University of Rochester Student Population

How many students at UR? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 11,946 students have enrolled in University of Rochester with 6,580 undergraduate and 5,366 graduate students.

By gender, 5,619 male and 6,327 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (19,644 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

690 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,843 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

University of Rochester has a total of 11,946 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 6,580 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,366 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,619 male and 6,327 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,464 White, 606 Black, and 1,582 Asian students out of a total of 11,946 are attending at University of Rochester. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Rochester is highly diverse with a diversity index of 83.3% 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, UR has 188 students under 18 years old and 10 students over 65 years old. There are 8,213 students under 25 years old, and 3,869 students over 25 years old out of 12,160 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 188 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. UR has 6,338 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 425 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,875 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,444 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 University of Rochester, 690 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,843 students are enrolled in some online courses.

592 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 98 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,580 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 94 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.43%.