Student Population at Sacred Heart University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
10,721	6,782	3,939

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 10,721 students have enrolled in Sacred Heart University with 6,782 undergraduate and 3,939 graduate students.

By gender, 3,720 male and 7,001 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).

1,221 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,268 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

Sacred Heart University has a total of 10,721 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 6,782 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,939 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,720 male and 7,001 female students (the male-female ratio is 35:65) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	10,721	6,782	3,939
Men	3,720	2,245	1,475
Women	7,001	4,537	2,464

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,932 White, 442 Black, and 199 Asian students out of a total of 10,721 are attending at Sacred Heart 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	5	3	2
Asian	199	60	139
Black	442	174	268
Hispanic	1,104	350	754
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	2	1
White	6,932	2,036	4,896
Two or more races	223	57	166
Race Unknown	345	84	261

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	3	1
Asian	103	38	65
Black	248	119	129
Hispanic	831	286	545
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	5,173	1,645	3,528
Two or more races	167	46	121
Race Unknown	175	62	113

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	0	1
Asian	96	22	74
Black	194	55	139
Hispanic	273	64	209
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	1,759	391	1,368
Two or more races	56	11	45
Race Unknown	170	22	148

Student Age Distribution

By age, SHU has 19 students under 18 years old and 6 students over 65 years old. There are 8,127 students under 25 years old, and 2,594 students over 25 years old out of 10,721 total students.

SHU has 6,462 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 320 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,665 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,274 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	19	17	2
18-19	3,098	2,127	971
20-21	2,910	1,949	961
22-24	2,100	1,156	944
25-29	1,211	719	492
30-34	538	383	155
35-39	246	178	68
40-49	378	291	87
50-64	215	179	36
Over 65	6	2	4

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	19	17	2
18-19	3,098	2,127	971
20-21	2,799	1,880	919
22-24	546	294	252
25-29	127	81	46
30-34	79	52	27
35-39	34	27	7
40-49	54	35	19
50-64	26	24	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 Sacred Heart University, 1,221 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,268 students are enrolled in some online courses.

803 students lived in Connecticut or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 418 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	10,721	1,221	3,268
Undergraduate	6,782	170	2,658
Graduate	3,939	1,051	610

Online Student Population by Locality
	Connecticut Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	803	415	3
Undergraduate	122	47	1
Graduate	681	368	2

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,782 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 140 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.06%.128 students have transferred in as full-time status and 12 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	6,149
Transfer-in Full-time	128
Regular Part-time	493
Transfer-in Part-time	12

Student Population at Sacred Heart University

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