Ashland University Student Population

How many students at Ashland? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 4,106 students have enrolled in Ashland University with 2,977 undergraduate and 1,129 graduate students.

By gender, 1,815 male and 2,291 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (6,772 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

877 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,484 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

Ashland University has a total of 4,106 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 2,977 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,129 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,815 male and 2,291 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,125 White, 373 Black, and 50 Asian students out of a total of 4,106 are attending at Ashland University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Ashland University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 41% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Ashland has 564 students under 18 years old and 23 students over 65 years old. There are 2,556 students under 25 years old, and 1,585 students over 25 years old out of 4,143 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 564 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Ashland has 2,371 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 751 students aged 25 and over.

It has 185 graduate students aged under 25 and 834 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 Ashland University, 877 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,484 students are enrolled in some online courses.

697 students who live in Ohio or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 180 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,977 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 133 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.47%.109 students have transferred in as full-time status and 24 students transferred in as part-time status.