Rowan University Student Population

How many students at Rowan?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Rowan University has a total enrollment of 21,026 students, including 16,100 undergraduate and 4,926 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 10,233 male students (48.7%) and 10,793 female students (51.3%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 11,657 White students (55.4%) and 2,955 Hispanic students (14.1%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 16,100 undergraduate students (76.6%) and 4,926 graduate students (23.4%).
• Class Delivery: 2,733 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 8,490 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (high research activity) - which average 16,875 - Rowan's body is 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, 10,233 male (48.67%) and 10,793 female (51.33%) students are attending Rowan University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 94.81.

By class level, 16,100 (76.57%) are undergraduate students and 4,926 (23.43%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 50.28% are male and 49.72% are female, while among graduate students, 43.40% are male and 56.60% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 11,657 White, 2,282 Black, and 1,752 Asian students out of a total of 21,026 are attending at Rowan University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Rowan University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 65.3% 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, Rowan has 446 students under 18 years old and 40 students over 65 years old. There are 16,121 students under 25 years old, and 4,905 students over 25 years old out of 21,026 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 446 students are younger than 18 and 36 students are older than 65. Rowan has 14,286 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,814 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,835 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,091 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 Rowan University, 2,733 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,490 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,548 students who live in New Jersey or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 185 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 16,100 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,881 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.68%.1,631 students have transferred in as full-time status and 250 students transferred in as part-time status.