Harvard University Student Population and Demographics

Harvard Student Population

There are 30,259 students including 8,844 undergraduate and 21,415 graduate students at Harvard University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 20,814 full-time and 9,445 part-time students with gender distribution of 13,812 male and 16,447 female students.

Harvard University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 7,584 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Harvard University has a total enrollment of 30,259 with a gender distribution of 45.65% male (13,812 students) and 54.35% female (16,447 students). There are 4,137 male and 4,707 female students in undergraduate school and 9,675 male and 11,740 female students are attending graduate school at Harvard University.

Student Population By Gender
Harvard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	30,259	13,812	16,447
Undergraduate	8,844	4,137	4,707
Graduate	21,415	9,675	11,740
Full-time	20,814	9,681	11,133
Part-time	9,445	4,131	5,314

[Chart] Harvard University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Harvard University has 20,814 full-time and 9,445 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 7,243 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,601 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 13,571 students are full-time and 7,844 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Harvard University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	30,259	20,814	9,445
Undergraduate	8,844	7,243	1,601
Graduate	21,415	13,571	7,844
Men	13,812	9,681	4,131
Women	16,447	11,133	5,314

[Chart] Harvard University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Harvard University, 7,584 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,603 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 30,259 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,373 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 7,814 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Harvard University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	30,259	8,844	21,415
Online Exclusively	7,584	1,047	6,537
In Some Online Classes	1,603	326	1,277
Not In Online Classes	21,072	7,471	13,601

[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 57 American Indian/Native American, 9,826 White, 1,880 Black/African American, 4,682 Asian, 2,770 Hispanic, 36 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,377 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Harvard University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	30,259	13,812	16,447
American Indian/Native American	57	23	34
Asian	4,682	1,981	2,701
Black/African American	1,880	766	1,114
Hispanic	2,770	1,213	1,557
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	36	14	22
White	9,826	4,478	5,348
Two More	1,328	579	749
Race Un-Known	1,667	798	869

[Chart] Harvard UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Harvard University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	30,259	8,844	21,415
Under 18	147	147	0
Age 18-19	2,256	2,252	4
Age 20-21	3,278	3,203	75
Age 22-24	4,953	1,873	3,080
Age 25-29	9,063	486	8,577
Age 30-34	4,188	238	3,950
Age 35-39	2,228	188	2,040
Age 40-49	2,582	239	2,343
Age 50-64	1,394	190	1,204
Over 64	170	28	142
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Harvard University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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