How many students at Butler? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 5,525 students have enrolled in Butler University with 4,427 undergraduate and 1,098 graduate students.

By gender, 2,169 male and 3,356 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (6,139 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

435 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,149 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

Butler University has a total of 5,525 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,427 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,098 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,169 male and 3,356 female students (the male-female ratio is 39:61) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total5,5254,4271,098
Men2,1691,785384
Women3,3562,642714
Butler University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartButler University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartButler University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,411 White, 253 Black, and 218 Asian students out of a total of 5,525 are attending at Butler University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American936
Asian21872146
Black253110143
Hispanic328125203
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White4,4111,7252,686
Two or more races18169112
Race Unknown542232
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American725
Asian17758119
Black1808397
Hispanic276103173
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White3,5531,4372,116
Two or more races1505793
Race Unknown241212
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American211
Asian411427
Black732746
Hispanic522230
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White858288570
Two or more races311219
Race Unknown301020
Butler University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartButler University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartButler University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Butler has 76 students under 18 years old and 5 students over 65 years old. There are 4,775 students under 25 years old, and 749 students over 25 years old out of 5,525 total students.

Butler has 4,381 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 46 students aged 25 and over.

It has 394 graduate students aged under 25 and 703 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18766214
18-191,8311,088743
20-211,9011,167734
22-24967566401
25-29264158106
30-341297257
35-391218338
40-4914810840
50-64824834
Over 65532
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18766214
18-191,8311,088743
20-211,8961,165731
22-24578304274
25-2921912
30-341165
35-39954
40-49220
50-64312
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21523
22-24389262127
25-2924314994
30-341186652
35-391127834
40-4914610640
50-64794732
Over 65532
Butler University 2023 Student Population by Age chartButler University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartButler University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartButler University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartButler University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartButler University 2023 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 Butler University, 435 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,149 students are enrolled in some online courses.

193 students lived in Indiana or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 242 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students5,5254351,149
Undergraduate4,427101,104
Graduate1,09842545
Online Student Population by Locality
Indiana ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1932420
Undergraduate190
Graduate1922330
Butler University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,427 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 79 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.78%.78 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time4,181
Transfer-in Full-time78
Regular Part-time167
Transfer-in Part-time1

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