Mississippi State University Student Population

How many students at Mississippi State?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Mississippi State University has a total enrollment of 23,150 students, including 18,567 undergraduate and 4,583 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 11,153 male students (48.2%) and 11,997 female students (51.8%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 16,265 White students (70.3%) and 3,610 Black students (15.6%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 18,567 undergraduate students (80.2%) and 4,583 graduate students (19.8%).
• Class Delivery: 3,877 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 6,082 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 - Mississippi State's body is much 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, 11,153 male (48.18%) and 11,997 female (51.82%) students are attending Mississippi State University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 92.96.

By class level, 18,567 (80.20%) are undergraduate students and 4,583 (19.80%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 49.21% are male and 50.79% are female, while among graduate students, 43.99% are male and 56.01% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 16,265 White, 3,610 Black, and 398 Asian students out of a total of 23,150 are attending at Mississippi State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Mississippi State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 47.9% 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, Mississippi State has 273 students under 18 years old and 34 students over 65 years old. There are 18,798 students under 25 years old, and 4,352 students over 25 years old out of 23,150 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 273 students are younger than 18 and 9 students are older than 65. Mississippi State has 17,233 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,334 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,565 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,018 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 Mississippi State University, 3,877 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,082 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,473 students who live in Mississippi or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,404 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 18,567 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,909 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.28%.1,707 students have transferred in as full-time status and 202 students transferred in as part-time status.