Fitchburg State University Student Population

How many students at Fitchburg State? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 5,892 students have enrolled in Fitchburg State University with 3,027 undergraduate and 2,865 graduate students.

By gender, 2,341 male and 3,551 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)).

2,745 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,119 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

Fitchburg State University has a total of 5,892 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 3,027 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,865 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,341 male and 3,551 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,747 White, 616 Black, and 195 Asian students out of a total of 5,892 are attending at Fitchburg State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Fitchburg State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 56.6% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Fitchburg State has 163 students under 18 years old and 13 students over 65 years old. There are 2,710 students under 25 years old, and 3,182 students over 25 years old out of 5,892 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 163 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Fitchburg State has 2,374 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 653 students aged 25 and over.

It has 336 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,529 students aged 25 and over.

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• 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 Fitchburg State University, 2,745 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,119 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,161 students who live in Massachusetts or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 584 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,027 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 321 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.60%.191 students have transferred in as full-time status and 130 students transferred in as part-time status.