Emerson College Student Population and Demographics

Emerson Student Population

There are 5,263 students including 3,908 undergraduate and 1,355 graduate students at Emerson College for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,779 full-time and 484 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,529 male and 3,734 female students.

Emerson College is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 599 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Emerson College has a total enrollment of 5,263 with a gender distribution of 29.05% male (1,529 students) and 70.95% female (3,734 students). There are 1,330 male and 2,578 female students in undergraduate school and 199 male and 1,156 female students are attending graduate school at Emerson College.

Student Population By Gender
Emerson College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,263	1,529	3,734
Undergraduate	3,908	1,330	2,578
Graduate	1,355	199	1,156
Full-time	4,779	1,467	3,312
Part-time	484	62	422

[Chart] Emerson College 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Emerson College has 4,779 full-time and 484 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 3,839 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 69 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 940 students are full-time and 415 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Emerson College
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	5,263	4,779	484
Undergraduate	3,908	3,839	69
Graduate	1,355	940	415
Men	1,529	1,467	62
Women	3,734	3,312	422

[Chart] Emerson College Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Emerson College, 599 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 533 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 5,263 students.

In undergraduate schools, 232 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 900 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Emerson College
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,263	3,908	1,355
Online Exclusively	599	0	599
In Some Online Classes	533	232	301
Not In Online Classes	4,131	3,676	455

[Chart] Emerson College Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Emerson College. There are 7 American Indian/Native American, 2,860 White, 356 Black/African American, 287 Asian, 674 Hispanic, 4 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 111 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Emerson College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,263	1,529	3,734
American Indian/Native American	7	0	7
Asian	287	86	201
Black/African American	356	86	270
Hispanic	674	165	509
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0	4
White	2,860	863	1,997
Two More	238	71	167
Race Un-Known	150	40	110

[Chart] Emerson CollegeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Emerson College.

Age Distribution
Emerson College
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,263	3,908	1,355
Under 18	39	39	0
Age 18-19	1,579	1,579	0
Age 20-21	1,874	1,856	18
Age 22-24	821	385	436
Age 25-29	489	32	457
Age 30-34	215	9	206
Age 35-39	116	4	112
Age 40-49	98	2	96
Age 50-64	29	2	27
Over 64	2	0	2
Age Un-Known	1	0	1

[Chart] Emerson College 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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