Enrollment Trends at Brandeis

The student population at Brandeis University is 5,205 (3,632 undergraduate and 1,573 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 547 (9.51%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Brandeis is 69.78% which is increased by 11 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 558 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 79 male students for every 100 female students, down from 82 in 2015.
401 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 0.50% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,591 where 5,205 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 5,825 students in 2020 and was lowest at 5,205 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,752 to 5,205 students, a net loss of 547 (9.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Brandeis University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,752	3,621	1,563	2,058	2,131	1,036	1,095
2016-17	5,729 -23	3,608 -13	1,528 -35	2,080 22	2,121 -10	971 -65	1,150 55
2017-18	5,721 -8	3,635 27	1,480 -48	2,155 75	2,086 -35	901 -70	1,185 35
2018-19	5,800 79	3,639 4	1,434 -46	2,205 50	2,161 75	951 50	1,210 25
2019-20	5,825 25	3,688 49	1,444 10	2,244 39	2,137 -24	963 12	1,174 -36
2020-21	5,440 -385	3,493 -195	1,396 -48	2,097 -147	1,947 -190	859 -104	1,088 -86
2021-22	5,558 118	3,591 98	1,456 60	2,135 38	1,967 20	855 -4	1,112 24
2022-23	5,581 23	3,687 96	1,575 119	2,112 -23	1,894 -73	833 -22	1,061 -51
2023-24	5,302 -279	3,675 -12	1,563 -12	2,112	1,627 -267	731 -102	896 -165
2024-25	5,205 -97	3,632 -43	1,557 -6	2,075 -37	1,573 -54	734 3	839 -57
Average	5,591	3,627	1,500	2,127	1,964	883	1,081

Brandeis University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,627 where 3,632 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Brandeis University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,621	3,602	1,554	2,048	19	9	10
2016-17	3,608	3,591	1,521	2,070	17	7	10
2017-18	3,635	3,620	1,476	2,144	15	4	11
2018-19	3,639	3,619	1,426	2,193	20	8	12
2019-20	3,688	3,673	1,436	2,237	15	8	7
2020-21	3,493	3,465	1,383	2,082	28	13	15
2021-22	3,591	3,568	1,451	2,117	23	5	18
2022-23	3,687	3,675	1,569	2,106	12	6	6
2023-24	3,675	3,661	1,556	2,105	14	7	7
2024-25	3,632	3,615	1,551	2,064	17	6	11
Average	3,627	3,627	1,492	2,117	3,627	7	11

Brandeis University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,964 where 1,573 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Brandeis University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,131	1,600	752	848	531	284	247
2016-17	2,121	1,608	710	898	513	261	252
2017-18	2,086	1,538	675	863	548	226	322
2018-19	2,161	1,648	727	921	513	224	289
2019-20	2,137	1,633	738	895	504	225	279
2020-21	1,947	1,382	617	765	565	242	323
2021-22	1,967	1,552	699	853	415	156	259
2022-23	1,894	1,470	665	805	424	168	256
2023-24	1,627	1,212	565	647	415	166	249
2024-25	1,573	1,163	572	591	410	162	248
Average	1,964	1,964	672	809	1,964	211	272

Brandeis University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.71% and the percentage of black students is 5.38% at Brandeis University. 14.52% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.11% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.07% to 38.71%. Asian enrollment grew from 10.03% to 14.52%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.85% to 5.38%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.74% to 8.11%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8183 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7896 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Brandeis University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	6	577	279	330	2	2,535	124
2016-17	5	581	298	363	2	2,563	135
2017-18	7	589	286	351	6	2,581	146
2018-19	7	633	280	400	7	2,478	172
2019-20	8	649	276	405	6	2,454	185
2020-21	8	645	290	403	5	2,310	181
2021-22	7	775	327	417	8	2,335	87
2022-23	3	767	309	402	4	2,225	135
2023-24	0	750	292	405	2	2,119	173
2024-25	1	756	280	422	2	2,015	182
Average	5	672	292	390	4	2,362	152

Brandeis University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

401 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 0.50% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Brandeis University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,752	399	44	5,309
2016-17	5,729	426	139	5,164
2017-18	5,721	382	67	5,272
2018-19	5,800	392	41	5,367
2019-20	5,825	339	41	5,445
2020-21	5,440	2,715	2,723	2
2021-22	5,558	380	2,750	2,428
2022-23	5,581	265	1,895	3,421
2023-24	5,302	324	2,038	2,940
2024-25	5,205	401	833	3,971
Average	5,591	602	1,057	3,932

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Enrollment Trends at Brandeis

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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