Student Population at MSU

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

MSU has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 40,236 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Michigan average (14,679 students).

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

By gender, there are 24,439 male and 27,650 female students attending MSU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.88 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 MSU.

By age, there are 43,775 students whose age under twenty five and 3,534 students whose age is over thirty years old at Michigan State University.

Especially, 1,034 students are younger than eighteen and 11 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Michigan State University, 27,324 students (52.46% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,681 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, 1,746 students live in Michigan where Michigan State University is located in and 861 students have enrolled from other states.