Enrollment Trends at Arizona

The student population at University of Arizona is 56,365 (44,848 undergraduate and 11,517 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 13,770 (32.33%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Arizona is 79.57% which is increased by 11,517 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,253 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 82 male students for every 100 female students, down from 94 in 2015.
12,481 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 544.68% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 47,083 where 56,365 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 42,595 to 56,365 students, a gain of 13,770 (32.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	42,595	33,331	16,200	17,131	9,264	4,428	4,836
2016-17	43,161 566	33,694 363	16,308 108	17,386 255	9,467 203	4,499 71	4,968 132
2017-18	43,751 590	34,101 407	16,435 127	17,666 280	9,650 183	4,623 124	5,027 59
2018-19	44,097 346	34,153 52	16,276 -159	17,877 211	9,944 294	4,717 94	5,227 200
2019-20	44,577 480	34,516 363	16,113 -163	18,403 526	10,061 117	4,702 -15	5,359 132
2020-21	45,601 1,024	35,357 841	15,940 -173	19,417 1,014	10,244 183	4,638 -64	5,606 247
2021-22	48,274 2,673	37,434 2,077	16,573 633	20,861 1,444	10,840 596	4,821 183	6,019 413
2022-23	49,403 1,129	38,751 1,317	17,213 640	21,538 677	10,652 -188	4,772 -49	5,880 -139
2023-24	53,001 3,598	41,899 3,148	18,715 1,502	23,184 1,646	11,102 450	5,038 266	6,064 184
2024-25	56,365 3,364	44,848 2,949	20,115 1,400	24,733 1,549	11,517 415	5,334 296	6,183 119
Average	47,083	36,808	16,989	19,820	10,274	4,757	5,517

University of Arizona Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 36,808 where 44,848 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 Arizona since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	33,331	29,597	14,290	15,307	3,734	1,910	1,824
2016-17	33,694	29,149	13,960	15,189	4,545	2,348	2,197
2017-18	34,101	29,325	13,885	15,440	4,776	2,550	2,226
2018-19	34,153	29,027	13,712	15,315	5,126	2,564	2,562
2019-20	34,516	28,972	13,375	15,597	5,544	2,738	2,806
2020-21	35,357	28,556	12,679	15,877	6,801	3,261	3,540
2021-22	37,434	29,498	12,772	16,726	7,936	3,801	4,135
2022-23	38,751	30,230	13,047	17,183	8,521	4,166	4,355
2023-24	41,899	34,237	14,723	19,514	7,662	3,992	3,670
2024-25	44,848	35,623	15,177	20,446	9,225	4,938	4,287
Average	36,808	36,808	13,762	16,659	36,808	3,227	3,160

University of Arizona Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 10,274 where 11,517 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 Arizona since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,264	7,010	3,434	3,576	2,254	994	1,260
2016-17	9,467	6,905	3,354	3,551	2,562	1,145	1,417
2017-18	9,650	7,124	3,382	3,742	2,526	1,241	1,285
2018-19	9,944	7,186	3,354	3,832	2,758	1,363	1,395
2019-20	10,061	7,254	3,322	3,932	2,807	1,380	1,427
2020-21	10,244	5,926	2,624	3,302	4,318	2,014	2,304
2021-22	10,840	6,134	2,631	3,503	4,706	2,190	2,516
2022-23	10,652	6,093	2,622	3,471	4,559	2,150	2,409
2023-24	11,102	7,289	3,166	4,123	3,813	1,872	1,941
2024-25	11,517	7,726	3,430	4,296	3,791	1,904	1,887
Average	10,274	10,274	3,132	3,733	10,274	1,625	1,784

University of Arizona Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.30% and the percentage of black students is 4.11% at University of Arizona. 4.99% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 25.23% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 51.52% to 43.30%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.81% to 4.99%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.51% to 4.11%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 22.55% to 25.23%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7422 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6773 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 Arizona 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	523	2,473	1,493	9,605	98	21,947	1,701
2016-17	536	2,456	1,585	9,989	97	21,844	1,773
2017-18	581	2,525	1,665	10,543	100	21,726	1,849
2018-19	589	2,418	1,641	10,499	88	21,617	1,840
2019-20	600	2,453	1,652	10,657	91	21,647	1,991
2020-21	618	2,518	1,722	11,889	85	21,856	2,117
2021-22	668	2,617	1,884	12,456	83	23,300	2,225
2022-23	697	2,804	1,993	12,683	93	23,632	2,341
2023-24	813	2,834	2,174	13,407	111	24,000	2,471
2024-25	822	2,810	2,315	14,219	110	24,404	2,697
Average	645	2,591	1,812	11,595	96	22,597	2,101

University of Arizona Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

12,481 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 544.68% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Arizona from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	42,595	1,936	7,724	32,935
2016-17	43,161	2,579	10,418	30,164
2017-18	43,751	3,394	12,049	28,308
2018-19	44,097	4,242	12,701	27,154
2019-20	44,577	5,073	13,517	25,987
2020-21	45,601	7,280	18,049	20,272
2021-22	48,274	8,727	18,254	21,293
2022-23	49,403	9,617	19,965	19,821
2023-24	53,001	10,935	21,735	20,331
2024-25	56,365	12,481	23,089	20,795
Average	47,083	6,626	15,750	24,706

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Enrollment Trends at Arizona

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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