Student Population at Fordham University

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
16,55610,0986,458
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 16,556 students have enrolled in Fordham University with 10,098 undergraduate and 6,458 graduate students.
By gender, 6,277 male and 10,279 female students are attending the school.
It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (10,434 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).
1,814 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,313 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

Fordham University has a total of 16,556 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 10,098 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 6,458 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 6,277 male and 10,279 female students (the male-female ratio is 38:62) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total16,55610,0986,458
Men6,2774,0032,274
Women10,2796,0954,184

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,930 White, 1,232 Black, and 1,790 Asian students out of a total of 16,556 are attending at Fordham University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1358
Asian1,7906801,110
Black1,232379853
Hispanic2,8589851,873
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders14212
White7,9303,0834,847
Two or more races644191453
Race Unknown289125164
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American404
Asian1,353534819
Black561210351
Hispanic1,8547051,149
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders918
White5,0272,0442,983
Two or more races478148330
Race Unknown1115754
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American954
Asian437146291
Black671169502
Hispanic1,004280724
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders514
White2,9031,0391,864
Two or more races16643123
Race Unknown17868110

Student Age Distribution

By age, Fordham has 576 students under 18 years old and 33 students over 65 years old. There are 11,683 students under 25 years old, and 4,873 students over 25 years old out of 16,556 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 576 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Fordham has 9,733 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 365 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,950 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,508 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18576383193
18-194,9433,1591,784
20-213,8962,2671,629
22-242,2681,348920
25-292,3371,460877
30-341,005621384
35-39554357197
40-49609424185
50-6433524392
Over 65331716
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18576383193
18-194,9433,1591,784
20-213,7122,1441,568
22-24502217285
25-2918685101
30-34784731
35-39412615
40-49351916
50-6423149
Over 65211
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

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 Fordham University, 1,814 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,313 students are enrolled in some online courses.
981 students lived in New York or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 833 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students16,5561,8141,313
Undergraduate10,09860388
Graduate6,4581,754925
Online Student Population by Locality
New York ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students98177954
Undergraduate47121
Graduate93476753

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 10,098 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 281 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.78%.253 students have transferred in as full-time status and 28 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time9,431
Transfer-in Full-time253
Regular Part-time386
Transfer-in Part-time28
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