Student Population at Long Island University

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
15,73711,3194,418
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 15,737 students have enrolled in Long Island University with 11,319 undergraduate and 4,418 graduate students.
By gender, 5,440 male and 10,297 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)).
280 students are enrolled exclusively, and 206 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

Long Island University has a total of 15,737 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 11,319 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,418 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 5,440 male and 10,297 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
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total15,73711,3194,418
Men5,4404,452988
Women10,2976,8673,430

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,983 White, 1,595 Black, and 1,828 Asian students out of a total of 15,737 are attending at Long Island 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 American32824
Asian1,8286521,176
Black1,5954591,136
Hispanic2,1746671,507
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders28820
White6,9832,4934,490
Two or more races377131246
Race Unknown2,0247511,273
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American26818
Asian1,297520777
Black1,052363689
Hispanic1,6385821,056
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders25817
White5,1792,1043,075
Two or more races284112172
Race Unknown1,583650933
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American606
Asian531132399
Black54396447
Hispanic53685451
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders303
White1,8043891,415
Two or more races931974
Race Unknown441101340

Student Age Distribution

By age, Long Island has 5,762 students under 18 years old and 12 students over 65 years old. There are 11,868 students under 25 years old, and 3,866 students over 25 years old out of 15,737 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 5,762 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Long Island has 10,326 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 991 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,542 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,875 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 185,7623,1612,601
18-191,8941,193701
20-211,9661,260706
22-242,2461,674572
25-291,7611,337424
30-34805621184
35-3944835890
40-49586476110
50-6425420549
Over 651293
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 185,7623,1612,601
18-191,8931,192701
20-211,8491,175674
22-24822578244
25-29475345130
30-3423219042
35-391138726
40-4912110021
50-64493613
Over 65110
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 Long Island University, 280 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 206 students are enrolled in some online courses.
221 students lived in New York 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 StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students15,737280206
Undergraduate11,31900
Graduate4,418280206
Online Student Population by Locality
New York ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students221563
Undergraduate0-0
Graduate221563

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 11,319 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 726 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.41%.612 students have transferred in as full-time status and 114 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time4,692
Transfer-in Full-time612
Regular Part-time5,901
Transfer-in Part-time114
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