Student Population at MSU

Total Enrollment

2,751

Undergraduate

2,499

Graduate

252

Online Enrollment

643

Men Students

1,041

Women Students

1,710

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,751 students have enrolled at Minot State University - 2,499 undergraduate and 252 graduate.

By gender, 1,041 male and 1,710 female students are attending Minot State University. By attendance status, there are 1,825 full-time students and 926 part-time students.

The number of students at Minot State University is small compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in North Dakota.

Minot State University offers online degree/certificate programs and 643 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares MSU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in North Dakota.

The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in North Dakota average (4,356 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Minot State University	2,751	2,499	252
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 North Dakota	4,356	3,669	883

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

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 1,041 male and 1,710 female students attending MSU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.61 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.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at MSU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,499	1,696	803
Men	977	678	299
Women	1,522	1,018	504

Population by Gender/Attending Status at MSU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	252	129	123
Men	64	33	31
Women	188	96	92

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,826 White students (66.38%) and 188 Two or More Races students (6.83%) at Minot State University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Minot State University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Minot State University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	48	17	31
Asian	37	15	22
Black or African American	107	61	46
Hispanic	158	75	83
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	8	2
White	1,676	583	1,093
Two or More Races	181	90	91
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	47	28	19
Total	2,499	977	1,522

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Minot State University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	6	1	5
Asian	4	1	3
Black or African American	12	11	1
Hispanic	10	2	8
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	150	32	118
Two or More Races	7	3	4
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	7	1	6
Total	252	64	188

Online Student Population

At Minot State University, 1,775 students (64.52% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 643 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, 473 students live in North Dakota where Minot State University is located in and 158 students have enrolled from other states.