Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Student Population

How many students at Penn State?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus has a total enrollment of 50,737 students, including 42,604 undergraduate and 8,133 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 26,611 male students (52.4%) and 24,126 female students (47.6%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 29,392 White students (57.9%) and 4,396 Hispanic students (8.7%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 42,604 undergraduate students (84%) and 8,133 graduate students (16%).
• Class Delivery: 321 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 20,178 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 - Penn State's body is significantly larger.

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, 26,611 male (52.45%) and 24,126 female (47.55%) students are attending Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 110.30.

By class level, 42,604 (83.97%) are undergraduate students and 8,133 (16.03%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 52.73% are male and 47.27% are female, while among graduate students, 50.95% are male and 49.05% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 29,392 White, 2,199 Black, and 3,589 Asian students out of a total of 50,737 are attending at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 64.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Penn State has 372 students under 18 years old and 8 students over 65 years old. There are 44,134 students under 25 years old, and 6,265 students over 25 years old out of 50,399 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 372 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Penn State has 41,475 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 748 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,659 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,517 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

• 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 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus, 321 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 20,178 students are enrolled in some online courses.

274 students who live in Pennsylvania or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 47 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 42,604 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 347 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.81%.343 students have transferred in as full-time status and 4 students transferred in as part-time status.