Student Population at Messiah University

Messiah University has a total of 3,231 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,495 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 736 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 2,519 White, 134 Black, and 107 Asian students out of a total of 3,231 are attending at Messiah University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, Messiah has 163 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 2,649 students under 25 years old, and 582 students over 25 years old out of 3,231 total students.

Messiah has 2,441 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 54 students aged 25 and over.

It has 208 graduate students aged under 25 and 528 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 Messiah University, 559 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 597 students are enrolled in some online courses.

366 students lived in Pennsylvania or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 193 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 2,495 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 81 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.25%.74 students have transferred in as full-time status and 7 students transferred in as part-time status.