Student Population at Samford

The following chart compares Samford'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 Alabama.

Samford has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 10,458 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Alabama average (1,218 students).

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

By gender, there are 2,062 male and 4,035 female students attending Samford. 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 Samford.

By age, there are 5,171 students whose age under twenty five and 476 students whose age is over thirty years old at Samford University.

Especially, 25 students are younger than eighteen and 4 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Samford University, 1,304 students (21.39% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 412 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, 286 students live in Alabama where Samford University is located in and 107 students have enrolled from other states.