Aurora University Student Population and Demographics

Aurora Student Population

There are 5,923 students including 4,106 undergraduate and 1,817 graduate students at Aurora University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,618 full-time and 1,305 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,671 male and 4,252 female students.

Aurora University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,827 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Aurora University has a total enrollment of 5,923 with a gender distribution of 28.21% male (1,671 students) and 71.79% female (4,252 students). There are 1,347 male and 2,759 female students in undergraduate school and 324 male and 1,493 female students are attending graduate school at Aurora University.

Student Population By Gender
Aurora University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,923	1,671	4,252
Undergraduate	4,106	1,347	2,759
Graduate	1,817	324	1,493
Full-time	4,618	1,413	3,205
Part-time	1,305	258	1,047

[Chart] Aurora University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Aurora University has 4,618 full-time and 1,305 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 3,660 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 446 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 958 students are full-time and 859 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Aurora University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	5,923	4,618	1,305
Undergraduate	4,106	3,660	446
Graduate	1,817	958	859
Men	1,671	1,413	258
Women	4,252	3,205	1,047

[Chart] Aurora University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Aurora University, 1,827 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 802 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 5,923 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,207 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,422 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Aurora University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,923	4,106	1,817
Online Exclusively	1,827	549	1,278
In Some Online Classes	802	658	144
Not In Online Classes	3,294	2,899	395

[Chart] Aurora University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Aurora University. There are 10 American Indian/Native American, 2,650 White, 498 Black/African American, 167 Asian, 2,049 Hispanic, 6 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 159 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Aurora University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,923	1,671	4,252
American Indian/Native American	10	2	8
Asian	167	50	117
Black/African American	498	133	365
Hispanic	2,049	514	1,535
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	4	2
White	2,650	787	1,863
Two More	169	53	116
Race Un-Known	343	106	237

[Chart] Aurora UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Aurora University.

Age Distribution
Aurora University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,923	4,106	1,817
Under 18	17	17	0
Age 18-19	1,323	1,323	0
Age 20-21	1,455	1,437	18
Age 22-24	1,085	679	406
Age 25-29	686	263	423
Age 30-34	374	120	254
Age 35-39	342	103	239
Age 40-49	452	115	337
Age 50-64	184	48	136
Over 64	5	1	4
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Aurora University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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