CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice Student Population

How many students at John Jay? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 13,763 students have enrolled in CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice with 11,942 undergraduate and 1,821 graduate students.

By gender, 4,886 male and 8,877 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

2,362 students are enrolled exclusively, and 6,014 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

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice has a total of 13,763 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 11,942 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,821 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,886 male and 8,877 female students (the male-female ratio is 36:64) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,239 White, 2,321 Black, and 1,624 Asian students out of a total of 13,763 are attending at CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 69.7% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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Student Age Distribution

By age, John Jay has 875 students under 18 years old and 18 students over 65 years old. There are 10,359 students under 25 years old, and 3,149 students over 25 years old out of 13,510 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 875 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. John Jay has 9,657 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,019 students aged 25 and over.

It has 702 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,130 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

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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 CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 2,362 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,014 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,199 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 163 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 11,942 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,363 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.41%.1,149 students have transferred in as full-time status and 214 students transferred in as part-time status.