Student Population at Portland State University

Portland State University has a total of 21,609 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 16,862 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,747 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 10,694 White, 934 Black, and 2,029 Asian students out of a total of 21,609 are attending at Portland State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, Portland State has 1,251 students under 18 years old and 60 students over 65 years old. There are 12,015 students under 25 years old, and 9,594 students over 25 years old out of 21,609 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,251 students are younger than 18 and 28 students are older than 65. Portland State has 11,374 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 5,488 students aged 25 and over.

It has 641 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,106 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 Portland State University, 3,937 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,119 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,432 students lived in Oregon or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 505 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 16,862 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,201 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.05%.1,778 students have transferred in as full-time status and 423 students transferred in as part-time status.