How many students at Boise State? For the academic year 2023-2024, total of 26,670 students have enrolled in Boise State University with 23,491 undergraduate and 3,179 graduate students.

By gender, 11,447 male and 15,223 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (16,516 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

4,829 students are enrolled exclusively, and 9,088 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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


Student Population by Gender

Boise State University has a total of 26,670 enrolled students for the academic year 2023-2024. 23,491 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,179 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 11,447 male and 15,223 female students (the male-female ratio is 43:57) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2023-2024 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total26,67023,4913,179
Men11,44710,2981,149
Women15,22313,1932,030
Boise State University 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chartBoise State University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartBoise State University 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 18,949 White, 449 Black, and 732 Asian students out of a total of 26,670 are attending at Boise State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2023-2024 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1275374
Asian732293439
Black449237212
Hispanic3,8361,5492,287
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders913952
White18,9498,10410,845
Two or more races1,391622769
Race Unknown731349382
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1064660
Asian635252383
Black381205176
Hispanic3,4951,4372,058
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders823646
White16,6637,3179,346
Two or more races1,279580699
Race Unknown679336343
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American21714
Asian974156
Black683236
Hispanic341112229
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders936
White2,2867871,499
Two or more races1124270
Race Unknown521339
Boise State University 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chartBoise State University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartBoise State University 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Boise State has 6,322 students under 18 years old and 53 students over 65 years old. There are 20,484 students under 25 years old, and 6,186 students over 25 years old out of 26,670 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 6,322 students are younger than 18 and 29 students are older than 65. Boise State has 19,957 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,534 students aged 25 and over.

It has 527 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,652 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 186,3223,6052,717
18-195,6653,3922,273
20-215,4533,0662,387
22-243,0441,5811,463
25-292,1291,1271,002
30-341,355748607
35-39982584398
40-491,180750430
50-64487340147
Over 65533023
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 186,3223,6052,717
18-195,6653,3922,273
20-215,4093,0332,376
22-242,5611,2771,284
25-291,428688740
30-34814440374
35-39552312240
40-49536314222
50-6417511362
Over 65291910
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21443311
22-24483304179
25-29701439262
30-34541308233
35-39430272158
40-49644436208
50-6431222785
Over 65241113
Boise State University 2024 Student Population by Age chartBoise State University 2024 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartBoise State University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartBoise State University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartBoise State University 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartBoise State University 2024 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

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 Boise State University, 4,829 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,088 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,458 students lived in Idaho or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,371 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students26,6704,8299,088
Undergraduate23,4913,2048,868
Graduate3,1791,625220
Online Student Population by Locality
Idaho ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,4582,34328
Undergraduate1,7741,4255
Graduate68491823
Boise State University 2024 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 23,491 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,577 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.71%.956 students have transferred in as full-time status and 621 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time12,688
Transfer-in Full-time956
Regular Part-time9,226
Transfer-in Part-time621

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