How many students at SNHU? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 164,091 students have enrolled in Southern New Hampshire University with 140,865 undergraduate and 23,226 graduate students.

By gender, 58,950 male and 105,141 female students are attending the school.

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

157,898 students are enrolled exclusively, and 707 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 New Hampshire University has a total of 164,091 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 140,865 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 23,226 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 58,950 male and 105,141 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
Total164,091140,86523,226
Men58,95051,7127,238
Women105,14189,15315,988
Southern New Hampshire University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSouthern New Hampshire University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSouthern New Hampshire University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 83,098 White, 25,853 Black, and 3,588 Asian students out of a total of 164,091 are attending at Southern New Hampshire 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 American870296574
Asian3,5881,5931,995
Black25,8537,51818,335
Hispanic20,2447,34112,903
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders571180391
White83,09830,78152,317
Two or more races5,1701,6483,522
Race Unknown23,5179,11214,405
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American784266518
Asian2,8511,3131,538
Black22,1026,53515,567
Hispanic17,9156,61711,298
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders508163345
White71,04727,05043,997
Two or more races4,5771,5043,073
Race Unknown20,2987,98012,318
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American863056
Asian737280457
Black3,7519832,768
Hispanic2,3297241,605
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders631746
White12,0513,7318,320
Two or more races593144449
Race Unknown3,2191,1322,087
Southern New Hampshire University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSouthern New Hampshire University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSouthern New Hampshire University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, SNHU has 2,183 students under 18 years old and 664 students over 65 years old. There are 39,550 students under 25 years old, and 124,516 students over 25 years old out of 164,091 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 2,183 students are younger than 18 and 508 students are older than 65. SNHU has 37,451 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 103,393 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,099 graduate students aged under 25 and 21,123 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 182,1831,303880
18-195,5393,2582,281
20-2111,5667,0344,532
22-2420,26212,6217,641
25-2936,16323,06513,098
30-3430,06919,11510,954
35-3921,40413,9217,483
40-4924,96916,7568,213
50-6411,2477,6943,553
Over 65664362302
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 182,1831,303880
18-195,5373,2572,280
20-2111,4756,9684,507
22-2418,25611,1827,074
25-2930,59219,08511,507
30-3425,40915,9749,435
35-3917,79511,5216,274
40-4920,19413,5126,682
50-648,8956,0712,824
Over 65508271237
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19211
20-21916625
22-242,0061,439567
25-295,5713,9801,591
30-344,6603,1411,519
35-393,6092,4001,209
40-494,7753,2441,531
50-642,3521,623729
Over 651569165
Southern New Hampshire University 2023 Student Population by Age chartSouthern New Hampshire University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartSouthern New Hampshire University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartSouthern New Hampshire University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartSouthern New Hampshire University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartSouthern New Hampshire 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 Southern New Hampshire University, 157,898 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 707 students are enrolled in some online courses.

7,128 students lived in New Hampshire or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 150,770 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students164,091157,898707
Undergraduate140,865135,584707
Graduate23,22622,3140
Online Student Population by Locality
New Hampshire ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students7,128149,0921,678
Undergraduate5,376128,8161,392
Graduate1,75220,276286
Southern New Hampshire University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 140,865 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 22,732 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 16.14%.6,049 students have transferred in as full-time status and 16,683 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time27,241
Transfer-in Full-time6,049
Regular Part-time90,892
Transfer-in Part-time16,683

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