Student Population at Rust

Total Enrollment

467 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

467

Online Enrollment

Men Students

223

Women Students

244

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 467 students have enrolled at Rust College (all undergraduate).

By gender, 223 male and 244 female students are attending Rust College. By attendance status, there are 419 full-time students and 48 part-time students.

The number of students at Rust College is very small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Mississippi.

Rust College offers online degree/certificate programs and 27 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Rust's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Mississippi.

The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Mississippi average (1,953 students).

	Total	Undergraduate
Rust College	467	467
All Colleges	2,931	2,685
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Mississippi	1,953	1,483

The below chart compares the student population between Rust College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 223 male and 244 female students attending Rust. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.91 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 Rust.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Rust
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	467	419	48
Men	223	205	18
Women	244	214	30

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 428 Black or African American students (91.65%) and 9 Hispanic students (1.93%) at Rust College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Rust College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Rust College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	2	2	0
Black or African American	428	203	225
Hispanic	9	6	3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	3	1	2
Two or More Races	0	0	0
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	7	1	6
Total	467	223	244

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 401 students whose age under twenty five and 31 students whose age is over thirty years old at Rust College.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Rust College.

Population by Student Age at Rust College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	467	223	244
18-19	151	68	83
20-21	137	75	62
22-24	113	59	54
25-29	35	14	21
30-34	12	3	9
35-39	4	1	3
40-49	10	3	7
50-64	5	0	5
Total	467	223	244

Online Student Population

At Rust College, 89 students (19.06% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 27 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, 19 students live in Mississippi where Rust College is located in and 8 students have enrolled from other states.