Student Population at Barnard

Total Enrollment

3,487 (all undergraduate)

Undergraduate

3,487

Online Enrollment

218

Men Students

Women Students

3,400

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 3,487 students have enrolled at Barnard College (all undergraduate).

By gender, 87 male and 3,400 female students are attending Barnard College. By attendance status, there are 3,234 full-time students and 253 part-time students.

The number of students at Barnard College is average compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Williams College and Pomona College, its population is very large (average population is 1,809).

Barnard College offers online degree/certificate programs and 218 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Barnard's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York.

Barnard has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 1,809 students). The enrollment is close to the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York average (2,948 students).

	Total	Undergraduate
Barnard College	3,487	3,487
Similarly Ranked Schools	1,809	1,764
All Colleges	2,931	2,685
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York	2,948	2,336

The below chart compares the student population between Barnard College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 87 male and 3,400 female students attending Barnard. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.03 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Barnard.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Barnard
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,487	3,234	253
Men	87	0	87
Women	3,400	3,234	166

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,066 White students (30.57%) and 743 Asian students (21.31%) at Barnard College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Barnard College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Barnard College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	3	1	2
Asian	743	9	734
Black or African American	213	14	199
Hispanic	604	56	548
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,066	3	1,063
Two or More Races	270	4	266
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	75	0	75
Total	3,487	87	3,400

Online Student Population

At Barnard College, 218 students (6.25% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 218 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 104 students live in New York where Barnard College is located in and 114 students have enrolled from other states.