Student Population at BU

The following chart compares BU'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 Massachusetts.

BU has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 28,153 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Massachusetts average (3,644 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Boston University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 15,963 male and 21,774 female students attending BU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.73 to 1 and the ratio is similar to 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 BU.

At Boston University, 6,777 students (17.96% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 5,423 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, 1,090 students live in Massachusetts where Boston University is located in and 3,551 students have enrolled from other states.