Creighton University Student Population

How many students at Creighton?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Creighton University has a total enrollment of 8,581 students, including 4,377 undergraduate and 4,204 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 3,486 male students (40.6%) and 5,095 female students (59.4%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 5,850 White students (68.2%) and 874 Hispanic students (10.2%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 4,377 undergraduate students (51%) and 4,204 graduate students (49%).
• Class Delivery: 1,314 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 1,519 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity) - which average 10,607 - Creighton'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, 3,486 male (40.62%) and 5,095 female (59.38%) students are attending Creighton University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 68.42.

By class level, 4,377 (51.01%) are undergraduate students and 4,204 (48.99%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 42.11% are male and 57.89% are female, while among graduate students, 39.08% are male and 60.92% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,850 White, 291 Black, and 779 Asian students out of a total of 8,581 are attending at Creighton University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Creighton University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 51.2% 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, Creighton has 68 students under 18 years old and 18 students over 65 years old. There are 5,947 students under 25 years old, and 2,634 students over 25 years old out of 8,581 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 68 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Creighton has 4,226 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 151 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,721 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,483 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 Creighton University, 1,314 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,519 students are enrolled in some online courses.

334 students who live in Nebraska or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 980 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,377 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 154 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.52%.134 students have transferred in as full-time status and 20 students transferred in as part-time status.