How many students at Baylor? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 20,709 students have enrolled in Baylor University with 15,213 undergraduate and 5,496 graduate students.

By gender, 8,045 male and 12,664 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)).

2,920 students are enrolled exclusively, and 6,339 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

Baylor University has a total of 20,709 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 15,213 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,496 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 8,045 male and 12,664 female students (the male-female ratio is 39:61) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total20,70915,2135,496
Men8,0456,1531,892
Women12,6649,0603,604
Baylor University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartBaylor University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartBaylor University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 12,480 White, 1,323 Black, and 1,586 Asian students out of a total of 20,709 are attending at Baylor 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 American692247
Asian1,586618968
Black1,323433890
Hispanic3,1971,1702,027
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders291514
White12,4804,8327,648
Two or more races932373559
Race Unknown19267125
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American371522
Asian1,328524804
Black733281452
Hispanic2,4259451,480
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders21138
White9,2813,7125,569
Two or more races754317437
Race Unknown955243
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American32725
Asian25894164
Black590152438
Hispanic772225547
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders826
White3,1991,1202,079
Two or more races17856122
Race Unknown971582
Baylor University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartBaylor University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartBaylor University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Baylor has 227 students under 18 years old and 19 students over 65 years old. There are 16,443 students under 25 years old, and 4,266 students over 25 years old out of 20,709 total students.

Baylor has 14,899 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 314 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,544 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,952 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1822715473
18-196,9484,2152,733
20-216,5533,9052,648
22-242,7151,6471,068
25-291,6941,093601
30-34945568377
35-39612395217
40-49686468218
50-64310210100
Over 6519910
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1822715473
18-196,9484,2152,733
20-216,4833,8562,627
22-241,241628613
25-2916710364
30-34684226
35-3932266
40-4933258
50-6414113
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21704921
22-241,4741,019455
25-291,527990537
30-34877526351
35-39580369211
40-49653443210
50-6429619997
Over 6519910
Baylor University 2023 Student Population by Age chartBaylor University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartBaylor University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartBaylor University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartBaylor University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartBaylor 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 Baylor University, 2,920 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,339 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,395 students lived in Texas or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,525 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students20,7092,9206,339
Undergraduate15,2132126,091
Graduate5,4962,708248
Online Student Population by Locality
Texas ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,3951,5205
Undergraduate170375
Graduate1,2251,4830
Baylor University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 15,213 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 367 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.41%.364 students have transferred in as full-time status and 3 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time14,554
Transfer-in Full-time364
Regular Part-time292
Transfer-in Part-time3

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