Enrollment Trends at Union

The student population at Union University is 2,713 (1,934 undergraduate and 779 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 870 (24.28%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Union is 71.29% which is decreased by 586 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 284 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 55 male students for every 100 female students, down from 60 in 2015.
607 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 451.82% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,096 where 2,713 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 3,583 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,674 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,583 to 2,713 students, a net loss of 870 (24.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,583	2,520	980	1,540	1,063	370	693
2016-17	3,466 -117	2,286 -234	785 -195	1,501 -39	1,180 117	387 17	793 100
2017-18	3,377 -89	2,181 -105	747 -38	1,434 -67	1,196 16	393 6	803 10
2018-19	3,247 -130	2,184 3	725 -22	1,459 25	1,063 -133	341 -52	722 -81
2019-20	3,172 -75	2,164 -20	734 9	1,430 -29	1,008 -55	322 -19	686 -36
2020-21	3,071 -101	2,096 -68	705 -29	1,391 -39	975 -33	283 -39	692 6
2021-22	2,930 -141	1,993 -103	696 -9	1,297 -94	937 -38	276 -7	661 -31
2022-23	2,731 -199	1,900 -93	704 8	1,196 -101	831 -106	234 -42	597 -64
2023-24	2,674 -57	1,891 -9	695 -9	1,196	783 -48	220 -14	563 -34
2024-25	2,713 39	1,934 43	749 54	1,185 -11	779 -4	219 -1	560 -3
Average	3,096	2,115	752	1,363	982	305	677

Union University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,115 where 1,934 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 Union University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,520	1,872	693	1,179	648	287	361
2016-17	2,286	1,619	576	1,043	667	209	458
2017-18	2,181	1,599	554	1,045	582	193	389
2018-19	2,184	1,778	600	1,178	406	125	281
2019-20	2,164	1,796	604	1,192	368	130	238
2020-21	2,096	1,711	561	1,150	385	144	241
2021-22	1,993	1,634	563	1,071	359	133	226
2022-23	1,900	1,543	557	986	357	147	210
2023-24	1,891	1,493	540	953	398	155	243
2024-25	1,934	1,413	541	872	521	208	313
Average	2,115	2,115	579	1,067	2,115	173	296

Union University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 982 where 779 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 Union University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,063	810	285	525	253	85	168
2016-17	1,180	627	198	429	553	189	364
2017-18	1,196	643	186	457	553	207	346
2018-19	1,063	684	199	485	379	142	237
2019-20	1,008	637	178	459	371	144	227
2020-21	975	671	174	497	304	109	195
2021-22	937	526	134	392	411	142	269
2022-23	831	434	106	328	397	128	269
2023-24	783	397	97	300	386	123	263
2024-25	779	384	102	282	395	117	278
Average	982	982	166	415	982	139	262

Union University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.76%. The percentage was 64.02% 10 years ago and Union still has a high percentage of white students. 1.81% of enrolled students is Asian and 18.25% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.69% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.02% to 57.76%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.93% to 1.81%. Black student enrollment decreased from 18.59% to 18.25%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.29% to 2.69%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6308 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5545 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Union University 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	7	69	666	82	1	2,294	47
2016-17	20	89	746	84	4	2,295	0
2017-18	22	76	718	72	5	2,370	0
2018-19	27	88	623	68	5	2,253	0
2019-20	31	75	645	61	6	2,169	0
2020-21	31	72	681	52	2	2,027	0
2021-22	33	78	625	43	3	1,889	0
2022-23	4	54	540	35	1	1,689	122
2023-24	3	56	524	54	2	1,647	103
2024-25	5	49	495	73	4	1,567	96
Average	18	71	626	62	3	2,020	37

Union University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

607 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 451.82% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Union University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,583	110	289	3,184
2016-17	3,466	273	762	2,431
2017-18	3,377	315	747	2,315
2018-19	3,247	338	1,033	1,876
2019-20	3,172	405	833	1,934
2020-21	3,071	619	782	1,670
2021-22	2,930	589	690	1,651
2022-23	2,731	583	649	1,499
2023-24	2,674	550	577	1,547
2024-25	2,713	607	593	1,513
Average	3,096	439	696	1,962

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Enrollment Trends at Union

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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