Montclair State University Student Population

How many students at Montclair State? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 23,375 students have enrolled in Montclair State University with 18,712 undergraduate and 4,663 graduate students.

By gender, 9,096 male and 14,279 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (16,875 students on average - public Research University (high research activity)).

2,063 students are enrolled exclusively, and 10,593 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

Montclair State University has a total of 23,375 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 18,712 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,663 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 9,096 male and 14,279 female students (the male-female ratio is 39:61) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,455 White, 2,904 Black, and 1,321 Asian students out of a total of 23,375 are attending at Montclair State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Montclair State University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 74.2% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Montclair State has 201 students under 18 years old and 53 students over 65 years old. There are 18,751 students under 25 years old, and 4,624 students over 25 years old out of 23,375 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 201 students are younger than 18 and 18 students are older than 65. Montclair State has 17,194 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,518 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,557 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,106 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
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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 Montclair State University, 2,063 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,593 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,952 students who live in New Jersey or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 111 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 18,712 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,478 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.90%.1,371 students have transferred in as full-time status and 107 students transferred in as part-time status.