Enrollment Statistics at Pennsylvania Colleges

Student Population at Pennsylvania Colleges

At Pennsylvania colleges, there are 650,996 students including 504,482 undergraduate and 146,514 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 476,303 full-time and 174,693 part-time students.By gender, 42.55% male and 57.45% female students enrolled in Pennsylvania colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	650,996	277,021	373,975
Undergraduate	504,482	218,927	285,555
Graduate	146,514	58,094	88,420
By Attending Status
Full-time	476,303	213,490	262,813
Part-time	174,693	63,531	111,162

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - Pennsylvania Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

Pennsylvania colleges have a total of 476,303 full-time students and 174,693 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 386,605 students are attending classes with full-time status and 117,877 are part-time students. In graduate school, 89,698 students are full-time and 56,816 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	650,996	476,303	174,693
Undergraduate	504,482	386,605	117,877
Graduate	146,514	89,698	56,816

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - Pennsylvania Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For Pennsylvania colleges, 107,032 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 170,851 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 650,996 students. In undergraduate schools, 207,433 students enrolled in online courses and 70,450 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	650,996	504,482	146,514
Online Exclusively	107,032	56,901	50,131
In Some Online Classes	170,851	150,532	20,319
Not In Online Classes	373,113	297,049	76,064

[Chart] Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Pennsylvania colleges. There are 366,312 Caucasian, 71,405 Black/African American, 47,412 Asian, and 63,286 Hispanic students in Pennsylvania colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
Pennsylvania Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	650,996	277,021	373,975
American Indian/Native American	1,155	493	662
Asian	47,412	21,198	26,214
Black/African American	71,405	27,107	44,298
Hispanic	63,286	24,906	38,380
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	567	232	335
White	366,312	154,696	211,616
Two More	23,723	9,798	13,925
Un-Known	32,016	13,690	18,326

[Chart] Pennsylvania Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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