Mississippi State University Student Population

Student Population By Attending Status
Mississippi State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	21,974	18,709	3,265
Undergraduate	18,490	16,839	1,651
Graduate	3,484	1,870	1,614

Population by Race/Ethnicity

Next tables summarize the students population by race/ethnicity at Mississippi State University.

There are 15,591 White (70.95%), 3,963 Black/African American (18.03%), 667 Hispanic (3.04%), 329 Asian (1.50%), and 1,424 students with other races.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Mississippi State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	21,974	10,999	10,975
American Indian/Native American	120	44	76
Asian	329	211	118
Black/African American	3,963	1,699	2,264
Hispanic	667	348	319
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	7	10
White	15,591	7,958	7,633
Two More	392	181	211
Un-Known	111	63	48

Undergraduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Mississippi State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	18,490	9,301	9,189
American Indian/Native American	106	39	67
Asian	274	182	92
Black/African American	3,588	1,561	2,027
Hispanic	546	284	262
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	6	9
White	13,283	6,864	6,419
Two More	358	164	194
Un-Known	78	46	32

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Mississippi State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,484	1,698	1,786
American Indian/Native American	14	5	9
Asian	55	29	26
Black/African American	375	138	237
Hispanic	121	64	57
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	2,308	1,094	1,214
Two More	34	17	17
Un-Known	33	17	16

Distance Learning Student Population at Mississippi State University
	Total	Enrolled Exclusively	Enrolled Some Courses	Not In Online Courses
Total	21,974	1,785	1,874	18,315
Undergraduate	18,490	812	1,700	15,978
Graduate	3,484	973	174	2,337

Population by Student Age

The following table summarizes the students population by age at Mississippi State University. 12,386 students are aged 20 to 24 (56.37% of total students), 5,457 students are aged below 20 (24.83%), 254 students are aged above 50 (1.16%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at Mississippi State University.

Student Population By Age at Mississippi State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	21,974	10,999	10,975
Under 18	54	22	32
Age 18-19	5,403	2,456	2,947
Age 20-21	7,236	3,544	3,692
Age 22-24	5,150	2,850	2,300
Age 25-29	1,947	1,010	937
Age 30-34	857	448	409
Age 35-39	528	280	248
Age 40-49	545	258	287
Age 50-64	229	115	114
Over 64	25	16	9

Undergraduate Student Population By Age at Mississippi State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	18,490	9,301	9,189
Under 18	54	22	32
Age 18-19	5,401	2,456	2,945
Age 20-21	7,213	3,539	3,674
Age 22-24	4,224	2,501	1,723
Age 25-29	779	426	353
Age 30-34	309	140	169
Age 35-39	198	85	113
Age 40-49	212	86	126
Age 50-64	88	40	48
Over 64	12	6	6

Graduate Student Population By Age at Mississippi State University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,484	1,698	1,786
Age 18-19	2	0	2
Age 20-21	23	5	18
Age 22-24	926	349	577
Age 25-29	1,168	584	584
Age 30-34	548	308	240
Age 35-39	330	195	135
Age 40-49	333	172	161
Age 50-64	141	75	66
Over 64	13	10	3

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Ole Miss (22,456)

University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) is a Public, 4 years school located in University, MS. The 2020 tuition & fees is $8,828 for Mississippi residents and $25,100 for out-of-state students. The school has a total enrollment of 22,456 and student to faculty ratio is 17 to 1 (5.88%).

Mississippi State Student Population

Total 21,974 students are enrolled in Mississippi State University (18,490 undergraduate and 3,484 graduate). Among them, 1,785 students are enrolled in online degree/certificate programs. 1,123 faculties are working for Mississippi State University and student to faculty ratio is 19.57 to 1.

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