BU Student Population and Demographics

BU Student Population

There are 32,718 students including 16,872 undergraduate and 15,846 graduate students at Boston University for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 26,272 full-time and 6,446 part-time students with gender distribution of 13,684 male and 19,034 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 32,718 with a gender distribution of 41.82% male (13,684 students) and 58.18% female (19,034 students). There are 7,022 male and 9,850 female students in undergraduate school and 6,662 male and 9,184 female students are attending graduate school at Boston University.

Student Population By Gender
Boston University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	32,718	13,684	19,034
Undergraduate	16,872	7,022	9,850
Graduate	15,846	6,662	9,184
Full-time	26,272	11,013	15,259
Part-time	6,446	2,671	3,775

[Chart] Boston University 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Boston University has 26,272 full-time and 6,446 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 16,026 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 846 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 10,246 students are full-time and 5,600 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Boston University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	32,718	26,272	6,446
Undergraduate	16,872	16,026	846
Graduate	15,846	10,246	5,600
Men	13,684	11,013	2,671
Women	19,034	15,259	3,775

[Chart] Boston University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Boston University, 2,849 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,138 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 32,718 students. In undergraduate schools, 267 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,720 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
Boston University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	32,718	16,872	15,846
Online Exclusively	2,849	87	2,762
In Some Online Classes	1,138	180	958
Not In Online Classes	28,731	16,605	12,126

[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 12 American Indian/Native American, 12,490 White, 1,378 Black/African American, 4,710 Asian, 3,106 Hispanic, 19 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,259 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Boston University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	32,718	13,684	19,034
American Indian/Native American	12	4	8
Asian	4,710	1,964	2,746
Black/African American	1,378	454	924
Hispanic	3,106	1,209	1,897
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	6	13
White	12,490	4,824	7,666
Two More	1,109	391	718
Race Un-Known	1,852	868	984

[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	32,718	16,872	15,846
Under 18	242	242	0
Age 18-19	6,288	6,283	5
Age 20-21	8,594	8,347	247
Age 22-24	7,182	1,502	5,680
Age 25-29	5,813	231	5,582
Age 30-34	2,281	104	2,177
Age 35-39	975	49	926
Age 40-49	945	64	881
Age 50-64	372	42	330
Over 64	26	8	18
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Boston University 2021 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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