Student Population at Jackson State University

Jackson State University has a total of 6,906 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,927 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,979 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 182 White, 6,402 Black, and 21 Asian students out of a total of 6,906 are attending at Jackson State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, Jackson State has 5 students under 18 years old and 35 students over 65 years old. There are 4,193 students under 25 years old, and 2,713 students over 25 years old out of 6,906 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 5 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. Jackson State has 3,952 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 975 students aged 25 and over.

It has 241 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,738 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Jackson State University, 2,865 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,404 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,149 students lived in Mississippi or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 716 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 4,927 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 440 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.93%.393 students have transferred in as full-time status and 47 students transferred in as part-time status.