Marquette University Student Population

How many students at Marquette?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Marquette University has a total enrollment of 11,746 students, including 8,045 undergraduate and 3,701 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 4,954 male students (42.2%) and 6,792 female students (57.8%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 7,615 White students (64.8%) and 1,576 Hispanic students (13.4%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 8,045 undergraduate students (68.5%) and 3,701 graduate students (31.5%).
• Class Delivery: 546 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 2,328 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 - Marquette'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, 4,954 male (42.18%) and 6,792 female (57.82%) students are attending Marquette University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 72.94.

By class level, 8,045 (68.49%) are undergraduate students and 3,701 (31.51%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 44.03% are male and 55.97% are female, while among graduate students, 38.15% are male and 61.85% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,615 White, 667 Black, and 747 Asian students out of a total of 11,746 are attending at Marquette University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Marquette University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 55.3% 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, Marquette has 234 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 9,559 students under 25 years old, and 2,187 students over 25 years old out of 11,746 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 234 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. Marquette has 7,925 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 120 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,634 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,067 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 Marquette University, 546 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,328 students are enrolled in some online courses.

400 students who live in Wisconsin or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 146 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,045 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 106 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.32%.103 students have transferred in as full-time status and 3 students transferred in as part-time status.