University of Kansas Student Population

How many students at KU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of Kansas has a total enrollment of 29,792 students, including 22,085 undergraduate and 7,707 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 13,566 male students (45.5%) and 16,226 female students (54.5%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 19,602 White students (65.8%) and 2,921 Hispanic students (9.8%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 22,085 undergraduate students (74.1%) and 7,707 graduate students (25.9%).
• Class Delivery: 3,126 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 10,681 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - KU's body is relatively small.

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, 13,566 male (45.54%) and 16,226 female (54.46%) students are attending University of Kansas. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 83.61.

By class level, 22,085 (74.13%) are undergraduate students and 7,707 (25.87%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 46.53% are male and 53.47% are female, while among graduate students, 42.68% are male and 57.32% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 19,602 White, 1,304 Black, and 1,778 Asian students out of a total of 29,792 are attending at University of Kansas. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Kansas is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 54.9% 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, KU has 484 students under 18 years old and 70 students over 65 years old. There are 23,020 students under 25 years old, and 6,772 students over 25 years old out of 29,792 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 484 students are younger than 18 and 56 students are older than 65. KU has 20,545 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,540 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,475 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,232 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 University of Kansas, 3,126 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,681 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,872 students who live in Kansas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,254 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 22,085 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,219 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.52%.1,006 students have transferred in as full-time status and 213 students transferred in as part-time status.