Student Population at Samford University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
5,682	3,672	2,010

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 5,682 students have enrolled in Samford University with 3,672 undergraduate and 2,010 graduate students.

By gender, 1,824 male and 3,858 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (5,463 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

218 students are enrolled exclusively, and 800 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Samford University has a total of 5,682 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 3,672 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,010 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,824 male and 3,858 female students (the male-female ratio is 32:68) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,682	3,672	2,010
Men	1,824	1,185	639
Women	3,858	2,487	1,371

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,558 White, 496 Black, and 108 Asian students out of a total of 5,682 are attending at Samford University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	7	3	4
Asian	108	20	88
Black	496	180	316
Hispanic	234	72	162
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	6	2	4
White	4,558	1,471	3,087
Two or more races	109	29	80
Race Unknown	118	29	89

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	3	1	2
Asian	53	5	48
Black	196	103	93
Hispanic	150	44	106
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	6	2	4
White	3,122	984	2,138
Two or more races	76	18	58
Race Unknown	32	14	18

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	2	2
Asian	55	15	40
Black	300	77	223
Hispanic	84	28	56
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	1,436	487	949
Two or more races	33	11	22
Race Unknown	86	15	71

Student Age Distribution

By age, Samford has 23 students under 18 years old and 3 students over 65 years old. There are 4,619 students under 25 years old, and 1,063 students over 25 years old out of 5,682 total students.

Samford has 3,614 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 58 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,005 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,005 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	23	15	8
18-19	1,696	1,189	507
20-21	1,726	1,183	543
22-24	1,174	755	419
25-29	510	328	182
30-34	176	102	74
35-39	117	79	38
40-49	168	130	38
50-64	89	75	14
Over 65	3	2	1

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	23	15	8
18-19	1,693	1,186	507
20-21	1,615	1,100	515
22-24	283	149	134
25-29	16	10	6
30-34	11	7	4
35-39	9	6	3
40-49	12	8	4
50-64	10	6	4

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Samford University, 218 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 800 students are enrolled in some online courses.

148 students lived in Alabama or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 70 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	5,682	218	800
Undergraduate	3,672	11	577
Graduate	2,010	207	223

Online Student Population by Locality
	Alabama Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	148	69	1
Undergraduate	10	1	0
Graduate	138	68	1

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,672 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 89 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.42%.84 students have transferred in as full-time status and 5 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	3,525
Transfer-in Full-time	84
Regular Part-time	58
Transfer-in Part-time	5

Student Population at Samford University

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