Student Population at UChicago

Total Enrollment

18,566

Undergraduate

7,598

Graduate

10,968

Online Enrollment

102

Men Students

10,087

Women Students

8,479

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 18,566 students have enrolled at University of Chicago - 7,598 undergraduate and 10,968 graduate.

By gender, 10,087 male and 8,479 female students are attending University of Chicago. By attendance status, there are 16,964 full-time students and 1,602 part-time students.

The number of students at University of Chicago is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Illinois. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Yale University and Columbia University in the City of New York, its population is average (average population is 19,373).

University of Chicago offers online degree/certificate programs and 102 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares UChicago'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 Illinois.

UChicago has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 19,373 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Illinois average (2,545 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
University of Chicago	18,566	7,598	10,968
Similarly Ranked Schools	19,373	7,754	11,619
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 Illinois	2,545	2,067	1,276

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

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 10,087 male and 8,479 female students attending UChicago. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.19 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 UChicago.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at UChicago
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	7,598	7,578	20
Men	4,121	4,107	14
Women	3,477	3,471	6

Population by Gender/Attending Status at UChicago
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	10,968	9,386	1,582
Men	5,966	4,963	1,003
Women	5,002	4,423	579

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 5,372 White students (28.93%) and 2,918 Asian students (15.72%) at University of Chicago(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at University of Chicago.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of Chicago
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	3	0	3
Asian	1,462	771	691
Black or African American	522	200	322
Hispanic	1,282	659	623
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	2	0
White	2,234	1,295	939
Two or More Races	527	282	245
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	218	131	87
Total	7,598	4,121	3,477

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of Chicago
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	10	2	8
Asian	1,456	730	726
Black or African American	486	224	262
Hispanic	727	403	324
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	3,138	1,760	1,378
Two or More Races	308	148	160
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	235	159	76
Total	10,968	5,966	5,002

Online Student Population

At University of Chicago, 102 students (0.55% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 102 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, 22 students live in Illinois where University of Chicago is located in and 61 students have enrolled from other states.