Butler University Student Population

How many students at Butler? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 5,746 students have enrolled in Butler University with 4,489 undergraduate and 1,257 graduate students.

By gender, 2,189 male and 3,557 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (6,772 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

753 students are enrolled exclusively, and 619 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

Butler University has a total of 5,746 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 4,489 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,257 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,189 male and 3,557 female students (the male-female ratio is 38:62) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,364 White, 327 Black, and 241 Asian students out of a total of 5,746 are attending at Butler University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Butler University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 41.1% 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, Butler has 110 students under 18 years old and 11 students over 65 years old. There are 4,813 students under 25 years old, and 932 students over 25 years old out of 5,746 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 110 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. Butler has 4,413 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 75 students aged 25 and over.

It has 400 graduate students aged under 25 and 857 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 Butler University, 753 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 619 students are enrolled in some online courses.

420 students who live in Indiana or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 333 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,489 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 102 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.27%.98 students have transferred in as full-time status and 4 students transferred in as part-time status.