How many students at Friends? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 1,724 students have enrolled in Friends University with 1,278 undergraduate and 446 graduate students.

By gender, 722 male and 1,002 female students are attending the school.

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

296 students are enrolled exclusively, and 615 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

Friends University has a total of 1,724 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 1,278 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 446 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 722 male and 1,002 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total1,7241,278446
Men722598124
Women1,002680322
Friends University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartFriends University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartFriends University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 951 White, 169 Black, and 35 Asian students out of a total of 1,724 are attending at Friends 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 American1147
Asian351322
Black1699673
Hispanic269120149
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders431
White951350601
Two or more races1155461
Race Unknown1053372
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American523
Asian301119
Black1398158
Hispanic246116130
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders431
White647274373
Two or more races1025052
Race Unknown642935
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American624
Asian523
Black301515
Hispanic23419
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White30476228
Two or more races1349
Race Unknown41437
Friends University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartFriends University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartFriends University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Friends has 239 students under 18 years old and 9 students over 65 years old. There are 1,192 students under 25 years old, and 532 students over 25 years old out of 1,724 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 239 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. Friends has 1,119 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 159 students aged 25 and over.

It has 73 graduate students aged under 25 and 373 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1823915485
18-19449211238
20-21303161142
22-2420110695
25-291197841
30-341007129
35-39744529
40-4914910445
50-64816417
Over 65981
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1823915485
18-19449211238
20-21299159140
22-241326270
25-29462620
30-34291613
35-39221210
40-49392316
50-6418126
Over 65550
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21422
22-24694425
25-29735221
30-34715516
35-39523319
40-491108129
50-64635211
Over 65431
Friends University 2023 Student Population by Age chartFriends University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartFriends University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartFriends University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartFriends University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartFriends 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 Friends University, 296 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 615 students are enrolled in some online courses.

245 students lived in Kansas or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 51 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students1,724296615
Undergraduate1,278139508
Graduate446157107
Online Student Population by Locality
Kansas ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students245510
Undergraduate105340
Graduate140170
Friends University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,278 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 104 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.14%.88 students have transferred in as full-time status and 16 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time834
Transfer-in Full-time88
Regular Part-time340
Transfer-in Part-time16

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