McNeese State University Student Population

How many students at McNeese? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 6,241 students have enrolled in McNeese State University with 5,668 undergraduate and 573 graduate students.

By gender, 2,342 male and 3,899 female students are attending the school.

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

1,117 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,183 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

McNeese State University has a total of 6,241 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 5,668 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 573 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,342 male and 3,899 female students (the male-female ratio is 38:62) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,920 White, 1,126 Black, and 122 Asian students out of a total of 6,241 are attending at McNeese State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

McNeese State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 56.8% 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, McNeese has 722 students under 18 years old and 6 students over 65 years old. There are 4,986 students under 25 years old, and 1,074 students over 25 years old out of 6,060 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 722 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. McNeese has 4,841 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 719 students aged 25 and over.

It has 145 graduate students aged under 25 and 355 students aged 25 and over.

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

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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 McNeese State University, 1,117 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,183 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,038 students who live in Louisiana or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 79 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,668 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 369 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.51%.312 students have transferred in as full-time status and 57 students transferred in as part-time status.