Enrollment Trends at UMass Global

The student population at University of Massachusetts Global is 8,996 (5,090 undergraduate and 3,906 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 992 (12.39%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UMass Global is 56.58% which is increased by 1,264 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 272 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 40 male students for every 100 female students, down from 56 in 2015.
8,996 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 82.66% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,968 where 8,996 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 10,986 students in 2021 and was lowest at 7,331 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 8,004 to 8,996 students, a net gain of 992 (12.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Massachusetts Global since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,004	3,826	1,455	2,371	4,178	1,428	2,750
2016-17	7,331 -673	3,586 -240	1,409 -46	2,177 -194	3,745 -433	1,212 -216	2,533 -217
2017-18	7,812 481	3,677 91	1,428 19	2,249 72	4,135 390	1,234 22	2,901 368
2018-19	8,766 954	4,276 599	1,661 233	2,615 366	4,490 355	1,330 96	3,160 259
2019-20	10,231 1,465	6,060 1,784	2,254 593	3,806 1,191	4,171 -319	1,160 -170	3,011 -149
2020-21	10,986 755	6,114 54	2,154 -100	3,960 154	4,872 701	1,263 103	3,609 598
2021-22	9,798 -1,188	5,237 -877	1,743 -411	3,494 -466	4,561 -311	1,138 -125	3,423 -186
2022-23	8,689 -1,109	4,822 -415	1,623 -120	3,199 -295	3,867 -694	937 -201	2,930 -493
2023-24	9,069 380	5,511 689	1,761 138	3,750 551	3,558 -309	875 -62	2,683 -247
2024-25	8,996 -73	5,090 -421	1,580 -181	3,510 -240	3,906 348	998 123	2,908 225
Average	8,968	4,820	1,707	3,113	4,148	1,158	2,991

University of Massachusetts Global Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,820 where 5,090 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Massachusetts Global since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,826	1,208	493	715	2,618	962	1,656
2016-17	3,586	1,118	496	622	2,468	913	1,555
2017-18	3,677	1,033	460	573	2,644	968	1,676
2018-19	4,276	1,233	519	714	3,043	1,142	1,901
2019-20	6,060	1,388	586	802	4,672	1,668	3,004
2020-21	6,114	2,090	826	1,264	4,024	1,328	2,696
2021-22	5,237	1,789	685	1,104	3,448	1,058	2,390
2022-23	4,822	1,014	438	576	3,808	1,185	2,623
2023-24	5,511	1,998	738	1,260	3,513	1,023	2,490
2024-25	5,090	2,147	763	1,384	2,943	817	2,126
Average	4,820	4,820	600	901	4,820	1,106	2,212

University of Massachusetts Global Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,148 where 3,906 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Massachusetts Global since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,178	1,518	457	1,061	2,660	971	1,689
2016-17	3,745	1,514	458	1,056	2,231	754	1,477
2017-18	4,135	1,711	447	1,264	2,424	787	1,637
2018-19	4,490	2,012	565	1,447	2,478	765	1,713
2019-20	4,171	1,883	473	1,410	2,288	687	1,601
2020-21	4,872	2,192	510	1,682	2,680	753	1,927
2021-22	4,561	2,226	524	1,702	2,335	614	1,721
2022-23	3,867	1,387	316	1,071	2,480	621	1,859
2023-24	3,558	1,779	398	1,381	1,779	477	1,302
2024-25	3,906	2,166	510	1,656	1,740	488	1,252
Average	4,148	4,148	466	1,373	4,148	692	1,618

University of Massachusetts Global Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.41%. The percentage was 49.55% 10 years ago and UMass Global still has a high percentage of white students. 5.26% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.62% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.97% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 49.55% to 53.41%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.35% to 5.26%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.73% to 11.62%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 25.69% to 3.97%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6936 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6751 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Massachusetts Global over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	46	348	779	2,056	80	3,966	350
2016-17	54	374	723	1,526	89	3,773	278
2017-18	69	404	761	999	105	4,478	128
2018-19	54	244	517	4,485	61	2,668	47
2019-20	90	516	1,075	2,236	81	5,495	282
2020-21	103	542	1,176	1,862	61	5,940	452
2021-22	106	515	1,063	1,242	63	5,380	467
2022-23	118	436	1,013	747	46	4,761	465
2023-24	110	456	1,044	501	49	4,958	466
2024-25	138	473	1,045	357	56	4,805	490
Average	89	431	920	1,601	69	4,622	343

University of Massachusetts Global Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

8,996 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has increased 82.66% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Massachusetts Global from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,004	4,925	1,712	1,367
2016-17	7,331	4,760	1,161	1,410
2017-18	7,812	5,110	1,777	925
2018-19	8,766	6,199	1,832	735
2019-20	10,231	8,143	1,629	459
2020-21	10,986	10,986	0	0
2021-22	9,798	9,659	0	139
2022-23	8,689	8,562	1	126
2023-24	9,069	9,050	19	0
2024-25	8,996	8,996	0	0
Average	8,968	7,639	813	516

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Enrollment Trends at UMass Global

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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