Student Population of US Colleges

Total Enrollment

For academic year 2015-2016, 20,620,243 students have attended to US colleges and universities. The undergraduate population is 17,642,940 and graduate school population is 2,977,303. By gender, there are 11,648,112 female students and 8,972,131 male students in those schools. By attendance status, 12,783,768 full-time students and 7,836,475 part-time studetns were attenting US colleges and universities.

	Total	Male		Female
		Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
Undergraduate	17,642,940	4,984,362	2,749,378	6,089,244	3,819,956
Graduate	2,977,303	760,843	477,548	949,319	789,593
Total	20,620,243	5,745,205	3,226,926	7,038,563	4,609,549

Undergraduate Population

For academic year 2015-2016, the undergraduate students population of US colleges and universities is 17,642,940. By gender, there are 9,909,200 female students and 7,733,740 male students in undergraduate programs. By attendance status, 11,073,606 full-time students and 6,569,334 part-time studetns were attenting to undergraduate schools inUS colleges and universities. Following table and chart illustrate the undergraduate students population for US colleges and universities.

	Total	Male		Female
		Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
Public Schools	13,283,415	3,567,330	2,400,060	4,079,146	3,236,879
Private Schools	4,359,525	1,417,032	349,318	2,010,098	583,077
Total	17,642,940	4,984,362	2,749,378	6,089,244	3,819,956

	Total	Male		Female
		Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
4 Years (or High)	10,678,856	3,712,013	1,030,041	4,493,890	1,442,912
2-4 Years	6,658,400	1,202,863	1,693,148	1,429,312	2,333,077
Less Than 2 Years	305,684	69,486	26,189	166,042	43,967
Total	17,642,940	4,984,362	2,749,378	6,089,244	3,819,956

Graduate School Population

The graduate students population of US colleges and universities is 2,977,303. By gender, there are 1,738,912 female students and 1,238,391 male students in graduate programs. By attendance status, 1,710,162 full-time students and 1,267,141 part-time studetns were attenting to graduate schools inUS colleges and universities. Following table and chart illustrate the graduate students population for US colleges and universities.

	Total	Male		Female
		Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
Public Schools	1,426,356	374,862	245,056	429,923	376,515
Private Schools	1,550,947	385,981	232,492	519,396	413,078
Total	2,977,303	760,843	477,548	949,319	789,593

	Total	Male		Female
		Full-time	Part-time	Full-time	Part-time
4 Years (or High)	2,977,239	760,823	477,544	949,289	789,583
2-4 Years	64	20	4	30	10
Less Than 2 Years	0	0	0	0	0
Total	17,642,940	760,843	477,548	949,319	789,593