The fall census numbers are in for Metropolitan State University of Denver. Here are a few high-level stats about our current students.
Undergraduate students
At census date, MSU Denver had 15,682 undergraduate students.
- The undergraduate student body contains 54% students of color.
- 56% of undergraduates are female, and 44% are male.
- The average undergraduate age is 24.7 years old.
- 58% of undergraduates are first-generation college students.
- 59% of undergraduates are attending full-time, meaning they are taking at least 12 credit hours. 41% are taking 11 credits or fewer.
- The average credit-hour load for all undergraduate students is 10.88.
- The University has 3,704 new students. 1,963 of those new students are first-time freshmen straight from high school, and 1,741 are first-time transfer students.
- 95% of undergraduates are in-state residents.
- 90% of undergraduates live in the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
Graduate students
As of the fall census date, MSU Denver also has 1,170 graduate students.
- The University currently has 299 new graduate students.
- 36% of graduate students are people of color.
- 79% of graduate students are female, and 21% are male.
- The average graduate-student age is 32.5 years old.
- 89% of graduate students are attending full-time, meaning they are taking at least 6 credit hours. 11% of graduate students are taking 5 credits or fewer.
- The average credit-hour load for graduate students is 9.19.
- 92% of graduate students are in-state residents.
- 86% of graduate students live in the seven-county Denver metropolitan area.
For interactive visualizations of the data, please visit the Student Profile Dashboards posted on the Institutional Research website.
Everyone is encouraged to dig into the student-profile dashboards to explore perspectives on the data and to see University trends over time. If you have any questions, please contact Sean Petranovich.