University at Albany Student Population

How many students at SUNY Albany? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 17,560 students have enrolled in University at Albany with 12,666 undergraduate and 4,894 graduate students.

By gender, 7,694 male and 9,866 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (34,856 students on average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

1,941 students are enrolled exclusively, and 7,034 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 at Albany has a total of 17,560 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 12,666 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,894 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 7,694 male and 9,866 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,939 White, 3,385 Black, and 1,534 Asian students out of a total of 17,560 are attending at University at Albany. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University at Albany is quite diverse with a diversity index of 77.1% 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, SUNY Albany has 730 students under 18 years old and 21 students over 65 years old. There are 13,865 students under 25 years old, and 3,695 students over 25 years old out of 17,560 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 730 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. SUNY Albany has 11,931 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 735 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,934 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,960 students aged 25 and over.

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• 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 at Albany, 1,941 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,034 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,823 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 118 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 12,666 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,252 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.88%.1,151 students have transferred in as full-time status and 101 students transferred in as part-time status.