Syracuse University Student Population

How many students at Syracuse?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Syracuse University has a total enrollment of 22,589 students, including 15,957 undergraduate and 6,632 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 9,981 male students (44.2%) and 12,608 female students (55.8%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 11,824 White students (52.3%) and 2,512 Hispanic students (11.1%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 15,957 undergraduate students (70.6%) and 6,632 graduate students (29.4%).
• Class Delivery: 2,298 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 2,396 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity) - which average 19,644 - Syracuse's body is relatively large.

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, 9,981 male (44.19%) and 12,608 female (55.81%) students are attending Syracuse University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 79.16.

By class level, 15,957 (70.64%) are undergraduate students and 6,632 (29.36%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 44.17% are male and 55.83% are female, while among graduate students, 44.21% are male and 55.79% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 11,824 White, 1,823 Black, and 1,423 Asian students out of a total of 22,589 are attending at Syracuse University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Syracuse University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 70.1% 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, Syracuse has 33 students under 18 years old and 17 students over 65 years old. There are 17,291 students under 25 years old, and 5,298 students over 25 years old out of 22,589 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 33 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. Syracuse has 15,412 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 545 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,879 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,753 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 Syracuse University, 2,298 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,396 students are enrolled in some online courses.

980 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,318 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 15,957 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 355 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.22%.291 students have transferred in as full-time status and 64 students transferred in as part-time status.