Enrollment Trends at MSU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 50,384 where 52,089 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

79.16% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.84% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,091 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 540 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.13 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in MSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Michigan State University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	50,538	39,143	19,415	19,728	11,395	5,061	6,334
2016-17	50,340 -198	39,090 -53	19,312 -103	19,778 50	11,250 -145	4,992 -69	6,258 -76
2017-18	50,019 -321	38,996 -94	19,292 -20	19,704 -74	11,023 -227	4,901 -91	6,122 -136
2018-19	50,351 332	39,423 427	19,438 146	19,985 281	10,928 -95	4,799 -102	6,129 7
2019-20	49,809 -542	39,176 -247	19,352 -86	19,824 -161	10,633 -295	4,575 -224	6,058 -71
2020-21	49,695 -114	38,491 -685	18,731 -621	19,760 -64	11,204 571	4,819 244	6,385 327
2021-22	49,659 -36	38,574 83	18,668 -63	19,906 146	11,085 -119	4,698 -121	6,387 2
2022-23	50,023 364	39,201 627	18,944 276	20,257 351	10,822 -263	4,597 -101	6,225 -162
2023-24	51,316 1,293	40,483 1,282	19,689 745	20,794 537	10,833 11	4,606 9	6,227 2
2024-25	52,089 773	41,234 751	19,921 232	21,313 519	10,855 22	4,518 -88	6,337 110
Average	50,384	39,381	19,276	20,105	11,003	4,757	6,246

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 39,381 where 41,234 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Michigan State University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	39,143	35,645	17,491	18,154	3,498	1,924	1,574
2016-17	39,090	35,447	17,315	18,132	3,643	1,997	1,646
2017-18	38,996	35,404	17,386	18,018	3,592	1,906	1,686
2018-19	39,423	35,744	17,431	18,313	3,679	2,007	1,672
2019-20	39,176	35,722	17,530	18,192	3,454	1,822	1,632
2020-21	38,491	34,588	16,639	17,949	3,903	2,092	1,811
2021-22	38,574	35,062	16,763	18,299	3,512	1,905	1,607
2022-23	39,201	35,982	17,245	18,737	3,219	1,699	1,520
2023-24	40,483	37,492	18,107	19,385	2,991	1,582	1,409
2024-25	41,234	38,546	18,544	20,002	2,688	1,377	1,311
Average	39,381	39,381	17,445	18,518	39,381	1,831	1,587

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 11,003 where 10,855 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Michigan State University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,395	8,381	3,920	4,461	3,014	1,141	1,873
2016-17	11,250	8,248	3,855	4,393	3,002	1,137	1,865
2017-18	11,023	8,103	3,780	4,323	2,920	1,121	1,799
2018-19	10,928	8,119	3,792	4,327	2,809	1,007	1,802
2019-20	10,633	7,971	3,637	4,334	2,662	938	1,724
2020-21	11,204	8,417	3,864	4,553	2,787	955	1,832
2021-22	11,085	8,080	3,598	4,482	3,005	1,100	1,905
2022-23	10,822	8,310	3,709	4,601	2,512	888	1,624
2023-24	10,833	8,423	3,721	4,702	2,410	885	1,525
2024-25	10,855	8,316	3,614	4,702	2,539	904	1,635
Average	11,003	11,003	3,749	4,488	11,003	1,008	1,758

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.15%. The percentage was 65.71% 10 years ago and MSU still has a high percentage of white students. 7.85% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.46% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.68% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.71% to 64.15%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.63% to 7.85%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.59% to 6.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.02% to 6.68%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5719 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5595 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Michigan State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	120	2,339	3,331	2,032	46	33,209	1,279
2016-17	127	2,491	3,340	2,076	57	33,058	1,348
2017-18	116	2,582	3,414	2,172	54	32,870	1,416
2018-19	104	2,826	3,505	2,388	52	33,210	1,484
2019-20	113	2,991	3,482	2,524	42	32,865	1,533
2020-21	125	3,244	3,572	2,783	28	33,051	1,662
2021-22	113	3,538	3,438	2,985	28	32,759	1,682
2022-23	130	3,781	3,228	3,061	30	32,451	1,935
2023-24	144	4,002	3,261	3,240	30	33,066	2,051
2024-25	144	4,087	3,364	3,477	32	33,416	2,158
Average	124	3,188	3,394	2,674	40	32,996	1,655