Student Population at Harvard University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
30,631	9,368	21,263

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 30,631 students have enrolled in Harvard University with 9,368 undergraduate and 21,263 graduate students.

By gender, 14,207 male and 16,424 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

6,923 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,962 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

Harvard University has a total of 30,631 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 9,368 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 21,263 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 14,207 male and 16,424 female students (the male-female ratio is 46:54) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	30,631	9,368	21,263
Men	14,207	4,498	9,709
Women	16,424	4,870	11,554

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 10,182 White, 1,941 Black, and 4,414 Asian students out of a total of 30,631 are attending at Harvard 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	59	26	33
Asian	4,414	1,868	2,546
Black	1,941	837	1,104
Hispanic	2,823	1,311	1,512
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	38	19	19
White	10,182	4,782	5,400
Two or more races	1,321	591	730
Race Unknown	2,151	967	1,184

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	25	9	16
Asian	1,836	827	1,009
Black	781	326	455
Hispanic	1,064	485	579
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	14	8	6
White	3,120	1,558	1,562
Two or more races	638	285	353
Race Unknown	586	279	307

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	34	17	17
Asian	2,578	1,041	1,537
Black	1,160	511	649
Hispanic	1,759	826	933
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	24	11	13
White	7,062	3,224	3,838
Two or more races	683	306	377
Race Unknown	1,565	688	877

Student Age Distribution

By age, Harvard has 164 students under 18 years old and 148 students over 65 years old. There are 10,635 students under 25 years old, and 19,995 students over 25 years old out of 30,631 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 164 students are younger than 18 and 31 students are older than 65. Harvard has 7,780 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,588 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,855 graduate students aged under 25 and 18,407 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	164	69	95
18-19	2,248	1,294	954
20-21	3,381	1,792	1,589
22-24	4,842	2,642	2,200
25-29	9,273	5,171	4,102
30-34	4,562	2,323	2,239
35-39	2,197	1,102	1,095
40-49	2,417	1,244	1,173
50-64	1,398	713	685
Over 65	148	74	74

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	164	69	95
18-19	2,244	1,291	953
20-21	3,312	1,747	1,565
22-24	2,060	948	1,112
25-29	518	282	236
30-34	306	162	144
35-39	221	102	119
40-49	311	153	158
50-64	201	103	98
Over 65	31	13	18

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 Harvard University, 6,923 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,962 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,598 students lived in Massachusetts or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,325 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	30,631	6,923	1,962
Undergraduate	9,368	1,312	407
Graduate	21,263	5,611	1,555

Online Student Population by Locality
	Massachusetts Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,598	4,211	1,114
Undergraduate	371	769	172
Graduate	1,227	3,442	942

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,368 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 12 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.13%.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	7,504
Transfer-in Full-time	12
Regular Part-time	1,852
Transfer-in Part-time	0

Student Population at Harvard University

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