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 Montana.

MSU has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 17,727 students). The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Montana average (5,282 students).

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

By gender, there are 8,879 male and 8,256 female students attending MSU. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.08 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 14,464 students whose age under twenty five and 1,355 students whose age is over thirty years old at Montana State University.

Especially, 507 students are younger than eighteen and 34 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Montana State University, 3,449 students (20.13% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 909 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, 483 students live in Montana where Montana State University is located in and 408 students have enrolled from other states.