How many students at KU? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 29,792 students have enrolled in University of Kansas with 22,085 undergraduate and 7,707 graduate students.
By gender, 13,566 male and 16,226 female students are attending the school.
It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (34,856 students on average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
3,126 students are enrolled exclusively, and 10,681 students are enrolled in some online courses.
You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.
University of Kansas has a total of 29,792 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 22,085 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,707 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 13,566 male and 16,226 female students (the male-female ratio is 46:54) are attending the school.
| Total | Undergraduate | Graduate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 29,792 | 22,085 | 7,707 |
| Men | 13,566 | 10,277 | 3,289 |
| Women | 16,226 | 11,808 | 4,418 |
By race/ethnicity, 19,602 White, 1,304 Black, and 1,778 Asian students out of a total of 29,792 are attending at University of Kansas. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).
University of Kansas is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 54.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Native American | 153 | 58 | 95 |
| Asian | 1,778 | 812 | 966 |
| Black | 1,304 | 635 | 669 |
| Hispanic | 2,921 | 1,257 | 1,664 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 29 | 17 | 12 |
| White | 19,602 | 8,806 | 10,796 |
| Two or more races | 1,566 | 666 | 900 |
| Race Unknown | 518 | 256 | 262 |
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Native American | 113 | 44 | 69 |
| Asian | 1,315 | 624 | 691 |
| Black | 952 | 482 | 470 |
| Hispanic | 2,353 | 1,024 | 1,329 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 26 | 15 | 11 |
| White | 15,209 | 7,057 | 8,152 |
| Two or more races | 1,257 | 546 | 711 |
| Race Unknown | 180 | 92 | 88 |
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Native American | 40 | 14 | 26 |
| Asian | 463 | 188 | 275 |
| Black | 352 | 153 | 199 |
| Hispanic | 568 | 233 | 335 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| White | 4,393 | 1,749 | 2,644 |
| Two or more races | 309 | 120 | 189 |
| Race Unknown | 338 | 164 | 174 |
By age, KU has 484 students under 18 years old and 70 students over 65 years old. There are 23,020 students under 25 years old, and 6,772 students over 25 years old out of 29,792 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 484 students are younger than 18 and 56 students are older than 65. KU has 20,545 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,540 students aged 25 and over.
It has 2,475 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,232 students aged 25 and over.
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 484 | 293 | 191 |
| 18-19 | 9,405 | 5,307 | 4,098 |
| 20-21 | 8,136 | 4,409 | 3,727 |
| 22-24 | 4,995 | 2,596 | 2,399 |
| 25-29 | 3,237 | 1,689 | 1,548 |
| 30-34 | 1,499 | 776 | 723 |
| 35-39 | 833 | 430 | 403 |
| 40-49 | 831 | 506 | 325 |
| 50-64 | 302 | 183 | 119 |
| Over 65 | 70 | 37 | 33 |
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 484 | 293 | 191 |
| 18-19 | 9,403 | 5,306 | 4,097 |
| 20-21 | 8,024 | 4,338 | 3,686 |
| 22-24 | 2,634 | 1,126 | 1,508 |
| 25-29 | 699 | 325 | 374 |
| 30-34 | 323 | 145 | 178 |
| 35-39 | 200 | 101 | 99 |
| 40-49 | 183 | 101 | 82 |
| 50-64 | 79 | 44 | 35 |
| Over 65 | 56 | 29 | 27 |
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18-19 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 20-21 | 112 | 71 | 41 |
| 22-24 | 2,361 | 1,470 | 891 |
| 25-29 | 2,538 | 1,364 | 1,174 |
| 30-34 | 1,176 | 631 | 545 |
| 35-39 | 633 | 329 | 304 |
| 40-49 | 648 | 405 | 243 |
| 50-64 | 223 | 139 | 84 |
| Over 65 | 14 | 8 | 6 |
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of Kansas, 3,126 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,681 students are enrolled in some online courses.
1,872 students who live in Kansas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,254 students live in another State or outside of the United States.
| All Students | Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses | Enrolled in Some Online Courses | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Students | 29,792 | 3,126 | 10,681 |
| Undergraduate | 22,085 | 1,115 | 9,651 |
| Graduate | 7,707 | 2,011 | 1,030 |
| Kansas Residents | Other States in U.S. | Outside of U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Students | 1,872 | 1,225 | 29 |
| Undergraduate | 873 | 239 | 3 |
| Graduate | 999 | 986 | 26 |
Among 22,085 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,219 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.52%.1,006 students have transferred in as full-time status and 213 students transferred in as part-time status.
| Number of Students | |
|---|---|
| Regular Full-time | 18,632 |
| Transfer-in Full-time | 1,006 |
| Regular Part-time | 2,234 |
| Transfer-in Part-time | 213 |
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