Student Population at Murray State

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

Murray State has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 5,574 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Kentucky average (15,259 students).

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

By gender, there are 3,698 male and 6,322 female students attending Murray State. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.58 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 Murray State.

By age, there are 8,065 students whose age under twenty five and 1,293 students whose age is over thirty years old at Murray State University.

Especially, 1,008 students are younger than eighteen and 32 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Murray State University, 5,082 students (50.72% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,796 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, 1,169 students live in Kentucky where Murray State University is located in and 609 students have enrolled from other states.