Boise State University Student Population

How many students at Boise State?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Boise State University has a total enrollment of 27,198 students, including 23,983 undergraduate and 3,215 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 11,595 male students (42.6%) and 15,603 female students (57.4%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 18,962 White students (69.7%) and 4,038 Hispanic students (14.8%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 23,983 undergraduate students (88.2%) and 3,215 graduate students (11.8%).
• Class Delivery: 5,241 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 9,178 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - Boise State's body is significantly larger.

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, 11,595 male (42.63%) and 15,603 female (57.37%) students are attending Boise State University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 74.31.

By class level, 23,983 (88.18%) are undergraduate students and 3,215 (11.82%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 43.26% are male and 56.74% are female, while among graduate students, 37.98% are male and 62.02% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 18,962 White, 557 Black, and 703 Asian students out of a total of 27,198 are attending at Boise State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Boise State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 48.7% 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, Boise State has 6,269 students under 18 years old and 31 students over 65 years old. There are 20,843 students under 25 years old, and 6,355 students over 25 years old out of 27,198 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 6,269 students are younger than 18 and 16 students are older than 65. Boise State has 20,304 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,679 students aged 25 and over.

It has 539 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,676 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 Boise State University, 5,241 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,178 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,612 students who live in Idaho or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,629 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 23,983 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,733 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.23%.1,052 students have transferred in as full-time status and 681 students transferred in as part-time status.