Student Population at Messiah

The following chart compares Messiah's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania.

Messiah has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 5,145 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania average (2,751 students).

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

By gender, there are 1,292 male and 2,081 female students attending Messiah. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.62 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 Messiah.

By age, there are 2,809 students whose age under twenty five and 363 students whose age is over thirty years old at Messiah University.

Especially, 339 students are younger than eighteen and 5 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Messiah University, 1,374 students (40.74% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 721 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, 542 students live in Pennsylvania where Messiah University is located in and 176 students have enrolled from other states.