Monroe University Student Population

How many students at Monroe?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Monroe University has a total enrollment of 8,141 students, including 6,205 undergraduate and 1,936 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 2,733 male students (33.6%) and 5,408 female students (66.4%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 2,887 Black students (35.5%) and 2,621 Hispanic students (32.2%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 6,205 undergraduate students (76.2%) and 1,936 graduate students (23.8%).
• Class Delivery: 1,583 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 1,791 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs) - which average 14,062 - Monroe's body is much smaller.

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, 2,733 male (33.57%) and 5,408 female (66.43%) students are attending Monroe University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 50.54.

By class level, 6,205 (76.22%) are undergraduate students and 1,936 (23.78%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 32.81% are male and 67.19% are female, while among graduate students, 36.00% are male and 64.00% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 265 White, 2,887 Black, and 211 Asian students out of a total of 8,141 are attending at Monroe University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Monroe University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 76.9% 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, Monroe has 684 students under 18 years old and 6 students over 65 years old. There are 3,940 students under 25 years old, and 3,984 students over 25 years old out of 7,924 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 684 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Monroe has 3,636 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,764 students aged 25 and over.

It has 304 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,220 students aged 25 and over.

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

• 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 Monroe University, 1,583 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,791 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,303 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 280 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,205 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 580 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.35%.395 students have transferred in as full-time status and 185 students transferred in as part-time status.