How many students at SUNO? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 1,950 students have enrolled in Southern University at New Orleans with 1,680 undergraduate and 270 graduate students.

By gender, 557 male and 1,393 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (4,749 students in average - public Master's College and University (medium programs)).

386 students are enrolled exclusively, and 673 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

Southern University at New Orleans has a total of 1,950 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 1,680 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 270 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 557 male and 1,393 female students (the male-female ratio is 29:71) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total1,9501,680270
Men55747978
Women1,3931,201192
Southern University at New Orleans 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSouthern University at New Orleans 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSouthern University at New Orleans 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 99 White, 1,701 Black, and 51 Asian students out of a total of 1,950 are attending at Southern University at New Orleans. 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 American312
Asian512823
Black1,7014561,245
Hispanic31526
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders202
White994653
Two or more races28721
Race Unknown29920
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American312
Asian1037
Black1,4994151,084
Hispanic28523
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders202
White823844
Two or more races27720
Race Unknown26818
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian412516
Black20241161
Hispanic303
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White1789
Two or more races101
Race Unknown312
Southern University at New Orleans 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSouthern University at New Orleans 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSouthern University at New Orleans 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, SUNO has 408 students under 18 years old and 12 students over 65 years old. There are 1,079 students under 25 years old, and 833 students over 25 years old out of 1,950 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 408 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. SUNO has 1,038 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 604 students aged 25 and over.

It has 41 graduate students aged under 25 and 229 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18408248160
18-19270170100
20-211489850
22-2425318370
25-2920914465
30-3419315736
35-3913811622
40-4917114526
50-641108525
Over 651293
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18408248160
18-19270170100
20-211469650
22-2421416054
25-291389345
30-3414212418
35-391069115
40-4913311419
50-64786315
Over 65743
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21220
22-24392316
25-29715120
30-34513318
35-3932257
40-4938317
50-64322210
Over 65550
Southern University at New Orleans 2023 Student Population by Age chartSouthern University at New Orleans 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartSouthern University at New Orleans 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartSouthern University at New Orleans 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartSouthern University at New Orleans 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartSouthern University at New Orleans 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 Southern University at New Orleans, 386 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 673 students are enrolled in some online courses.

363 students lived in Louisiana or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 23 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students1,950386673
Undergraduate1,680318559
Graduate27068114
Online Student Population by Locality
Louisiana ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students363230
Undergraduate303150
Graduate6080
Southern University at New Orleans 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,680 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 145 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.63%.112 students have transferred in as full-time status and 33 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time773
Transfer-in Full-time112
Regular Part-time762
Transfer-in Part-time33

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