Kansas State University Student Population

How many students at K-State?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Kansas State University has a total enrollment of 20,295 students, including 15,650 undergraduate and 4,645 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 9,390 male students (46.3%) and 10,905 female students (53.7%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 15,337 White students (75.6%) and 1,862 Hispanic students (9.2%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 15,650 undergraduate students (77.1%) and 4,645 graduate students (22.9%).
• Class Delivery: 3,365 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 7,916 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - K-State's body is much smaller.

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, 9,390 male (46.27%) and 10,905 female (53.73%) students are attending Kansas State University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 86.11.

By class level, 15,650 (77.11%) are undergraduate students and 4,645 (22.89%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 48.57% are male and 51.43% are female, while among graduate students, 38.51% are male and 61.49% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 15,337 White, 635 Black, and 455 Asian students out of a total of 20,295 are attending at Kansas State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Kansas State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 41.8% 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, K-State has 391 students under 18 years old and 24 students over 65 years old. There are 15,727 students under 25 years old, and 4,568 students over 25 years old out of 20,295 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 391 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. K-State has 14,304 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,346 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,423 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,222 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 Kansas State University, 3,365 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,916 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,426 students who live in Kansas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,939 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 15,650 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,178 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.53%.995 students have transferred in as full-time status and 183 students transferred in as part-time status.