Student Population at Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University has a total of 10,721 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 6,782 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,939 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 6,932 White, 442 Black, and 199 Asian students out of a total of 10,721 are attending at Sacred Heart University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, SHU has 19 students under 18 years old and 6 students over 65 years old. There are 8,127 students under 25 years old, and 2,594 students over 25 years old out of 10,721 total students.

SHU has 6,462 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 320 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,665 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,274 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Sacred Heart University, 1,221 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,268 students are enrolled in some online courses.

803 students lived in Connecticut or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 418 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 6,782 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 140 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.06%.128 students have transferred in as full-time status and 12 students transferred in as part-time status.