Student Population at Appalachian State University

Appalachian State University has a total of 20,436 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 18,558 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,878 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 16,536 White, 748 Black, and 334 Asian students out of a total of 20,436 are attending at Appalachian State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, Appalachian State has 201 students under 18 years old and 3 students over 65 years old. There are 18,323 students under 25 years old, and 2,113 students over 25 years old out of 20,436 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 201 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Appalachian State has 17,591 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 967 students aged 25 and over.

It has 732 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,146 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Appalachian State University, 1,647 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,770 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,588 students lived in North Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 59 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 18,558 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,498 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.07%.1,316 students have transferred in as full-time status and 182 students transferred in as part-time status.