Harvard University Student Population and Demographics

Student Population

There are 31,566 students including 9,950 undergraduate and 21,616 graduate students at Harvard University for academic year 2018-2019. By attending status, there are 21,006 full-time and 10,560 part-time students with gender distribution of 15,841 male and 15,725 female students. Harvard University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,087 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Harvard University has a total enrollment of 31,566 with a gender distribution of 50.18% male (15,841 students) and 49.82% female (15,725 students). There are 5,020 male and 4,930 female students in undergraduate school and 10,821 male and 10,795 female students are attending graduate school at Harvard University.

Student Population By Gender
Harvard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	31,566	15,841	15,725
Undergraduate	9,950	5,020	4,930
Graduate	21,616	10,821	10,795
Full-time	21,006	10,533	10,473
Part-time	10,560	5,308	5,252

[Chart] Harvard University 2019 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Harvard University has 21,006 full-time and 10,560 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,210 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,740 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 13,796 students are full-time and 7,820 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Harvard University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	31,566	21,006	10,560
Undergraduate	9,950	7,210	2,740
Graduate	21,616	13,796	7,820
Men	15,841	10,533	5,308
Women	15,725	10,473	5,252

[Chart] Harvard University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Harvard University, 4,087 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,594 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 31,566 students. In undergraduate schools, 1,443 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 4,238 students are attending some online courses.

2019 Distance Learning Enrollment
Harvard University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	31,566	9,950	21,616
Online Exclusively	4,087	849	3,238
In Some Online Classes	1,594	594	1,000
Not In Online Classes	25,885	8,507	17,378

[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 69 American Indian/Native American, 13,092 White, 1,765 Black/African American, 4,348 Asian, 2,713 Hispanic, 34 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,109 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Harvard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	31,566	15,841	15,725
American Indian/Native American	69	39	30
Asian	4,348	2,041	2,307
Black/African American	1,765	816	949
Hispanic	2,713	1,364	1,349
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	34	11	23
White	13,092	6,622	6,470
Two More	1,216	554	662
Race Un-Known	1,055	555	500

[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	31,566	9,950	21,616
Under 18	194	193	1
Age 18-19	2,369	2,363	6
Age 20-21	3,480	3,420	60
Age 22-24	4,822	1,954	2,868
Age 25-29	10,132	768	9,364
Age 30-34	4,841	423	4,418
Age 35-39	2,243	293	1,950
Age 40-49	2,207	307	1,900
Age 50-64	1,166	195	971
Over 64	112	34	78
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Harvard University 2019 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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