University of Dayton Student Population

How many students at Dayton?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of Dayton has a total enrollment of 10,506 students, including 7,740 undergraduate and 2,766 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 5,477 male students (52.1%) and 5,029 female students (47.9%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 7,409 White students (70.5%) and 617 Hispanic students (5.9%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 7,740 undergraduate students (73.7%) and 2,766 graduate students (26.3%).
• Class Delivery: 729 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 1,896 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity) - which average 10,607 - Dayton's body is almost same.

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, 5,477 male (52.13%) and 5,029 female (47.87%) students are attending University of Dayton. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 108.91.

By class level, 7,740 (73.67%) are undergraduate students and 2,766 (26.33%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 52.71% are male and 47.29% are female, while among graduate students, 50.51% are male and 49.49% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,409 White, 585 Black, and 186 Asian students out of a total of 10,506 are attending at University of Dayton. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Dayton is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 49.4% 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, Dayton has 53 students under 18 years old and 19 students over 65 years old. There are 8,773 students under 25 years old, and 1,712 students over 25 years old out of 10,506 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 52 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. Dayton has 7,605 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 131 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at Dayton, 1 students are younger than 18 and 9 students are older than 65. It has 1,168 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,581 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 University of Dayton, 729 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,896 students are enrolled in some online courses.

316 students who live in Ohio or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 413 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,740 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 162 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.09%.155 students have transferred in as full-time status and 7 students transferred in as part-time status.