Alcorn State University Student Population

How many students at Alcorn State? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,995 students have enrolled in Alcorn State University with 2,532 undergraduate and 463 graduate students.

By gender, 976 male and 2,019 female students are attending the school.

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

642 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,762 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

Alcorn State University has a total of 2,995 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 2,532 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 463 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 976 male and 2,019 female students (the male-female ratio is 33:67) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 45 White, 2,870 Black, and 2 Asian students out of a total of 2,995 are attending at Alcorn State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Alcorn State University is not very diverse with a diversity index of 8.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Alcorn State has 134 students under 18 years old and 6 students over 65 years old. There are 2,310 students under 25 years old, and 584 students over 25 years old out of 2,894 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 134 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Alcorn State has 2,177 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 255 students aged 25 and over.

It has 133 graduate students aged under 25 and 329 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

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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 Alcorn State University, 642 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,762 students are enrolled in some online courses.

557 students who live in Mississippi or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 85 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,532 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 174 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.87%.150 students have transferred in as full-time status and 24 students transferred in as part-time status.