University of Missouri-Columbia Student Population

How many students at Mizzou? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 31,543 students have enrolled in University of Missouri-Columbia with 24,449 undergraduate and 7,094 graduate students.

By gender, 13,804 male and 17,739 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (34,856 students on average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

3,557 students are enrolled exclusively, and 12,572 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

University of Missouri-Columbia has a total of 31,543 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 24,449 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,094 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 13,804 male and 17,739 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 23,890 White, 1,602 Black, and 933 Asian students out of a total of 31,543 are attending at University of Missouri-Columbia. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Missouri-Columbia is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 41.8% 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, Mizzou has 104 students under 18 years old and 20 students over 65 years old. There are 26,049 students under 25 years old, and 5,494 students over 25 years old out of 31,543 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 104 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Mizzou has 23,685 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 764 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,364 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,730 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 Missouri-Columbia, 3,557 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12,572 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,323 students who live in Missouri or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,234 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 24,449 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,242 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.08%.1,153 students have transferred in as full-time status and 89 students transferred in as part-time status.