Texas State University Student Population

How many students at TXST?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Texas State University has a total enrollment of 40,674 students, including 36,236 undergraduate and 4,438 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 16,264 male students (40%) and 24,410 female students (60%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 16,208 Hispanic students (39.8%) and 14,837 White students (36.5%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 36,236 undergraduate students (89.1%) and 4,438 graduate students (10.9%).
• Class Delivery: 2,395 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 15,927 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - TXST'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, 16,264 male (39.99%) and 24,410 female (60.01%) students are attending Texas State University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 66.63.

By class level, 36,236 (89.09%) are undergraduate students and 4,438 (10.91%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 40.52% are male and 59.48% are female, while among graduate students, 35.60% are male and 64.40% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 14,837 White, 3,761 Black, and 1,150 Asian students out of a total of 40,674 are attending at Texas State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Texas State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 69.6% 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, TXST has 233 students under 18 years old and 34 students over 65 years old. There are 34,863 students under 25 years old, and 5,811 students over 25 years old out of 40,674 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 233 students are younger than 18 and 8 students are older than 65. TXST has 33,385 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,851 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,478 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,960 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 Texas State University, 2,395 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 15,927 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,246 students who live in Texas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 149 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 36,236 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,849 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.86%.2,306 students have transferred in as full-time status and 543 students transferred in as part-time status.