Student Population at Murray State University

Murray State University has a total of 9,479 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 7,679 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,800 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 7,327 White, 575 Black, and 97 Asian students out of a total of 9,479 are attending at Murray State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, Murray State has 940 students under 18 years old and 22 students over 65 years old. There are 7,476 students under 25 years old, and 2,003 students over 25 years old out of 9,479 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 940 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. Murray State has 6,995 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 684 students aged 25 and over.

It has 481 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,319 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Murray State University, 1,944 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,684 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,021 students lived in Kentucky or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 923 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 7,679 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 510 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.64%.416 students have transferred in as full-time status and 94 students transferred in as part-time status.