Fairfield University Student Population and Demographics

Fairfield Student Population

There are 6,864 students including 5,391 undergraduate and 1,473 graduate students at Fairfield University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 6,078 full-time and 786 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,778 male and 4,086 female students.

Fairfield University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 556 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Fairfield University has a total enrollment of 6,864 with a gender distribution of 40.47% male (2,778 students) and 59.53% female (4,086 students). There are 2,274 male and 3,117 female students in undergraduate school and 504 male and 969 female students are attending graduate school at Fairfield University.

Student Population By Gender
Fairfield University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,864	2,778	4,086
Undergraduate	5,391	2,274	3,117
Graduate	1,473	504	969
Full-time	6,078	2,520	3,558
Part-time	786	258	528

[Chart] Fairfield University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Fairfield University has 6,078 full-time and 786 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,326 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 65 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 752 students are full-time and 721 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Fairfield University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,864	6,078	786
Undergraduate	5,391	5,326	65
Graduate	1,473	752	721
Men	2,778	2,520	258
Women	4,086	3,558	528

[Chart] Fairfield University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Fairfield University, 556 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,393 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 6,864 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,030 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 919 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Fairfield University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,864	5,391	1,473
Online Exclusively	556	12	544
In Some Online Classes	1,393	1,018	375
Not In Online Classes	4,915	4,361	554

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Fairfield University. There are 5 American Indian/Native American, 5,190 White, 170 Black/African American, 157 Asian, 572 Hispanic, 4 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 241 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Fairfield University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,864	2,778	4,086
American Indian/Native American	5	2	3
Asian	157	59	98
Black/African American	170	62	108
Hispanic	572	248	324
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	2	2
White	5,190	2,072	3,118
Two More	143	63	80
Race Un-Known	450	178	272

[Chart] Fairfield UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Fairfield University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,864	5,391	1,473
Under 18	94	94	0
Age 18-19	2,723	2,723	0
Age 20-21	2,303	2,272	31
Age 22-24	676	222	454
Age 25-29	373	43	330
Age 30-34	200	15	185
Age 35-39	147	5	142
Age 40-49	211	7	204
Age 50-64	118	10	108
Over 64	19	0	19
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Fairfield University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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