New York University Student Population and Demographics

NYU Student Population

There are 56,832 students including 29,060 undergraduate and 27,772 graduate students at New York University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 49,928 full-time and 6,904 part-time students with gender distribution of 23,777 male and 33,055 female students.

New York University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,493 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

New York University has a total enrollment of 56,832 with a gender distribution of 41.84% male (23,777 students) and 58.16% female (33,055 students). There are 11,827 male and 17,233 female students in undergraduate school and 11,950 male and 15,822 female students are attending graduate school at New York University.

Student Population By Gender
New York University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	56,832	23,777	33,055
Undergraduate	29,060	11,827	17,233
Graduate	27,772	11,950	15,822
Full-time	49,928	20,813	29,115
Part-time	6,904	2,964	3,940

[Chart] New York University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

New York University has 49,928 full-time and 6,904 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 28,012 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,048 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 21,916 students are full-time and 5,856 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
New York University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	56,832	49,928	6,904
Undergraduate	29,060	28,012	1,048
Graduate	27,772	21,916	5,856
Men	23,777	20,813	2,964
Women	33,055	29,115	3,940

[Chart] New York University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At New York University, 3,493 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,998 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 56,832 students.

In undergraduate schools, 5,572 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 8,919 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
New York University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	56,832	29,060	27,772
Online Exclusively	3,493	398	3,095
In Some Online Classes	10,998	5,174	5,824
Not In Online Classes	42,341	23,488	18,853

[Chart] New York University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at New York University. There are 79 American Indian/Native American, 13,463 White, 3,451 Black/African American, 9,934 Asian, 6,386 Hispanic, 25 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,804 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
New York University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	56,832	23,777	33,055
American Indian/Native American	79	24	55
Asian	9,934	4,240	5,694
Black/African American	3,451	1,000	2,451
Hispanic	6,386	2,163	4,223
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	25	10	15
White	13,463	5,281	8,182
Two More	1,812	636	1,176
Race Un-Known	2,480	1,168	1,312

[Chart] New York UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
New York University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	56,832	29,060	27,772
Under 18	596	596	0
Age 18-19	11,136	11,134	2
Age 20-21	13,746	13,129	617
Age 22-24	14,534	3,231	11,303
Age 25-29	10,350	497	9,853
Age 30-34	3,456	191	3,265
Age 35-39	1,386	110	1,276
Age 40-49	1,160	119	1,041
Age 50-64	433	45	388
Over 64	35	8	27
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] New York University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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