Student Population at UT Tyler

By race/ethnicity, 4,993 White, 1,250 Black, and 494 Asian students out of a total of 10,362 are attending at The University of Texas at Tyler. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

The University of Texas at Tyler is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 68.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

By age, UT Tyler has 308 students under 18 years old and 14 students over 65 years old. There are 6,766 students under 25 years old, and 3,594 students over 25 years old out of 10,362 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 308 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. UT Tyler has 6,284 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,399 students aged 25 and over.

It has 482 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,195 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At The University of Texas at Tyler, 2,953 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,818 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,845 students who live in Texas or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 108 students live in another State or outside of the United States.