Fordham University Student Population

How many students at Fordham?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Fordham University has a total enrollment of 16,150 students, including 10,582 undergraduate and 5,568 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 6,252 male students (38.7%) and 9,898 female students (61.3%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 7,050 White students (43.7%) and 3,087 Hispanic students (19.1%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 10,582 undergraduate students (65.5%) and 5,568 graduate students (34.5%).
• Class Delivery: 1,147 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 1,403 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 - Fordham's body is significantly 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, 6,252 male (38.71%) and 9,898 female (61.29%) students are attending Fordham University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 63.16.

By class level, 10,582 (65.52%) are undergraduate students and 5,568 (34.48%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 39.04% are male and 60.96% are female, while among graduate students, 38.09% are male and 61.91% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,050 White, 1,282 Black, and 1,819 Asian students out of a total of 16,150 are attending at Fordham University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Fordham University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 75.2% 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, Fordham has 562 students under 18 years old and 29 students over 65 years old. There are 11,960 students under 25 years old, and 4,169 students over 25 years old out of 16,150 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 562 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Fordham has 10,148 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 415 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,812 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,754 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 Fordham University, 1,147 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,403 students are enrolled in some online courses.

708 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 439 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 10,582 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 321 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.03%.286 students have transferred in as full-time status and 35 students transferred in as part-time status.