How many students at Ashford? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 34,190 students have enrolled in Ashford University with 27,201 undergraduate and 6,989 graduate students.

By gender, 12,414 male and 21,776 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (25,222 students in average - private (for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

34,190 students are enrolled exclusively, and 0 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

Ashford University has a total of 34,190 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 27,201 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 6,989 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 12,414 male and 21,776 female students (the male-female ratio is 36:64) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total34,19027,2016,989
Men12,41410,1732,241
Women21,77617,0284,748
Ashford University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartAshford University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartAshford University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 13,925 White, 9,911 Black, and 1,090 Asian students out of a total of 34,190 are attending at Ashford 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 American25865193
Asian1,090511579
Black9,9112,9266,985
Hispanic6,6352,5144,121
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders349122227
White13,9255,4958,430
Two or more races1,404539865
Race Unknown565218347
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American19953146
Asian700338362
Black7,7262,3945,332
Hispanic5,4342,1143,320
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders289104185
White11,2174,5356,682
Two or more races1,177450727
Race Unknown428171257
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American591247
Asian390173217
Black2,1855321,653
Hispanic1,201400801
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders601842
White2,7089601,748
Two or more races22789138
Race Unknown1374790
Ashford University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartAshford University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartAshford University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Ashford has 4 students under 18 years old and 136 students over 65 years old. There are 5,239 students under 25 years old, and 35,123 students over 25 years old out of 40,362 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 4 students are younger than 18 and 55 students are older than 65. Ashford has 5,014 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 28,070 students aged 25 and over.

It has 225 graduate students aged under 25 and 7,053 students aged 25 and over.

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

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18431
18-19387278109
20-211,325891434
22-243,5232,3091,214
25-298,5775,3913,186
30-348,6735,4473,226
35-397,0194,3062,713
40-497,6985,1112,587
50-643,0202,210810
Over 651369541
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18431
18-19387278109
20-211,321887434
22-243,3022,1541,148
25-297,4944,6422,852
30-347,2434,4782,765
35-395,6313,3722,259
40-495,7363,7262,010
50-641,9111,408503
Over 65553916
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21440
22-2422115566
25-291,083749334
30-341,430969461
35-391,388934454
40-491,9621,385577
50-641,109802307
Over 65815625
Ashford University 2022 Student Population by Age chartAshford University 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartAshford University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartAshford University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartAshford University 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartAshford University 2022 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 Ashford University, 34,190 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,753 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 29,437 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students34,19034,1900
Undergraduate27,20127,2010
Graduate6,9896,9890
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students4,75329,39938
Undergraduate3,60723,56133
Graduate1,1465,8385
Ashford University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 27,201 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,398 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.82%.1,605 students have transferred in as full-time status and 793 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time18,678
Transfer-in Full-time1,605
Regular Part-time6,125
Transfer-in Part-time793

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