Boston University Student Population and Demographics

BU Student Population

There are 36,104 students including 18,229 undergraduate and 17,875 graduate students at Boston University for academic year 2021-2022. By attending status, there are 29,047 full-time and 7,057 part-time students with gender distribution of 15,319 male and 20,785 female students. Boston University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,849 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Boston University has a total enrollment of 36,104 with a gender distribution of 42.43% male (15,319 students) and 57.57% female (20,785 students). There are 7,719 male and 10,510 female students in undergraduate school and 7,600 male and 10,275 female students are attending graduate school at Boston University.

Student Population By Gender
Boston University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	36,104	15,319	20,785
Undergraduate	18,229	7,719	10,510
Graduate	17,875	7,600	10,275
Full-time	29,047	12,280	16,767
Part-time	7,057	3,039	4,018

[Chart] Boston University 2022 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Boston University has 29,047 full-time and 7,057 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 17,460 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 769 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 11,587 students are full-time and 6,288 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Boston University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	36,104	29,047	7,057
Undergraduate	18,229	17,460	769
Graduate	17,875	11,587	6,288
Men	15,319	12,280	3,039
Women	20,785	16,767	4,018

[Chart] Boston University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Boston University, 4,032 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,410 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 36,104 students. In undergraduate schools, 327 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 5,115 students are attending some online courses.

2022 Distance Learning Enrollment
Boston University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	36,104	18,229	17,875
Online Exclusively	4,032	128	3,904
In Some Online Classes	1,410	199	1,211
Not In Online Classes	30,662	17,902	12,760

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Boston University. There are 15 American Indian/Native American, 13,279 White, 1,500 Black/African American, 5,282 Asian, 3,253 Hispanic, 27 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,335 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Boston University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	36,104	15,319	20,785
American Indian/Native American	15	8	7
Asian	5,282	2,318	2,964
Black/African American	1,500	469	1,031
Hispanic	3,253	1,248	2,005
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	27	9	18
White	13,279	5,139	8,140
Two More	1,249	439	810
Race Un-Known	1,897	896	1,001

[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	36,104	18,229	17,875
Under 18	280	280	0
Age 18-19	7,229	7,227	2
Age 20-21	8,841	8,503	338
Age 22-24	8,054	1,660	6,394
Age 25-29	6,204	239	5,965
Age 30-34	2,574	104	2,470
Age 35-39	1,234	56	1,178
Age 40-49	1,176	60	1,116
Age 50-64	440	49	391
Over 64	72	51	21
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Boston University 2022 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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