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Student Demographics

Ethnic Distribution of Majors by College

Agriculture
Fall American Citizens/Permanent Residents Foreign Total
Black Asian Hisp Indian Other White Unknown
2010 2 8 15 26 1 733 49 32 866
2009 1 4 9 26 0 672 35 26 773
2008 2 4 7 21 3 624 46 32 739
2007 0 4 2 21 2 595 58 30 712

Arts and Architecture
Fall
American Citizens/Permanent Residents
Foreign Total
Black Asian Hisp Indian Other White Unknown
2010 5 16 42 31 10 1258 107 25 1494
2009 7 17 31 26 2 1346 63 330 1522
2008 3 19 28 17 6 1370 68 31 1542
2007 5 16 22 14 9 1303 75 23 1467


Business

Fall
American Citizens/Permanent Residents
Foreign Total
Black Asian Hisp Indian Other White Unknown
2010 6 18 19 17 2 923 48 67 1100
2009 7 16 17 12 0 1029 35 52 1168
2008 6 16 13 6 2 1068 41 37 1189
2007 4 15 11 10 1 1087 30 41 1199



Education

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Fall
American Citizens/Permanent Residents
Foreign Total
Black Asian Hisp Indian Other White Unknown
2010 3 18 26 53 1 1333 176 11

1621
2009 7 17 24 98 2 1308 72 9 1537
2008 4 19 25 111 5 1161 105 9 1439
2007 8 14 23 68 7 1131 87 11 1349

Engineering
Fall
American Citizens/Permanent Residents
Foreign Total
Black Asian Hisp Indian Other White Unknown
2010 10 46 25 38 10 1888 114 169 2300
2009 7 39 17 36 5 1822 82 136 2144
2008 6 22 13 43 5 1779 75 122 2065
2007 4 24 19 44 7 1771 85 118 2072

Letters and Science
Fall
American Citizens/Permanent Residents
Foreign Total
Black Asian Hisp Indian Other White Unknown
2010 28 40 57 70 11 2472 220 71 2969
2009 14 39 53 63 5 2264 170 83 2691
2008 16 42 39 45 11 2148 172 97 2570
2007 14 35 39 50 16 2172 199 100 2625

Nursing
Fall
American Citizens/Permanent Residents
Foreign Total
Black Asian Hisp Indian Other White Unknown
2010 3 13 20 41 0 799 66 6 948  
2009 1 18 11 52 1 723 38 7 851
2008 0 11 14 51 3 713 31 4 827
2007 1 14 13 39 2 696 38 1 804

Other
Fall
American Citizens/Permanent Residents
Foreign Total
Black Asian Hisp Indian Other White Unknown
2010 32 27 32 60 7 1661 373 69 2261
2009 20 30 36 63 1 1733 144 51 2078
2008 17 23 26 68 2 1591 196 75 1998
2007 18 14 26 59 7 1507 258 53 1942


Overall Total

Fall
American Citizens/Permanent Residents
Foreign Total
Black Asian Hisp Indian Other White Unknown
2010 89 186 236 336 42 11067 1153 450

13559
2009 64 180 198 376 16 10897 639 394 12764
2008 54 156 165 362 37 10454 734 407 12369
2007 54 136 155 305 51 10262 830 377 12170

 

Sex

Fall
Male
Percent
Female
Percent
2010
7229
53%
6330
49.8%
2009
6862
54%
5902
46%
2008
6590
53%
5779
47%
2007
6539
54%
5631
46%


Ethnicity

Fall
African American
 %
Asian
%
Hispanic
 %
American Ind.
Alaskan Native
%

Other/
multi-racial

 %
White
 %
Unknown
 % International %

2010
76
.4%
124
.6%
348
2.9%
251
6.3%
351
3%
11,815
89.4%
139
1%

450

3%

2009
64
1%
180
1%
198
2%
376
3%
16
0%
10,897
85%
639
5%
394
3%

2008
54
<1%
156
1%
165
2%
362
3%
37
<1%
10,454
85%
734
6%
407
3%

2007
54
<1%
136
1%
155
2%
305
3%
51

<1%

10,262
84%
830
7%
377
3%


Geographic Origin (percentage)

Fall Montana Out of State Foreign
2010
63%
34%
3%
2009
63%
34%
3%
2008
63%
33%
3%
2007
64%
32%
3%

Students attending MSU in fall of 2010 originally came from all 56 counties in Montana, 50 U.S. states, and 72 foreign countries.

Please click the links below for more information:
+ Ethnic Distribution of Majors by College
+ Geographic Origins of Montana Students by Country
+ Native American Students Enrollment
+ Native American Students by Tribe
+ Office of Planning and Analysis

Demographics for Gallatin County