Student Population at Elon University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
7,123	6,337	786

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 7,123 students have enrolled in Elon University with 6,337 undergraduate and 786 graduate students.

By gender, 2,850 male and 4,273 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).

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and age distribution.

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Student Population by Gender

Elon University has a total of 7,123 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 6,337 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 786 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,850 male and 4,273 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	7,123	6,337	786
Men	2,850	2,567	283
Women	4,273	3,770	503

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,553 White, 456 Black, and 166 Asian students out of a total of 7,123 are attending at Elon 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	13	9	4
Asian	166	56	110
Black	456	190	266
Hispanic	457	189	268
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	5,553	2,222	3,331
Two or more races	207	72	135
Race Unknown	112	41	71

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	8	6	2
Asian	148	48	100
Black	363	167	196
Hispanic	405	175	230
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	5,008	2,011	2,997
Two or more races	198	70	128
Race Unknown	68	26	42

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	5	3	2
Asian	18	8	10
Black	93	23	70
Hispanic	52	14	38
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	545	211	334
Two or more races	9	2	7
Race Unknown	44	15	29

Student Age Distribution

By age, Elon has 36 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 6,639 students under 25 years old, and 481 students over 25 years old out of 7,123 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 36 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Elon has 6,292 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 43 students aged 25 and over.

It has 347 graduate students aged under 25 and 438 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	36	23	13
18-19	2,643	1,601	1,042
20-21	2,939	1,797	1,142
22-24	1,021	557	464
25-29	330	214	116
30-34	65	32	33
35-39	34	21	13
40-49	38	19	19
50-64	12	7	5
Over 65	2	2	0

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	36	23	13
18-19	2,643	1,601	1,042
20-21	2,924	1,785	1,139
22-24	689	339	350
25-29	21	12	9
30-34	3	1	2
35-39	6	2	4
40-49	8	4	4
50-64	3	1	2
Over 65	2	2	0

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,337 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 96 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.51%.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	6,048
Transfer-in Full-time	96
Regular Part-time	193
Transfer-in Part-time	0

Student Population at Elon University

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