How many students at Kean? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 12,884 students have enrolled in Kean University with 10,845 undergraduate and 2,039 graduate students.

By gender, 4,638 male and 8,246 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (12,612 students in average - public Doctoral / Research University).

1,292 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,333 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

Kean University has a total of 12,884 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 10,845 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,039 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,638 male and 8,246 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
Total12,88410,8452,039
Men4,6384,198440
Women8,2466,6471,599
Kean University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartKean University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartKean University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,602 White, 2,595 Black, and 642 Asian students out of a total of 12,884 are attending at Kean 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 American15411
Asian642278364
Black2,5951,0011,594
Hispanic4,2961,4512,845
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders17710
White3,6021,2962,306
Two or more races304111193
Race Unknown949315634
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1028
Asian559255304
Black2,2079141,293
Hispanic3,8131,3472,466
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1569
White2,8401,1371,703
Two or more races265106159
Race Unknown717271446
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American523
Asian832360
Black38887301
Hispanic483104379
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders211
White762159603
Two or more races39534
Race Unknown23244188
Kean University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartKean University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartKean University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Kean has 237 students under 18 years old and 22 students over 65 years old. There are 9,241 students under 25 years old, and 3,641 students over 25 years old out of 12,884 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 237 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Kean has 8,678 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,165 students aged 25 and over.

It has 563 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,476 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1823716671
18-192,6901,5921,098
20-213,0751,9661,109
22-243,2391,9681,271
25-291,7381,101637
30-34715506209
35-3941031397
40-4948539788
50-6427121952
Over 6522175
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1823716671
18-192,6901,5921,098
20-213,0601,9521,108
22-242,6911,5461,145
25-291,176663513
30-34441307134
35-3922816959
40-4920516045
50-641098722
Over 65642
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2115141
22-24548422126
25-29562438124
30-3427419975
35-3918214438
40-4928023743
50-6416213230
Over 6516133
Kean University 2023 Student Population by Age chartKean University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartKean University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartKean University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartKean University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartKean 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 Kean University, 1,292 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,333 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,223 students lived in New Jersey or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 69 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students12,8841,2921,333
Undergraduate10,8451,1611,306
Graduate2,03913127
Online Student Population by Locality
New Jersey ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,2233336
Undergraduate1,0943136
Graduate12920
Kean University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 10,845 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,250 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.53%.911 students have transferred in as full-time status and 339 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time7,883
Transfer-in Full-time911
Regular Part-time1,712
Transfer-in Part-time339

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