Empire State University Student Population

How many students at Empire State? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 10,469 students have enrolled in Empire State University with 8,395 undergraduate and 2,074 graduate students.

By gender, 3,319 male and 7,150 female students are attending the school.

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

9,588 students are enrolled exclusively, and 154 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

Empire State University has a total of 10,469 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 8,395 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,074 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,319 male and 7,150 female students (the male-female ratio is 32:68) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,926 White, 1,555 Black, and 382 Asian students out of a total of 10,469 are attending at Empire State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Empire State University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 70.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Empire State has 60 students under 18 years old and 86 students over 65 years old. There are 2,486 students under 25 years old, and 7,983 students over 25 years old out of 10,469 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 60 students are younger than 18 and 66 students are older than 65. Empire State has 2,250 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 6,145 students aged 25 and over.

It has 236 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,838 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
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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 Empire State University, 9,588 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 154 students are enrolled in some online courses.

8,992 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 596 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,395 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,625 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 19.36%.1,055 students have transferred in as full-time status and 570 students transferred in as part-time status.