Benedictine University Student Population and Demographics

Benedictine Student Population

There are 2,917 students including 1,972 undergraduate and 945 graduate students at Benedictine University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 2,130 full-time and 787 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,326 male and 1,591 female students.

Benedictine University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 546 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Benedictine University has a total enrollment of 2,917 with a gender distribution of 45.46% male (1,326 students) and 54.54% female (1,591 students). There are 1,019 male and 953 female students in undergraduate school and 307 male and 638 female students are attending graduate school at Benedictine University.

Student Population By Gender
Benedictine University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,917	1,326	1,591
Undergraduate	1,972	1,019	953
Graduate	945	307	638
Full-time	2,130	1,063	1,067
Part-time	787	263	524

[Chart] Benedictine University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Benedictine University has 2,130 full-time and 787 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 1,819 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 153 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 311 students are full-time and 634 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Benedictine University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,917	2,130	787
Undergraduate	1,972	1,819	153
Graduate	945	311	634
Men	1,326	1,063	263
Women	1,591	1,067	524

[Chart] Benedictine University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Benedictine University, 546 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,221 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 2,917 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,170 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 597 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Benedictine University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,917	1,972	945
Online Exclusively	546	75	471
In Some Online Classes	1,221	1,095	126
Not In Online Classes	1,150	802	348

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Benedictine University. There are 15 American Indian/Native American, 1,034 White, 293 Black/African American, 502 Asian, 505 Hispanic, 5 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 214 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Benedictine University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,917	1,326	1,591
American Indian/Native American	15	9	6
Asian	502	194	308
Black/African American	293	154	139
Hispanic	505	196	309
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	2	3
White	1,034	485	549
Two More	82	39	43
Race Un-Known	383	175	208

[Chart] Benedictine UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Benedictine University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,917	1,972	945
Under 18	25	23	2
Age 18-19	650	650	0
Age 20-21	755	750	5
Age 22-24	585	417	168
Age 25-29	344	85	259
Age 30-34	184	19	165
Age 35-39	151	13	138
Age 40-49	152	8	144
Age 50-64	63	7	56
Over 64	5	0	5
Age Un-Known	3	0	3

[Chart] Benedictine University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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