Boston University Student Population and Demographics

BU Student Population

For academic year 2017-2018, there are 33,355 students including 18,080 undergraduate and 15,275 graduate students at Boston University. By attending status, there are 26,986 full-time and 6,369 part-time students with gender distribution of 13,832 male and 19,523 female students.

Student Gender Distribution

Boston University has a total enrollment of 33,355 with a gender distribution of 41.47% male (13,832 students) and 58.53% female (19,523 students).

Student Population By Gender
Boston University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	33,355	13,832	19,523
Undergraduate	18,080	7,217	10,863
Graduate	15,275	6,615	8,660
Full-time	26,986	10,995	15,991
Part-time	6,369	2,837	3,532

[Chart] Boston University 2018 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Boston University has a 26,986 full-time students and 6,369 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 16,840 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,240 are part-time students. In graduate school, 10,146 students are full-time and 5,129 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Boston University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	33,355	26,986	6,369
Undergraduate	18,080	16,840	1,240
Graduate	15,275	10,146	5,129
Men	13,832	10,995	2,837
Women	19,523	15,991	3,532

[Chart] Boston University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Boston University, 2,639 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 387 students are enrolled in some online course out of total 33,355 students. In undergraduate schools, 192 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,834 students join some online courses.

2018 Distance Learning Enrollment
Boston University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	33,355	18,080	15,275
Online Exclusively	2,639	88	2,551
In Some Online Classes	387	104	283
Not In Online Classes	30,329	17,888	12,441

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyze the student population by race/ethnicity at Boston University. There are 29 American Indian/Native American, 13,478 White, 1,364 Black/African American, 3,876 Asian, 2,963 Hispanic, 34 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,642 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity at
Boston University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	33,355	13,832	19,523
American Indian/Native American	29	12	17
Asian	3,876	1,592	2,284
Black/African American	1,364	456	908
Hispanic	2,963	1,119	1,844
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	11	23
White	13,478	5,320	8,158
Two More	954	360	594
Race Un-Known	2,745	1,282	1,463

[Chart] Boston UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

Next table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Boston University.

Age Distribution
Boston University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	33,355	18,080	15,275
Under 18	34	34	0
Age 18-19	2,581	2,581	0
Age 20-21	8,104	8,093	11
Age 22-24	9,478	6,178	3,300
Age 25-29	7,350	488	6,862
Age 30-34	2,885	182	2,703
Age 35-39	1,210	111	1,099
Age 40-49	1,009	111	898
Age 50-64	495	112	383
Over 64	209	190	19
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Boston University 2018 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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