Samford University Student Population

How many students at Samford? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 6,097 students have enrolled in Samford University with 4,210 undergraduate and 1,887 graduate students.

By gender, 2,062 male and 4,035 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (6,371 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

412 students are enrolled exclusively, and 892 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

Samford University has a total of 6,097 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 4,210 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,887 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,062 male and 4,035 female students (the male-female ratio is 34:66) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,880 White, 476 Black, and 102 Asian students out of a total of 6,097 are attending at Samford University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Samford University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 35% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Samford has 25 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 5,171 students under 25 years old, and 922 students over 25 years old out of 6,097 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 25 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Samford has 4,149 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 57 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,022 graduate students aged under 25 and 865 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Samford University, 412 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 892 students are enrolled in some online courses.

286 students who live in Alabama or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 126 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,210 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 245 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.82%.239 students have transferred in as full-time status and 6 students transferred in as part-time status.