University of Mississippi Student Population

How many students at Ole Miss?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of Mississippi has a total enrollment of 26,449 students, including 21,585 undergraduate and 4,864 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 11,025 male students (41.7%) and 15,424 female students (58.3%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 19,737 White students (74.6%) and 2,818 Black students (10.7%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 21,585 undergraduate students (81.6%) and 4,864 graduate students (18.4%).
• Class Delivery: 1,904 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 14,512 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - Ole Miss's body is smaller.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 11,025 male (41.68%) and 15,424 female (58.32%) students are attending University of Mississippi. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 71.48.

By class level, 21,585 (81.61%) are undergraduate students and 4,864 (18.39%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 42.78% are male and 57.22% are female, while among graduate students, 36.82% are male and 63.18% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 19,737 White, 2,818 Black, and 601 Asian students out of a total of 26,449 are attending at University of Mississippi. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Mississippi is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 42.8% 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, Ole Miss has 59 students under 18 years old and 36 students over 65 years old. There are 22,895 students under 25 years old, and 3,554 students over 25 years old out of 26,449 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 59 students are younger than 18 and 28 students are older than 65. Ole Miss has 20,773 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 812 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,122 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,742 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• 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 University of Mississippi, 1,904 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 14,512 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,396 students who live in Mississippi or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 508 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 21,585 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,335 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.18%.1,199 students have transferred in as full-time status and 136 students transferred in as part-time status.