Emory University Student Population

How many students at Emory?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Emory University has a total enrollment of 15,175 students, including 7,407 undergraduate and 7,768 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 5,979 male students (39.4%) and 9,196 female students (60.6%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 4,948 White students (32.6%) and 2,862 Asian students (18.9%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 7,407 undergraduate students (48.8%) and 7,768 graduate students (51.2%).
• Class Delivery: 925 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 4,596 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity) - which average 19,644 - Emory's body is smaller.

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, 5,979 male (39.40%) and 9,196 female (60.60%) students are attending Emory University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 65.02.

By class level, 7,407 (48.81%) are undergraduate students and 7,768 (51.19%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 43.24% are male and 56.76% are female, while among graduate students, 35.74% are male and 64.26% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,948 White, 2,157 Black, and 2,862 Asian students out of a total of 15,175 are attending at Emory University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Emory University is highly diverse with a diversity index of 82.7% 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, Emory has 64 students under 18 years old and 21 students over 65 years old. There are 9,674 students under 25 years old, and 5,501 students over 25 years old out of 15,175 total students.

Emory has 7,274 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 133 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,400 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,368 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 Emory University, 925 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,596 students are enrolled in some online courses.

653 students who live in Georgia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 272 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,407 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 592 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.99%.589 students have transferred in as full-time status and 3 students transferred in as part-time status.