Fairfield University Student Population

How many students at Fairfield?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Fairfield University has a total enrollment of 6,864 students, including 5,391 undergraduate and 1,473 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 2,778 male students (40.5%) and 4,086 female students (59.5%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 5,190 White students (75.6%) and 572 Hispanic students (8.3%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 5,391 undergraduate students (78.5%) and 1,473 graduate students (21.5%).
• Class Delivery: 556 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 1,393 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University - which average 6,371 - Fairfield's body is relatively large.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 2,778 male (40.47%) and 4,086 female (59.53%) students are attending Fairfield University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 67.99.

By class level, 5,391 (78.54%) are undergraduate students and 1,473 (21.46%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 42.18% are male and 57.82% are female, while among graduate students, 34.22% are male and 65.78% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,190 White, 170 Black, and 157 Asian students out of a total of 6,864 are attending at Fairfield University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Fairfield University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 41.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Fairfield has 94 students under 18 years old and 19 students over 65 years old. There are 5,796 students under 25 years old, and 1,068 students over 25 years old out of 6,864 total students.

Fairfield has 5,311 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 80 students aged 25 and over.

It has 485 graduate students aged under 25 and 988 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 Fairfield University, 556 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,393 students are enrolled in some online courses.

238 students who live in Connecticut or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 318 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,391 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 41 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.76%.