Harvard Student Population and Demographics

Harvard Student Population

There are 30,391 students including 8,527 undergraduate and 21,864 graduate students at Harvard University for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 19,030 full-time and 11,361 part-time students with gender distribution of 14,509 male and 15,882 female students. Harvard University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 27,933 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Harvard University has a total enrollment of 30,391 with a gender distribution of 47.74% male (14,509 students) and 52.26% female (15,882 students). There are 4,152 male and 4,375 female students in undergraduate school and 10,357 male and 11,507 female students are attending graduate school at Harvard University.

Student Population By Gender
Harvard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	30,391	14,509	15,882
Undergraduate	8,527	4,152	4,375
Graduate	21,864	10,357	11,507
Full-time	19,030	9,200	9,830
Part-time	11,361	5,309	6,052

[Chart] Harvard University 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Harvard University has 19,030 full-time and 11,361 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,699 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,828 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 13,331 students are full-time and 8,533 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Harvard University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	30,391	19,030	11,361
Undergraduate	8,527	5,699	2,828
Graduate	21,864	13,331	8,533
Men	14,509	9,200	5,309
Women	15,882	9,830	6,052

[Chart] Harvard University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Harvard University, 27,933 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,648 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 30,391 students. In undergraduate schools, 8,525 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 21,056 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
Harvard University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	30,391	8,527	21,864
Online Exclusively	27,933	8,523	19,410
In Some Online Classes	1,648	2	1,646
Not In Online Classes	810	2	808

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Harvard University. There are 60 American Indian/Native American, 12,074 White, 1,994 Black/African American, 4,153 Asian, 2,876 Hispanic, 36 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,062 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Harvard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	30,391	14,509	15,882
American Indian/Native American	60	30	30
Asian	4,153	1,881	2,272
Black/African American	1,994	853	1,141
Hispanic	2,876	1,345	1,531
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	15	21
White	12,074	5,851	6,223
Two More	1,198	515	683
Race Un-Known	1,037	547	490

[Chart] Harvard UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

Next table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Harvard University.

Age Distribution
Harvard University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	30,391	8,527	21,864
Under 18	220	219	1
Age 18-19	2,011	2,007	4
Age 20-21	2,586	2,521	65
Age 22-24	4,570	1,533	3,037
Age 25-29	9,579	787	8,792
Age 30-34	5,031	496	4,535
Age 35-39	2,478	325	2,153
Age 40-49	2,478	364	2,114
Age 50-64	1,274	227	1,047
Over 64	164	48	116
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Harvard University 2021 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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