Student Population at Alcorn State

The following chart compares Alcorn State's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Mississippi.

Alcorn State has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 2,199 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Mississippi average (9,820 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Alcorn State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 976 male and 2,019 female students attending Alcorn State. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.48 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Alcorn State.

At Alcorn State University, 2,404 students (80.27% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 642 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 557 students live in Mississippi where Alcorn State University is located in and 85 students have enrolled from other states.