SHU Student Population and Demographics

SHU Student Population

There are 9,313 students including 6,417 undergraduate and 2,896 graduate students at Sacred Heart University for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 6,884 full-time and 2,429 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,771 male and 6,542 female students. Sacred Heart University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,576 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Sacred Heart University has a total enrollment of 9,313 with a gender distribution of 29.75% male (2,771 students) and 70.25% female (6,542 students). There are 2,063 male and 4,354 female students in undergraduate school and 708 male and 2,188 female students are attending graduate school at Sacred Heart University.

Student Population By Gender
Sacred Heart University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,313	2,771	6,542
Undergraduate	6,417	2,063	4,354
Graduate	2,896	708	2,188
Full-time	6,884	2,215	4,669
Part-time	2,429	556	1,873

[Chart] Sacred Heart University 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Sacred Heart University has 6,884 full-time and 2,429 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 5,671 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 746 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,213 students are full-time and 1,683 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Sacred Heart University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	9,313	6,884	2,429
Undergraduate	6,417	5,671	746
Graduate	2,896	1,213	1,683
Men	2,771	2,215	556
Women	6,542	4,669	1,873

[Chart] Sacred Heart University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Sacred Heart University, 1,576 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,745 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 9,313 students. In undergraduate schools, 4,482 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,839 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
Sacred Heart University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,313	6,417	2,896
Online Exclusively	1,576	281	1,295
In Some Online Classes	4,745	4,201	544
Not In Online Classes	2,992	1,935	1,057

[Chart] Sacred Heart University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Sacred Heart University. There are 11 American Indian/Native American, 6,584 White, 504 Black/African American, 196 Asian, 1,115 Hispanic, 8 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 164 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Sacred Heart University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	9,313	2,771	6,542
American Indian/Native American	11	4	7
Asian	196	61	135
Black/African American	504	181	323
Hispanic	1,115	322	793
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	2	6
White	6,584	1,912	4,672
Two More	209	61	148
Race Un-Known	469	103	366

[Chart] Sacred Heart UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Sacred Heart University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,313	6,417	2,896
Under 18	30	30	0
Age 18-19	2,800	2,800	0
Age 20-21	2,544	2,509	35
Age 22-24	1,476	562	914
Age 25-29	939	218	721
Age 30-34	639	140	499
Age 35-39	242	37	205
Age 40-49	414	82	332
Age 50-64	223	36	187
Over 64	5	2	3
Age Un-Known	1	1	0

[Chart] Sacred Heart University 2021 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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