How many students at Excelsior? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 15,833 students have enrolled in Excelsior University with 13,983 undergraduate and 1,850 graduate students.

By gender, 8,162 male and 7,671 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)).

Excelsior is a completely online college and 15,833 students are enrolled exclusively.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Excelsior University has a total of 15,833 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 13,983 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,850 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 8,162 male and 7,671 female students (the male-female ratio is 52:48) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total15,83313,9831,850
Men8,1627,1511,011
Women7,6716,832839
Excelsior University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartExcelsior University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartExcelsior University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 9,164 White, 3,013 Black, and 460 Asian students out of a total of 15,833 are attending at Excelsior 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 American845727
Asian460269191
Black3,0131,2711,742
Hispanic2,0751,231844
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders885236
White9,1644,7674,397
Two or more races660372288
Race Unknown1076542
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American755025
Asian386232154
Black2,5471,0551,492
Hispanic1,8091,068741
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders774829
White8,2504,2474,003
Two or more races565316249
Race Unknown986236
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American972
Asian743737
Black466216250
Hispanic266163103
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1147
White914520394
Two or more races955639
Race Unknown936
Excelsior University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartExcelsior University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartExcelsior University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Excelsior has 16 students under 18 years old and 96 students over 65 years old. There are 2,161 students under 25 years old, and 14,978 students over 25 years old out of 17,166 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 16 students are younger than 18 and 80 students are older than 65. Excelsior has 2,135 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 13,099 students aged 25 and over.

It has 26 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,879 students aged 25 and over.

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

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1816124
18-1924722522
20-21790619171
22-241,108660448
25-292,5861,0621,524
30-343,1901,3211,869
35-393,1801,3251,855
40-494,0921,8082,284
50-641,8341,008826
Over 65966036
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1816124
18-1924722522
20-21788618170
22-241,084647437
25-292,4539871,466
30-342,8941,1731,721
35-392,7701,1461,624
40-493,4041,5411,863
50-641,498850648
Over 65804832
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21211
22-24241311
25-291337558
30-34296148148
35-39410179231
40-49688267421
50-64336158178
Over 6516124
Excelsior University 2022 Student Population by Age chartExcelsior University 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartExcelsior University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartExcelsior University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartExcelsior University 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartExcelsior University 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 Excelsior University, 15,833 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,575 students lived in New York or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12,258 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students15,83315,8330
Undergraduate13,98313,9830
Graduate1,8501,8500
Online Student Population by Locality
New York ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students3,57512,034224
Undergraduate3,21710,553213
Graduate3581,48111
Excelsior University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 13,983 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,260 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.01%.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time0
Transfer-in Full-time0
Regular Part-time12,723
Transfer-in Part-time1,260

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