Tennessee State University Student Population

How many students at Tennessee State?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Tennessee State University has a total enrollment of 6,310 students, including 5,057 undergraduate and 1,253 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 2,183 male students (34.6%) and 4,127 female students (65.4%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 4,758 Black students (75.4%) and 606 White students (9.6%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 5,057 undergraduate students (80.1%) and 1,253 graduate students (19.9%).
• Class Delivery: 490 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 2,714 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - Tennessee State's body is much smaller.

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, 2,183 male (34.60%) and 4,127 female (65.40%) students are attending Tennessee State University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 52.90.

By class level, 5,057 (80.14%) are undergraduate students and 1,253 (19.86%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 34.70% are male and 65.30% are female, while among graduate students, 34.16% are male and 65.84% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 606 White, 4,758 Black, and 58 Asian students out of a total of 6,310 are attending at Tennessee State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Tennessee State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 41.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Tennessee State has 288 students under 18 years old and 33 students over 65 years old. There are 4,946 students under 25 years old, and 1,363 students over 25 years old out of 6,310 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 288 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Tennessee State has 4,663 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 393 students aged 25 and over.

It has 283 graduate students aged under 25 and 970 students aged 25 and over.

• 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 Tennessee State University, 490 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,714 students are enrolled in some online courses.

386 students who live in Tennessee or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 104 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,057 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 257 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.08%.203 students have transferred in as full-time status and 54 students transferred in as part-time status.