Students
Who's on campus
A medium campus of 6,688 undergrads, where 33% receive Pell Grants, a typical share compared to other colleges.
Race & ethnicity
Diversity index0.38
Economic access
Campus size
11% of undergraduates take every course online, and another 37% take some
Where first-years come from
1,562 first-time students
36% came from other states and 2.8% from abroad; 62% are from Kentucky. More from other states than at 65% of colleges.
- In-state (Kentucky)62%
- Other states36%
- Abroad2.8%
Top home states
- Kentucky(home state)62% 962
- Illinois12% 190
- Tennessee8.5% 132
- Indiana6.2% 97
- Missouri4.8% 75
From 25 states (counting DC).
Students starting college for the first time, by where they lived when admitted. Colleges report it every other fall.
Transfers in and out
Transferring in, fall 2024
523
new transfer students, 25% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 49% of colleges.
446 full-time, 77 part-time.
Going on to another college
13%
of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 305 students).
Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.
Who they are
8.8% of undergrads study part-time.
61% women
Another gender: Not reported: the college records other genders but leaves these counts blank when any is under 5, for privacy.
Degree-seeking undergraduates. Men and women add up to 100% because federal data has colleges count each student of another or unknown gender as a man or a woman.
Campus life
Housing, sports, faith, Greek life, and LGBTQ+ life
Housing for 3,052 students.
Housing
Beds
3,052
About 46 for every 100 undergrads (median college: 59). Can include graduate housing.
First-years
Not required to live on campus
Many colleges still expect it, with exceptions such as for local students.
Meal plans
Offered
Athletics & programs
Athletics
NCAA Division I FCS · Missouri Valley Conference
Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays football, basketball, baseball, cross country/track.
Recent move: Football moved from the Ohio Valley Conference to the Missouri Valley Conference, 2023–24
How the Missouri Valley Conference comparesROTC
Army
Study abroad
Offered
Undergraduate research
Not listed
Calendar
Semesters
Student services
- Academic and career counseling
- Help finding a job while enrolled
- Job placement after graduating
- 9% of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office
Religious life
Affiliation
No religious affiliation
Campus ministries
Listed among campus activities
Faith communities · 2
- Catholic 1
- Nonreligious and secular 1
Greek life
On the national organizations' own chapter lists.
Among first-years: 44% of men, 56% of women.
- Fraternity and sorority housing
Councils and chapters
2listedPanhellenic sororities (NPC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
Epsilon Omicron Chapter
Delta Iota
2listedInterfraternity (NIC and IFC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
Lambda-Eta (Murray State)
LGBTQ+ life
Support on campus
LGBTQ+ center or office
Policies
- Nondiscrimination policy covers gender identity or expression
- Chosen name and pronouns on campus records
Listed by Trans Policy Clearinghouse, read October 2026; not confirmed by the college.
Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024
Not reported: the college records other genders but leaves these counts blank when any is under 5, for privacy.
Gender unknown: 0
First-year applicants of another gender, fall 2024
Not reported: the college records other genders but leaves these counts blank when any is under 5, for privacy.
Colleges record gender so differently that these counts can't be compared between colleges.
Sources:College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part A, enrollment by level), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;Murray State University Common Data Set 2021–22, Fall 2021;Murray State University Common Data Set 2021–22, 2021–22;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)