Student Population at SHU

The following chart compares SHU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Connecticut.

The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Connecticut average (4,084 students).

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

By gender, there are 3,917 male and 7,105 female students attending SHU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.55 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 SHU.

By age, there are 9,203 students whose age under twenty five and 937 students whose age is over thirty years old at Sacred Heart University.

Especially, 75 students are younger than eighteen and 2 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Sacred Heart University.

At Sacred Heart University, 5,064 students (45.94% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,311 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, 878 students live in Connecticut where Sacred Heart University is located in and 430 students have enrolled from other states.