Enrollment Trends at BU

The student population at Boston University is 36,714 (18,459 undergraduate and 18,255 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,303 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at BU is 50.28% which is increased by 294 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 4,009 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

4,044 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 71.79% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 33,664 where 36,714 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

50.28% of total students is undergraduate students and 49.72% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 294 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 4,009 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in BU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Boston University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	32,411	18,165	7,348	10,817	14,246	6,280	7,966
2014-15	32,112 -299	18,017 -148	7,163 -185	10,854 37	14,095 -151	6,184 -96	7,911 -55
2015-16	32,158 46	17,932 -85	7,120 -43	10,812 -42	14,226 131	6,181 -3	8,045 134
2016-17	32,695 537	17,944 12	7,061 -59	10,883 71	14,751 525	6,409 228	8,342 297
2017-18	33,355 660	18,080 136	7,217 156	10,863 -20	15,275 524	6,615 206	8,660 318
2018-19	34,657 1,302	18,515 435	7,444 227	11,071 208	16,142 867	6,862 247	9,280 620
2019-20	33,720 -937	17,983 -532	7,419 -25	10,564 -507	15,737 -405	6,653 -209	9,084 -196
2020-21	32,718 -1,002	16,872 -1,111	7,022 -397	9,850 -714	15,846 109	6,662 9	9,184 100
2021-22	36,104 3,386	18,229 1,357	7,719 697	10,510 660	17,875 2,029	7,600 938	10,275 1,091
2022-23	36,714 610	18,459 230	7,742 23	10,717 207	18,255 380	7,904 304	10,351 76
Average	33,664	18,020	7,326	10,694	15,645	6,735	8,910

Boston University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 18,020 where 18,459 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Boston University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18,165	16,593	6,538	10,055	1,572	810	762
2014-15	18,017	16,619	6,454	10,165	1,398	709	689
2015-16	17,932	16,585	6,474	10,111	1,347	646	701
2016-17	17,944	16,628	6,430	10,198	1,316	631	685
2017-18	18,080	16,840	6,602	10,238	1,240	615	625
2018-19	18,515	17,396	6,928	10,468	1,119	516	603
2019-20	17,983	16,978	6,933	10,045	1,005	486	519
2020-21	16,872	16,026	6,647	9,379	846	375	471
2021-22	18,229	17,460	7,331	10,129	769	388	381
2022-23	18,459	17,734	7,381	10,353	725	361	364
Average	18,020	18,020	6,772	10,114	18,020	554	580

Boston University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 15,645 where 18,255 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Boston University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14,246	9,204	4,025	5,179	5,042	2,255	2,787
2014-15	14,095	9,232	4,036	5,196	4,863	2,148	2,715
2015-16	14,226	9,414	4,106	5,308	4,812	2,075	2,737
2016-17	14,751	9,712	4,243	5,469	5,039	2,166	2,873
2017-18	15,275	10,146	4,393	5,753	5,129	2,222	2,907
2018-19	16,142	10,891	4,667	6,224	5,251	2,195	3,056
2019-20	15,737	10,576	4,555	6,021	5,161	2,098	3,063
2020-21	15,846	10,246	4,366	5,880	5,600	2,296	3,304
2021-22	17,875	11,587	4,949	6,638	6,288	2,651	3,637
2022-23	18,255	11,517	4,905	6,612	6,738	2,999	3,739
Average	15,645	15,645	4,425	5,828	15,645	2,311	3,082

Boston University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 34.47% and the percentage of black students is 4.46% at Boston University. 14.76% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Boston University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	27	3,447	1,053	2,254	28	15,057	861
2014-15	27	3,448	1,190	2,419	34	14,642	868
2015-16	29	3,487	1,303	2,686	33	14,072	882
2016-17	32	3,683	1,341	2,812	37	13,757	898
2017-18	29	3,876	1,364	2,963	34	13,478	954
2018-19	22	4,253	1,435	3,087	36	13,486	1,023
2019-20	22	4,412	1,332	3,031	22	12,812	1,078
2020-21	12	4,710	1,378	3,106	19	12,490	1,109
2021-22	15	5,282	1,500	3,253	27	13,279	1,249
2022-23	19	5,418	1,638	3,298	27	12,654	1,260
Average	23	4,202	1,353	2,891	30	13,573	1,018

Boston University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,044 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 71.79% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Boston University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	32,112	2,354	176	29,582
2015-16	32,158	2,380	283	29,495
2016-17	32,695	2,658	336	29,701
2017-18	33,355	2,639	387	30,329
2018-19	34,657	2,534	930	31,193
2019-20	33,720	2,309	896	30,515
2020-21	32,718	2,849	1,138	28,731
2021-22	36,104	4,032	1,410	30,662
2022-23	36,714	4,044	1,213	31,457
Average	33,804	2,867	752	30,185

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