Bemidji State University Student Population

How many students at Bemidji State? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 4,072 students have enrolled in Bemidji State University with 3,751 undergraduate and 321 graduate students.

By gender, 1,629 male and 2,443 female students are attending the school.

It has more students compared to similar colleges (3,189 students on average - public Master's College and University (smaller programs)).

1,447 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,441 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

Bemidji State University has a total of 4,072 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 3,751 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 321 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,629 male and 2,443 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,183 White, 139 Black, and 69 Asian students out of a total of 4,072 are attending at Bemidji State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Bemidji State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 38.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Bemidji State has 378 students under 18 years old and 9 students over 65 years old. There are 2,670 students under 25 years old, and 1,255 students over 25 years old out of 3,926 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 378 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Bemidji State has 2,607 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,002 students aged 25 and over.

It has 63 graduate students aged under 25 and 253 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 Bemidji State University, 1,447 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,441 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,303 students who live in Minnesota or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 144 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,751 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 549 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 14.64%.350 students have transferred in as full-time status and 199 students transferred in as part-time status.