Student Population at Fairfield University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
6,019	4,757	1,262

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 6,019 students have enrolled in Fairfield University with 4,757 undergraduate and 1,262 graduate students.

By gender, 2,457 male and 3,562 female students are attending the school.

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

176 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,067 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

Fairfield University has a total of 6,019 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,757 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,262 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,457 male and 3,562 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,019	4,757	1,262
Men	2,457	2,016	441
Women	3,562	2,741	821

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,637 White, 128 Black, and 141 Asian students out of a total of 6,019 are attending at Fairfield 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	2	1	1
Asian	141	52	89
Black	128	41	87
Hispanic	448	176	272
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	4,637	1,871	2,766
Two or more races	110	52	58
Race Unknown	397	180	217

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	2	1	1
Asian	99	32	67
Black	54	22	32
Hispanic	313	128	185
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	3,816	1,596	2,220
Two or more races	89	45	44
Race Unknown	283	140	143

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	-	-	-
Asian	42	20	22
Black	74	19	55
Hispanic	135	48	87
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	821	275	546
Two or more races	21	7	14
Race Unknown	114	40	74

Student Age Distribution

By age, Fairfield has 83 students under 18 years old and 12 students over 65 years old. There are 5,148 students under 25 years old, and 871 students over 25 years old out of 6,019 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 83 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Fairfield has 4,703 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 54 students aged 25 and over.

It has 445 graduate students aged under 25 and 817 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	83	45	38
18-19	2,348	1,377	971
20-21	2,065	1,191	874
22-24	652	350	302
25-29	308	208	100
30-34	183	108	75
35-39	108	76	32
40-49	162	117	45
50-64	98	83	15
Over 65	12	7	5

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	83	45	38
18-19	2,348	1,377	971
20-21	2,038	1,175	863
22-24	234	109	125
25-29	29	18	11
30-34	9	6	3
35-39	1	1	0
40-49	8	4	4
50-64	5	5	0
Over 65	2	1	1

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 Fairfield University, 176 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,067 students are enrolled in some online courses.

117 students lived in Connecticut or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 59 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	6,019	176	1,067
Undergraduate	4,757	14	846
Graduate	1,262	162	221

Online Student Population by Locality
	Connecticut Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	117	57	2
Undergraduate	12	-	2
Graduate	105	57	0

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,757 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 23 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.48%.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	4,632
Transfer-in Full-time	23
Regular Part-time	102
Transfer-in Part-time	0

Student Population at Fairfield University

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