Enrollment Trends for Utah Colleges

There are 24 active four-years colleges and universities in Utah - 7 public and 17 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 374,480 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Utah including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students increased by 66.61% from 224,762 to 374,480. The undergraduate population increased by 56.87% and the graduate population increased by 138.1% in last 10 years at Utah Colleges.

By gender, there are 217,261 female students and 157,219 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.38 to 1. The female students increased by 88.02% and male students increased by 43.96% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 294,109, and 374,480 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 82.87% are undergraduate students and 17.13% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 112,726, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 37,232.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Utah Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Utah Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	224,762	197,801	96,107	101,694	26,961	13,104	13,857
2013-14	221,447 -3,315	192,970 -4,831	94,174 -1,933	98,796 -2,898	28,477 1,516	13,344 240	15,133 1,276
2014-15	232,669 11,222	202,244 9,274	97,599 3,425	104,645 5,849	30,425 1,948	13,995 651	16,430 1,297
2015-16	252,520 19,851	219,433 17,189	103,759 6,160	115,674 11,029	33,087 2,662	14,833 838	18,254 1,824
2016-17	270,632 18,112	232,593 13,160	106,836 3,077	125,757 10,083	38,039 4,952	16,063 1,230	21,976 3,722
2017-18	290,156 19,524	246,014 13,421	111,056 4,220	134,958 9,201	44,142 6,103	17,764 1,701	26,378 4,402
2018-19	317,263 27,107	266,779 20,765	117,476 6,420	149,303 14,345	50,484 6,342	19,349 1,585	31,135 4,757
2019-20	337,569 20,306	281,748 14,969	122,595 5,119	159,153 9,850	55,821 5,337	20,499 1,150	35,322 4,187
2020-21	354,068 16,499	291,869 10,121	125,937 3,342	165,932 6,779	62,199 6,378	21,672 1,173	40,527 5,205
2021-22	359,637 5,569	297,338 5,469	128,810 2,873	168,528 2,596	62,299 100	21,752 80	40,547 20
2022-23	374,480 14,843	310,287 12,949	135,461 6,651	174,826 6,298	64,193 1,894	21,758 6	42,435 1,888
Average	294,109	249,007	112,710	136,297	45,102	17,648	27,454

Utah Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 249,007. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 112,486 from 197,801 to 310,287.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Utah Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	197,801	140,710	68,395	72,315	57,091	27,712	29,379
2013-14	192,970	138,214	67,478	70,736	54,756	26,696	28,060
2014-15	202,244	147,768	71,026	76,742	54,476	26,573	27,903
2015-16	219,433	163,274	76,553	86,721	56,159	27,206	28,953
2016-17	232,593	174,572	78,975	95,597	58,021	27,861	30,160
2017-18	246,014	185,835	82,216	103,619	60,179	28,840	31,339
2018-19	266,779	204,300	88,440	115,860	62,479	29,036	33,443
2019-20	281,748	215,770	92,243	123,527	65,978	30,352	35,626
2020-21	291,869	225,739	95,924	129,815	66,130	30,013	36,117
2021-22	297,338	228,612	97,460	131,152	68,726	31,350	37,376
2022-23	310,287	235,627	102,156	133,471	74,660	33,305	41,355
Average	249,007	249,007	83,715	103,596	249,007	28,995	32,701

Utah Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 45,102. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 37,232 from 26,961 to 64,193.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Utah Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	26,961	20,238	9,646	10,592	6,723	3,458	3,265
2013-14	28,477	21,667	9,961	11,706	6,810	3,383	3,427
2014-15	30,425	23,755	10,633	13,122	6,670	3,362	3,308
2015-16	33,087	26,421	11,516	14,905	6,666	3,317	3,349
2016-17	38,039	31,283	12,681	18,602	6,756	3,382	3,374
2017-18	44,142	37,311	14,306	23,005	6,831	3,458	3,373
2018-19	50,484	43,791	15,942	27,849	6,693	3,407	3,286
2019-20	55,821	49,150	17,193	31,957	6,671	3,306	3,365
2020-21	62,199	55,278	18,344	36,934	6,921	3,328	3,593
2021-22	62,299	55,181	18,394	36,787	7,118	3,358	3,760
2022-23	64,193	57,316	18,449	38,867	6,877	3,309	3,568
Average	45,102	45,102	14,279	24,030	45,102	3,370	3,424

Utah Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.49%. The percentage was 74.32% 10 years ago and Utah Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 3.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.47% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Utah Colleges over the past 11 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	1,842	4,813	6,261	14,667	1,352	167,043	5,155
2013-14	1,862	5,093	6,464	16,007	1,337	162,184	5,046
2014-15	1,728	5,696	7,396	17,805	1,408	169,842	5,710
2015-16	1,881	6,181	8,776	20,146	1,491	181,014	6,792
2016-17	2,049	7,114	10,009	22,994	1,767	203,646	8,156
2017-18	2,145	7,777	11,616	25,939	1,908	217,135	9,058
2018-19	2,164	8,666	14,300	29,877	1,911	234,948	10,331
2019-20	2,214	9,347	15,432	33,045	2,025	244,658	11,243
2020-21	2,409	10,133	16,757	35,142	2,100	246,448	11,257
2021-22	3,292	10,789	18,067	37,839	2,214	247,159	11,331
2022-23	2,973	11,873	20,505	42,113	2,162	252,881	12,673
Average	2,233	7,953	12,326	26,870	1,789	211,542	8,796

Utah Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

189,997 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 51% of total students. The number of online students has increased 245.18% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Utah Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	224,762	55,043	28,318	141,401
2013-14	221,447	60,404	28,926	132,117
2014-15	232,669	71,051	33,267	128,351
2015-16	252,520	85,142	36,071	131,307
2016-17	270,632	99,693	42,158	128,781
2017-18	290,156	113,394	49,243	127,519
2018-19	317,263	137,091	51,797	128,375
2019-20	337,569	152,475	50,960	134,134
2020-21	354,068	200,482	102,275	51,311
2021-22	359,637	181,396	84,542	93,699
2022-23	374,480	189,997	79,258	105,225
Average	294,109	122,379	53,347	118,384

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