Murray State University Student Population

How many students at Murray State? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 10,020 students have enrolled in Murray State University with 7,851 undergraduate and 2,169 graduate students.

By gender, 3,698 male and 6,322 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,796 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,286 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Murray State University has a total of 10,020 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 7,851 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,169 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,698 male and 6,322 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,468 White, 574 Black, and 83 Asian students out of a total of 10,020 are attending at Murray State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Murray State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 43.8% 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, Murray State has 1,008 students under 18 years old and 32 students over 65 years old. There are 8,065 students under 25 years old, and 1,955 students over 25 years old out of 10,020 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,007 students are younger than 18 and 19 students are older than 65. Murray State has 7,171 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 680 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at Murray State, 1 students are younger than 18 and 13 students are older than 65. It has 894 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,275 students aged 25 and over.

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• 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 Murray State University, 1,796 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,286 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,169 students who live in Kentucky or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 627 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,851 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 523 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.66%.446 students have transferred in as full-time status and 77 students transferred in as part-time status.