Student Population at Long Island

The following chart compares Long Island'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.

Long Island has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 5,560 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York average (2,948 students).

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

By gender, there are 6,212 male and 10,477 female students attending Long Island. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.59 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 Long Island.

By age, there are 13,242 students whose age under twenty five and 1,720 students whose age is over thirty years old at Long Island University.

Especially, 6,827 students are younger than eighteen and 16 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Long Island University.

At Long Island University, 441 students (2.64% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 327 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, 292 students live in New York where Long Island University is located in and 32 students have enrolled from other states.