How many students at John Jay? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 13,921 students have enrolled in CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice with 12,061 undergraduate and 1,860 graduate students.

By gender, 5,091 male and 8,830 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

3,521 students are enrolled exclusively, and 6,295 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

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice has a total of 13,921 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 12,061 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,860 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,091 male and 8,830 female students (the male-female ratio is 37:63) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total13,92112,0611,860
Men5,0914,416675
Women8,8307,6451,185
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,410 White, 2,328 Black, and 1,670 Asian students out of a total of 13,921 are attending at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. 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 American471730
Asian1,670799871
Black2,3287471,581
Hispanic6,5442,2424,302
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders341024
White2,4109681,442
Two or more races396131265
Race Unknown---
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American451728
Asian1,537743794
Black1,9416271,314
Hispanic5,9972,0723,925
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders301020
White1,7686911,077
Two or more races332109223
Race Unknown---
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American202
Asian1335677
Black387120267
Hispanic547170377
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders404
White642277365
Two or more races642242
Race Unknown---
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, John Jay has 265 students under 18 years old and 20 students over 65 years old. There are 10,976 students under 25 years old, and 4,234 students over 25 years old out of 15,210 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 265 students are younger than 18 and 12 students are older than 65. John Jay has 10,319 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,827 students aged 25 and over.

It has 657 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,407 students aged 25 and over.

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

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1826520758
18-192,7931,842951
20-214,1992,6511,548
22-243,7192,2961,423
25-292,2051,312893
30-34907520387
35-39461243218
40-49462259203
50-641799683
Over 6520119
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1826520758
18-192,7931,842951
20-214,1712,6291,542
22-243,0901,8551,235
25-291,590936654
30-34606356250
35-39284160124
40-49237134103
50-64985246
Over 651275
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2128226
22-24629441188
25-29615376239
30-34301164137
35-391778394
40-49225125100
50-64814437
Over 65844
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2022 Student Population by Age chartCUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartCUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartCUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartCUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartCUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 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 CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 3,521 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,295 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,740 students lived in New York or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 781 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students13,9213,5216,295
Undergraduate12,0612,5855,755
Graduate1,860936540
Online Student Population by Locality
New York ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,7407810
Undergraduate1,9945910
Graduate7461900
CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 12,061 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,346 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.16%.1,152 students have transferred in as full-time status and 194 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time8,509
Transfer-in Full-time1,152
Regular Part-time2,206
Transfer-in Part-time194

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