Florida Atlantic University Student Population

How many students at FAU? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 29,592 students have enrolled in Florida Atlantic University with 24,191 undergraduate and 5,401 graduate students.

By gender, 12,335 male and 17,257 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

6,218 students are enrolled exclusively, and 13,970 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

Florida Atlantic University has a total of 29,592 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 24,191 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,401 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 12,335 male and 17,257 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 11,877 White, 5,401 Black, and 1,323 Asian students out of a total of 29,592 are attending at Florida Atlantic University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, FAU has 1,291 students under 18 years old and 54 students over 65 years old. There are 21,719 students under 25 years old, and 8,436 students over 25 years old out of 30,155 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,288 students are younger than 18 and 20 students are older than 65. FAU has 20,383 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 4,416 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at FAU, 3 students are younger than 18 and 34 students are older than 65. It has 1,336 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,020 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

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 Florida Atlantic University, 6,218 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 13,970 students are enrolled in some online courses.

5,895 students lived in Florida or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 323 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 24,191 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,280 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.42%.1,337 students have transferred in as full-time status and 943 students transferred in as part-time status.