Ferris State University Student Population

How many students at Ferris State? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 9,959 students have enrolled in Ferris State University with 8,991 undergraduate and 968 graduate students.

By gender, 4,407 male and 5,552 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (13,360 students on average - public Doctoral / Research University).

1,655 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,138 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

Ferris State University has a total of 9,959 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 8,991 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 968 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,407 male and 5,552 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,256 White, 945 Black, and 181 Asian students out of a total of 9,959 are attending at Ferris State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Ferris State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 45.3% 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, Ferris State has 713 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 8,040 students under 25 years old, and 1,919 students over 25 years old out of 9,959 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 713 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Ferris State has 7,631 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,360 students aged 25 and over.

It has 409 graduate students aged under 25 and 559 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 Ferris State University, 1,655 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,138 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,553 students who live in Michigan or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 102 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,991 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 817 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.09%.508 students have transferred in as full-time status and 309 students transferred in as part-time status.