How many students at Syracuse? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 22,698 students have enrolled in Syracuse University with 15,421 undergraduate and 7,277 graduate students.

By gender, 10,438 male and 12,260 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

2,244 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,539 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

Syracuse University has a total of 22,698 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 15,421 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,277 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 10,438 male and 12,260 female students (the male-female ratio is 46:54) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total22,69815,4217,277
Men10,4387,0303,408
Women12,2608,3913,869
Syracuse University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSyracuse University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSyracuse University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 11,636 White, 1,618 Black, and 1,445 Asian students out of a total of 22,698 are attending at Syracuse 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 American1064264
Asian1,445647798
Black1,618676942
Hispanic2,2079141,293
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders24816
White11,6365,1926,444
Two or more races838314524
Race Unknown573292281
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American833449
Asian1,099474625
Black1,074480594
Hispanic1,689706983
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1239
White8,4293,7954,634
Two or more races635241394
Race Unknown403219184
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American23815
Asian346173173
Black544196348
Hispanic518208310
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1257
White3,2071,3971,810
Two or more races20373130
Race Unknown1707397
Syracuse University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartSyracuse University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartSyracuse University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Syracuse has 344 students under 18 years old and 21 students over 65 years old. There are 17,414 students under 25 years old, and 5,284 students over 25 years old out of 22,698 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 344 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Syracuse has 14,952 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 469 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,462 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,815 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18344209135
18-197,1434,0513,092
20-216,6143,6472,967
22-243,3131,6331,680
25-292,2941,1461,148
30-341,214619595
35-39674350324
40-49758404354
50-64323189134
Over 6521129
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18344209135
18-197,1434,0513,092
20-216,4063,5382,868
22-241,059414645
25-2918451133
30-34953956
35-39602634
40-49743143
50-64543024
Over 65220
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2120810999
22-242,2541,2191,035
25-292,1101,0951,015
30-341,119580539
35-39614324290
40-49684373311
50-64269159110
Over 6519109
Syracuse University 2023 Student Population by Age chartSyracuse University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartSyracuse University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartSyracuse University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartSyracuse University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartSyracuse 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 Syracuse University, 2,244 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,539 students are enrolled in some online courses.

851 students lived in New York or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,393 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students22,6982,2442,539
Undergraduate15,4213141,609
Graduate7,2771,930930
Online Student Population by Locality
New York ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students8511,34548
Undergraduate1781315
Graduate6731,21443
Syracuse University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 15,421 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 299 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.94%.233 students have transferred in as full-time status and 66 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time14,573
Transfer-in Full-time233
Regular Part-time549
Transfer-in Part-time66

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