Samford University Student Population and Demographics

Samford Student Population

There are 6,097 students including 4,210 undergraduate and 1,887 graduate students at Samford University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 5,862 full-time and 235 part-time students with gender distribution of 2,062 male and 4,035 female students.

Samford University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 412 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Samford University has a total enrollment of 6,097 with a gender distribution of 33.82% male (2,062 students) and 66.18% female (4,035 students). There are 1,470 male and 2,740 female students in undergraduate school and 592 male and 1,295 female students are attending graduate school at Samford University.

Student Population By Gender
Samford University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,097	2,062	4,035
Undergraduate	4,210	1,470	2,740
Graduate	1,887	592	1,295
Full-time	5,862	1,986	3,876
Part-time	235	76	159

[Chart] Samford University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Samford University has 5,862 full-time and 235 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,148 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 62 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,714 students are full-time and 173 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Samford University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	6,097	5,862	235
Undergraduate	4,210	4,148	62
Graduate	1,887	1,714	173
Men	2,062	1,986	76
Women	4,035	3,876	159

[Chart] Samford University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Samford University, 412 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 892 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 6,097 students.

In undergraduate schools, 654 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 650 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Samford University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,097	4,210	1,887
Online Exclusively	412	46	366
In Some Online Classes	892	608	284
Not In Online Classes	4,793	3,556	1,237

[Chart] Samford University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Samford University. There are 23 American Indian/Native American, 4,880 White, 476 Black/African American, 102 Asian, 307 Hispanic, 5 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 67 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Samford University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	6,097	2,062	4,035
American Indian/Native American	23	12	11
Asian	102	26	76
Black/African American	476	180	296
Hispanic	307	97	210
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	3	2
White	4,880	1,654	3,226
Two More	113	28	85
Race Un-Known	119	39	80

[Chart] Samford UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Samford University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,097	4,210	1,887
Under 18	25	25	0
Age 18-19	1,968	1,957	11
Age 20-21	1,925	1,822	103
Age 22-24	1,253	345	908
Age 25-29	446	28	418
Age 30-34	130	6	124
Age 35-39	113	8	105
Age 40-49	140	7	133
Age 50-64	89	7	82
Over 64	4	1	3
Age Un-Known	4	4	0

[Chart] Samford University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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