hays State University has a total enrollment of 12,878 students, including 10,172 undergraduate and 2,706 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 4,721 male students (36.7%) and 8,157 female students (63.3%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 7,247 White students (56.3%) and 883 Hispanic students (6.9%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 10,172 undergraduate students (79%) and 2,706 graduate students (21%).
• Class Delivery: 7,032 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 2,074 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 - FHSU's body is larger.

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, 4,721 male (36.66%) and 8,157 female (63.34%) students are attending Fort Hays State University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 57.88.

By class level, 10,172 (78.99%) are undergraduate students and 2,706 (21.01%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 38.32% are male and 61.68% are female, while among graduate students, 30.41% are male and 69.59% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,247 White, 447 Black, and 348 Asian students out of a total of 12,878 are attending at Fort Hays State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Fort Hays State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 59.9% 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, FHSU has 193 students under 18 years old and 25 students over 65 years old. There are 8,173 students under 25 years old, and 4,670 students over 25 years old out of 12,843 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 192 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. FHSU has 7,765 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,441 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at FHSU, 1 students are younger than 18 and 18 students are older than 65. It has 408 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,229 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

• 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 Fort Hays State University, 7,032 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,074 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,452 students who live in Kansas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,580 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 10,172 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,424 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 14.00%.607 students have transferred in as full-time status and 817 students transferred in as part-time status.