Student Population at Santa Clara University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
9,178	6,115	3,063

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 9,178 students have enrolled in Santa Clara University with 6,115 undergraduate and 3,063 graduate students.

By gender, 4,568 male and 4,610 female students are attending the school.

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

399 students are enrolled exclusively, and 0 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

Santa Clara University has a total of 9,178 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 6,115 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,063 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,568 male and 4,610 female students (the male-female ratio is 50:50) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	9,178	6,115	3,063
Men	4,568	3,160	1,408
Women	4,610	2,955	1,655

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,184 White, 267 Black, and 1,884 Asian students out of a total of 9,178 are attending at Santa Clara 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	4	2	2
Asian	1,884	931	953
Black	267	121	146
Hispanic	1,638	699	939
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	16	7	9
White	3,184	1,598	1,586
Two or more races	709	359	350
Race Unknown	171	93	78

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	2	2
Asian	1,284	679	605
Black	190	92	98
Hispanic	1,127	530	597
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	11	6	5
White	2,433	1,248	1,185
Two or more races	581	298	283
Race Unknown	105	65	40

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	-	-	-
Asian	600	252	348
Black	77	29	48
Hispanic	511	169	342
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	5	1	4
White	751	350	401
Two or more races	128	61	67
Race Unknown	66	28	38

Student Age Distribution

By age, SCU has 13 students under 18 years old and 15 students over 65 years old. There are 6,954 students under 25 years old, and 2,224 students over 25 years old out of 9,178 total students.

SCU has 6,031 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 84 students aged 25 and over.

It has 923 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,140 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	13	8	5
18-19	2,628	1,375	1,253
20-21	2,742	1,311	1,431
22-24	1,571	689	882
25-29	1,089	579	510
30-34	458	258	200
35-39	240	129	111
40-49	280	171	109
50-64	142	83	59
Over 65	15	7	8

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	13	8	5
18-19	2,628	1,375	1,253
20-21	2,700	1,289	1,411
22-24	690	245	445
25-29	56	18	38
30-34	16	11	5
35-39	3	2	1
40-49	5	5	0
50-64	4	2	2

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 Santa Clara University, 399 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

322 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 77 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses
All Students	9,178	399
Undergraduate	6,115	0
Graduate	3,063	399

Online Student Population by Locality
	California Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	322	53	24
Undergraduate	0	-	0
Graduate	322	53	24

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,115 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 196 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.21%.190 students have transferred in as full-time status and 6 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	5,808
Transfer-in Full-time	190
Regular Part-time	111
Transfer-in Part-time	6

Student Population at Santa Clara University

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