Enrollment Trends at UTC

The student population at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga is 11,283 (9,884 undergraduate and 1,399 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 377 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UTC is 87.60% which is decreased by 275 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 102 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,024 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 430.57% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 11,570 where 11,283 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.60% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.40% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 275 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 102 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UTC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,660	10,159	4,555	5,604	1,501	666	835
2013-14	11,674 14	10,297 138	4,615 60	5,682 78	1,377 -124	622 -44	755 -80
2014-15	11,670 -4	10,315 18	4,591 -24	5,724 42	1,355 -22	638 16	717 -38
2015-16	11,387 -283	10,083 -232	4,420 -171	5,663 -61	1,304 -51	597 -41	707 -10
2016-17	11,533 146	10,170 87	4,513 93	5,657 -6	1,363 59	572 -25	791 84
2017-18	11,587 54	10,176 6	4,494 -19	5,682 25	1,411 48	591 19	820 29
2018-19	11,638 51	10,239 63	4,486 -8	5,753 71	1,399 -12	582 -9	817 -3
2019-20	11,651 13	10,297 58	4,494 8	5,803 50	1,354 -45	540 -42	814 -3
2020-21	11,728 77	10,341 44	4,394 -100	5,947 144	1,387 33	593 53	794 -20
2021-22	11,457 -271	10,016 -325	4,175 -219	5,841 -106	1,441 54	577 -16	864 70
2022-23	11,283 -174	9,884 -132	4,173 -2	5,711 -130	1,399 -42	575 -2	824 -40
Average	11,570	10,180	4,446	5,733	1,390	596	794

The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 10,180 where 9,884 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,159	8,904	4,002	4,902	1,255	553	702
2013-14	10,297	9,066	4,029	5,037	1,231	586	645
2014-15	10,315	8,985	3,975	5,010	1,330	616	714
2015-16	10,083	8,763	3,790	4,973	1,320	630	690
2016-17	10,170	8,875	3,890	4,985	1,295	623	672
2017-18	10,176	8,962	3,884	5,078	1,214	610	604
2018-19	10,239	9,099	3,932	5,167	1,140	554	586
2019-20	10,297	9,224	3,983	5,241	1,073	511	562
2020-21	10,341	9,234	3,857	5,377	1,107	537	570
2021-22	10,016	8,957	3,688	5,269	1,059	487	572
2022-23	9,884	8,883	3,690	5,193	1,001	483	518
Average	10,180	10,180	3,884	5,112	10,180	563	621

The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,390 where 1,399 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,501	619	256	363	882	410	472
2013-14	1,377	610	272	338	767	350	417
2014-15	1,355	647	279	368	708	359	349
2015-16	1,304	606	250	356	698	347	351
2016-17	1,363	620	242	378	743	330	413
2017-18	1,411	696	268	428	715	323	392
2018-19	1,399	703	251	452	696	331	365
2019-20	1,354	701	234	467	653	306	347
2020-21	1,387	740	269	471	647	324	323
2021-22	1,441	743	253	490	698	324	374
2022-23	1,399	729	249	480	670	326	344
Average	1,390	1,390	257	417	1,390	339	377

The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.56%. The percentage was 74.06% 10 years ago and UTC still has a high percentage of white students. 2.90% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.39% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga over the past 12 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	32	215	1,314	349	13	8,635	851
2013-14	26	216	1,268	373	11	8,708	824
2014-15	27	216	1,236	387	10	8,638	854
2015-16	28	242	1,227	378	11	8,490	715
2016-17	26	247	1,205	417	7	8,778	566
2017-18	31	256	1,154	489	3	8,823	460
2018-19	29	283	1,115	536	5	8,818	392
2019-20	24	290	1,101	615	6	8,787	318
2020-21	25	312	1,105	657	5	8,820	297
2021-22	28	325	1,094	674	6	8,571	324
2022-23	26	327	1,060	683	7	8,413	344
Average	27	266	1,171	505	8	8,680	540

The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,024 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 430.57% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,670	193	3,112	8,365
2015-16	11,387	259	3,576	7,552
2016-17	11,533	283	4,171	7,079
2017-18	11,587	288	4,800	6,499
2018-19	11,638	716	4,564	6,358
2019-20	11,651	749	5,305	5,597
2020-21	11,728	655	3,474	7,599
2021-22	11,457	1,090	6,689	3,678
2022-23	11,283	1,024	6,759	3,500
Average	11,548	584	4,717	6,247

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