Biola University Student Population

How many students at Biola? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 5,434 students have enrolled in Biola University with 3,481 undergraduate and 1,953 graduate students.

By gender, 2,533 male and 2,901 female students are attending the school.

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

1,227 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,579 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

Biola University has a total of 5,434 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 3,481 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,953 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,533 male and 2,901 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,060 White, 190 Black, and 812 Asian students out of a total of 5,434 are attending at Biola University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Biola University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 78.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Biola has 80 students under 18 years old and 61 students over 65 years old. There are 3,534 students under 25 years old, and 1,899 students over 25 years old out of 5,434 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 80 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Biola has 3,195 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 286 students aged 25 and over.

It has 339 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,613 students aged 25 and over.

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• 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 Biola University, 1,227 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,579 students are enrolled in some online courses.

636 students who live in California or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 591 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,481 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 261 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.50%.230 students have transferred in as full-time status and 31 students transferred in as part-time status.