Worcester State University Student Population

How many students at Worcester State? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 5,745 students have enrolled in Worcester State University with 4,868 undergraduate and 877 graduate students.

By gender, 2,159 male and 3,586 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)).

747 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,854 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

Worcester State University has a total of 5,745 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 4,868 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 877 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,159 male and 3,586 female students (the male-female ratio is 38:62) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,303 White, 518 Black, and 265 Asian students out of a total of 5,745 are attending at Worcester State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Worcester State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 62.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Worcester State has 678 students under 18 years old and 72 students over 65 years old. There are 4,509 students under 25 years old, and 1,155 students over 25 years old out of 5,745 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 678 students are younger than 18 and 59 students are older than 65. Worcester State has 4,238 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 549 students aged 25 and over.

It has 271 graduate students aged under 25 and 606 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
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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 Worcester State University, 747 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,854 students are enrolled in some online courses.

700 students who live in Massachusetts or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 47 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,868 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 309 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.35%.254 students have transferred in as full-time status and 55 students transferred in as part-time status.