Morgan State University Student Population

How many students at Morgan State?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Morgan State University has a total enrollment of 10,739 students, including 9,027 undergraduate and 1,712 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 4,170 male students (38.8%) and 6,569 female students (61.2%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 7,913 Black students (73.7%) and 577 Hispanic students (5.4%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 9,027 undergraduate students (84.1%) and 1,712 graduate students (15.9%).
• Class Delivery: 656 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 5,419 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - Morgan 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, 4,170 male (38.83%) and 6,569 female (61.17%) students are attending Morgan State University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 63.48.

By class level, 9,027 (84.06%) are undergraduate students and 1,712 (15.94%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 38.65% are male and 61.35% are female, while among graduate students, 39.78% are male and 60.22% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 155 White, 7,913 Black, and 49 Asian students out of a total of 10,739 are attending at Morgan State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Morgan State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 44.9% 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, Morgan State has 1,778 students under 18 years old and 58 students over 65 years old. There are 8,336 students under 25 years old, and 2,403 students over 25 years old out of 10,739 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,778 students are younger than 18 and 8 students are older than 65. Morgan State has 8,158 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 869 students aged 25 and over.

It has 178 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,534 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 Morgan State University, 656 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,419 students are enrolled in some online courses.

453 students who live in Maryland or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 203 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,027 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 365 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.04%.305 students have transferred in as full-time status and 60 students transferred in as part-time status.