Empire State University Student Population and Demographics

Empire State Student Population

There are 10,469 students including 8,395 undergraduate and 2,074 graduate students at Empire State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,278 full-time and 6,191 part-time students with gender distribution of 3,319 male and 7,150 female students.

Empire State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 9,588 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Empire State University has a total enrollment of 10,469 with a gender distribution of 31.70% male (3,319 students) and 68.30% female (7,150 students). There are 2,703 male and 5,692 female students in undergraduate school and 616 male and 1,458 female students are attending graduate school at Empire State University.

Student Population By Gender
Empire State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	10,469	3,319	7,150
Undergraduate	8,395	2,703	5,692
Graduate	2,074	616	1,458
Full-time	4,278	1,137	3,141
Part-time	6,191	2,182	4,009

[Chart] Empire State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Empire State University has 4,278 full-time and 6,191 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 3,997 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 4,398 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 281 students are full-time and 1,793 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Empire State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	10,469	4,278	6,191
Undergraduate	8,395	3,997	4,398
Graduate	2,074	281	1,793
Men	3,319	1,137	2,182
Women	7,150	3,141	4,009

[Chart] Empire State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Empire State University, 9,588 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 154 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 10,469 students.

In undergraduate schools, 7,672 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,070 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Empire State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	10,469	8,395	2,074
Online Exclusively	9,588	7,518	2,070
In Some Online Classes	154	154	0
Not In Online Classes	727	723	4

[Chart] Empire State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Empire State University. There are 35 American Indian/Native American, 4,926 White, 1,555 Black/African American, 382 Asian, 1,536 Hispanic, 17 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 703 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Empire State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	10,469	3,319	7,150
American Indian/Native American	35	8	27
Asian	382	123	259
Black/African American	1,555	431	1,124
Hispanic	1,536	473	1,063
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	5	12
White	4,926	1,553	3,373
Two More	293	85	208
Race Un-Known	1,663	618	1,045

[Chart] Empire State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Empire State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	10,469	8,395	2,074
Under 18	60	60	0
Age 18-19	267	267	0
Age 20-21	719	704	15
Age 22-24	1,440	1,219	221
Age 25-29	1,890	1,456	434
Age 30-34	1,558	1,264	294
Age 35-39	1,335	1,034	301
Age 40-49	1,948	1,464	484
Age 50-64	1,166	861	305
Over 64	86	66	20
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Empire State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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