Fairfield University Student Population and Demographics

Fairfield Student Population

There are 6,019 students including 4,757 undergraduate and 1,262 graduate students at Fairfield University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 5,261 full-time and 758 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,457 male and 3,562 female students. Fairfield University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 176 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Fairfield University has a total enrollment of 6,019 with a gender distribution of 40.82% male (2,457 students) and 59.18% female (3,562 students). There are 2,016 male and 2,741 female students in undergraduate school and 441 male and 821 female students are attending graduate school at Fairfield University.

Student Population By Gender
Fairfield University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,019	2,457	3,562
Undergraduate	4,757	2,016	2,741
Graduate	1,262	441	821
Full-time	5,261	2,201	3,060
Part-time	758	256	502

[Chart] Fairfield University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Fairfield University has 5,261 full-time and 758 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,655 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 102 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 606 students are full-time and 656 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Fairfield University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,019	5,261	758
Undergraduate	4,757	4,655	102
Graduate	1,262	606	656
Men	2,457	2,201	256
Women	3,562	3,060	502

[Chart] Fairfield University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Fairfield University, 176 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,067 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 6,019 students. In undergraduate schools, 860 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 383 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Fairfield University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,019	4,757	1,262
Online Exclusively	176	14	162
In Some Online Classes	1,067	846	221
Not In Online Classes	4,776	3,897	879

[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 2 American Indian/Native American, 4,637 White, 128 Black/African American, 141 Asian, 448 Hispanic, 1 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 232 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Fairfield University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,019	2,457	3,562
American Indian/Native American	2	1	1
Asian	141	52	89
Black/African American	128	41	87
Hispanic	448	176	272
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	4,637	1,871	2,766
Two More	110	52	58
Race Un-Known	397	180	217

[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	6,019	4,757	1,262
Under 18	83	83	0
Age 18-19	2,348	2,348	0
Age 20-21	2,065	2,038	27
Age 22-24	652	234	418
Age 25-29	308	29	279
Age 30-34	183	9	174
Age 35-39	108	1	107
Age 40-49	162	8	154
Age 50-64	98	5	93
Over 64	12	2	10
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Fairfield University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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