University of Memphis Student Population

How many students at UofM? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 20,276 students have enrolled in University of Memphis with 15,770 undergraduate and 4,506 graduate students.

By gender, 8,223 male and 12,053 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (34,856 students on average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

5,051 students are enrolled exclusively, and 7,430 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

University of Memphis has a total of 20,276 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 15,770 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,506 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 8,223 male and 12,053 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,556 White, 7,083 Black, and 1,045 Asian students out of a total of 20,276 are attending at University of Memphis. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Memphis is quite diverse with a diversity index of 72.4% 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, UofM has 2,241 students under 18 years old and 61 students over 65 years old. There are 14,057 students under 25 years old, and 6,219 students over 25 years old out of 20,276 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 2,241 students are younger than 18 and 24 students are older than 65. UofM has 12,843 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,927 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,214 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,292 students aged 25 and over.

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• 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 University of Memphis, 5,051 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,430 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,904 students who live in Tennessee or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,147 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 15,770 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 962 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.10%.719 students have transferred in as full-time status and 243 students transferred in as part-time status.