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Student Population

Student Population at Hood

Total Enrollment

2,101

Undergraduate

1,198

Graduate

903

Online Enrollment

376

Men Students

710

Women Students

1,391

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,101 students have enrolled at Hood College - 1,198 undergraduate and 903 graduate.

By gender, 710 male and 1,391 female students are attending Hood College. By attendance status, there are 1,443 full-time students and 658 part-time students.

The number of students at Hood College is relatively small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Maryland. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as University of Baltimore and Bowie State University, its population is very small (average population is 11,632).

Hood College offers online degree/certificate programs and 376 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Hood'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 Maryland.

Hood has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 11,632 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Maryland average (2,751 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Hood College	2,101	1,198	903
Similarly Ranked Schools	11,632	9,405	2,227
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Maryland	2,751	1,343	1,844

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

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 710 male and 1,391 female students attending Hood. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.51 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 Hood.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Hood
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,198	1,172	26
Men	414	399	15
Women	784	773	11

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Hood
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	903	271	632
Men	296	112	184
Women	607	159	448

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,112 White students (52.93%) and 317 Black or African American students (15.09%) at Hood College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Hood College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Hood College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	5	3	2
Asian	38	16	22
Black or African American	210	75	135
Hispanic	199	64	135
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	596	207	389
Two or More Races	63	17	46
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	68	27	41
Total	1,198	414	784

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Hood College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	34	5	29
Black or African American	107	32	75
Hispanic	47	15	32
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	516	152	364
Two or More Races	45	16	29
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	23	9	14
Total	903	296	607

Online Student Population

At Hood College, 610 students (29.03% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 376 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, 335 students live in Maryland where Hood College is located in and 39 students have enrolled from other states.