Student Population at Delta State

Total Enrollment

2,654

Undergraduate

1,876

Graduate

778

Online Enrollment

932

Men Students

1,072

Women Students

1,582

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,654 students have enrolled at Delta State University - 1,876 undergraduate and 778 graduate.

By gender, 1,072 male and 1,582 female students are attending Delta State University. By attendance status, there are 1,782 full-time students and 872 part-time students.

The number of students at Delta State University is very small compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in Mississippi.

Delta State University offers online degree/certificate programs and 932 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

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

The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Mississippi average (9,820 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Delta State University	2,654	1,876	778
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Public, 4-Years Colleges	11,396	9,810	2,541
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Public, 4-Years Colleges in Mississippi	9,820	8,054	1,766

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

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 1,072 male and 1,582 female students attending Delta State. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.68 to 1 and the ratio is similar to 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 Delta State.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Delta State
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,876	1,432	444
Men	855	676	179
Women	1,021	756	265

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Delta State
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	778	350	428
Men	217	112	105
Women	561	238	323

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,250 White students (47.10%) and 1,115 Black or African American students (42.01%) at Delta State University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Delta State University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Delta State University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	7	4	3
Asian	12	5	7
Black or African American	711	270	441
Hispanic	47	21	26
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	950	466	484
Two or More Races	20	11	9
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	42	25	17
Total	1,876	855	1,021

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Delta State University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	0	1
Asian	4	1	3
Black or African American	404	99	305
Hispanic	17	10	7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	300	85	215
Two or More Races	9	3	6
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	21	7	14
Total	778	217	561

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 1,751 students whose age under twenty five and 618 students whose age is over thirty years old at Delta State University.

Especially, 222 students are younger than eighteen and 15 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Delta State University.

Population by Student Age at Delta State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,876	855	1,021
Under 18	222	79	143
18-19	365	200	165
20-21	612	275	337
22-24	395	196	199
25-29	111	46	65
30-34	60	27	33
35-39	33	11	22
40-49	43	12	31
50-64	25	4	21
65 and over	10	5	5
Total	1,876	855	1,021

Population by Student Age at Delta State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	778	217	561
20-21	9	4	5
22-24	148	63	85
25-29	174	52	122
30-34	119	27	92
35-39	92	23	69
40-49	154	30	124
50-64	77	18	59
65 and over	5	0	5
Total	778	217	561

Online Student Population

At Delta State University, 2,145 students (80.82% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 932 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, 767 students live in Mississippi where Delta State University is located in and 156 students have enrolled from other states.