Student Population at Metropolitan State

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

Metropolitan State has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 3,946 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Minnesota average (10,729 students).

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

By gender, there are 2,855 male and 3,805 female students attending Metropolitan State. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.75 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 Metropolitan State.

At Metropolitan State University, 5,443 students (81.73% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 3,119 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, 3,027 students live in Minnesota where Metropolitan State University is located in and 89 students have enrolled from other states.