Montana State University Student Population

How many students at MSU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Montana State University has a total enrollment of 17,135 students, including 15,046 undergraduate and 2,089 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 8,879 male students (51.8%) and 8,256 female students (48.2%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 14,010 White students (81.8%) and 1,092 Hispanic students (6.4%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 15,046 undergraduate students (87.8%) and 2,089 graduate students (12.2%).
• Class Delivery: 909 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 2,540 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 - MSU'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, 8,879 male (51.82%) and 8,256 female (48.18%) students are attending Montana State University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 107.55.

By class level, 15,046 (87.81%) are undergraduate students and 2,089 (12.19%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 52.82% are male and 47.18% are female, while among graduate students, 44.57% are male and 55.43% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 14,010 White, 100 Black, and 179 Asian students out of a total of 17,135 are attending at Montana State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Montana State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 32.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, MSU has 507 students under 18 years old and 34 students over 65 years old. There are 14,464 students under 25 years old, and 2,671 students over 25 years old out of 17,135 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 507 students are younger than 18 and 17 students are older than 65. MSU has 13,935 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,111 students aged 25 and over.

It has 529 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,560 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 Montana State University, 909 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,540 students are enrolled in some online courses.

483 students who live in Montana or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 426 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 15,046 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 529 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.52%.430 students have transferred in as full-time status and 99 students transferred in as part-time status.