Long Island University Student Population and Demographics

Long Island Student Population

There are 16,689 students including 12,072 undergraduate and 4,617 graduate students at Long Island University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 8,224 full-time and 8,465 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,212 male and 10,477 female students.

Long Island University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 327 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Long Island University has a total enrollment of 16,689 with a gender distribution of 37.22% male (6,212 students) and 62.78% female (10,477 students). There are 5,043 male and 7,029 female students in undergraduate school and 1,169 male and 3,448 female students are attending graduate school at Long Island University.

Student Population By Gender
Long Island University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	16,689	6,212	10,477
Undergraduate	12,072	5,043	7,029
Graduate	4,617	1,169	3,448
Full-time	8,224	2,705	5,519
Part-time	8,465	3,507	4,958

[Chart] Long Island University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Long Island University has 8,224 full-time and 8,465 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,166 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 6,906 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,058 students are full-time and 1,559 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Long Island University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	16,689	8,224	8,465
Undergraduate	12,072	5,166	6,906
Graduate	4,617	3,058	1,559
Men	6,212	2,705	3,507
Women	10,477	5,519	4,958

[Chart] Long Island University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Long Island University, 327 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 114 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 16,689 students.

In undergraduate schools, 0 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 441 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Long Island University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,689	12,072	4,617
Online Exclusively	327	0	327
In Some Online Classes	114	0	114
Not In Online Classes	16,248	12,072	4,176

[Chart] Long Island University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Long Island University. There are 22 American Indian/Native American, 7,205 White, 1,455 Black/African American, 1,792 Asian, 2,484 Hispanic, 16 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 955 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Long Island University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	16,689	6,212	10,477
American Indian/Native American	22	9	13
Asian	1,792	663	1,129
Black/African American	1,455	480	975
Hispanic	2,484	841	1,643
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	3	13
White	7,205	2,752	4,453
Two More	416	143	273
Race Un-Known	2,028	812	1,216

[Chart] Long Island UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Long Island University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,689	12,072	4,617
Under 18	6,827	6,826	1
Age 18-19	2,166	2,166	0
Age 20-21	1,853	1,666	187
Age 22-24	2,396	705	1,691
Age 25-29	1,725	375	1,350
Age 30-34	660	145	515
Age 35-39	373	83	290
Age 40-49	453	78	375
Age 50-64	218	24	194
Over 64	16	2	14
Age Un-Known	2	2	0

[Chart] Long Island University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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