Enrollment Trends at UA Little Rock

The student population at University of Arkansas at Little Rock is 8,197 (5,825 undergraduate and 2,372 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,675 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UA Little Rock is 71.06% which is decreased by 4,486 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 189 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.58 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,223 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 70.53% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,695 where 8,197 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.06% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.94% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 4,486 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 189 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.58 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UA Little Rock than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Arkansas at Little Rock since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,872	10,311	4,221	6,090	2,561	989	1,572
2013-14	12,377 -495	9,970 -341	4,135 -86	5,835 -255	2,407 -154	894 -95	1,513 -59
2014-15	11,645 -732	9,384 -586	3,823 -312	5,561 -274	2,261 -146	890 -4	1,371 -142
2015-16	11,891 246	9,575 191	3,793 -30	5,782 221	2,316 55	935 45	1,381 10
2016-17	11,746 -145	8,814 -761	3,469 -324	5,345 -437	2,932 616	1,180 245	1,752 371
2017-18	11,624 -122	8,793 -21	3,443 -26	5,350 5	2,831 -101	1,104 -76	1,727 -25
2018-19	10,515 -1,109	7,715 -1,078	2,919 -524	4,796 -554	2,800 -31	1,032 -72	1,768 41
2019-20	9,581 -934	7,120 -595	2,601 -318	4,519 -277	2,461 -339	967 -65	1,494 -274
2020-21	8,899 -682	6,568 -552	2,347 -254	4,221 -298	2,331 -130	929 -38	1,402 -92
2021-22	8,295 -604	5,969 -599	2,190 -157	3,779 -442	2,326 -5	896 -33	1,430 28
2022-23	8,197 -98	5,825 -144	2,237 47	3,588 -191	2,372 46	938 42	1,434 4
Average	10,695	8,186	3,198	4,988	2,509	978	1,531

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 8,186 where 5,825 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 University of Arkansas at Little Rock since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,311	5,749	2,525	3,224	4,562	1,696	2,866
2013-14	9,970	5,552	2,457	3,095	4,418	1,678	2,740
2014-15	9,384	4,921	2,169	2,752	4,463	1,654	2,809
2015-16	9,575	4,860	2,145	2,715	4,715	1,648	3,067
2016-17	8,814	4,785	2,033	2,752	4,029	1,436	2,593
2017-18	8,793	4,603	1,911	2,692	4,190	1,532	2,658
2018-19	7,715	3,996	1,650	2,346	3,719	1,269	2,450
2019-20	7,120	3,786	1,526	2,260	3,334	1,075	2,259
2020-21	6,568	3,541	1,386	2,155	3,027	961	2,066
2021-22	5,969	3,047	1,216	1,831	2,922	974	1,948
2022-23	5,825	2,961	1,218	1,743	2,864	1,019	1,845
Average	8,186	8,186	1,840	2,506	8,186	1,358	2,482

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,509 where 2,372 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 University of Arkansas at Little Rock since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,561	1,134	478	656	1,427	511	916
2013-14	2,407	1,080	430	650	1,327	464	863
2014-15	2,261	1,059	450	609	1,202	440	762
2015-16	2,316	1,086	482	604	1,230	453	777
2016-17	2,932	1,165	519	646	1,767	661	1,106
2017-18	2,831	1,283	566	717	1,548	538	1,010
2018-19	2,800	1,146	469	677	1,654	563	1,091
2019-20	2,461	1,025	428	597	1,436	539	897
2020-21	2,331	1,020	437	583	1,311	492	819
2021-22	2,326	1,107	456	651	1,219	440	779
2022-23	2,372	1,140	509	631	1,232	429	803
Average	2,509	2,509	475	638	2,509	503	893

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.20%. The percentage was 59.96% 10 years ago and UA Little Rock still has a high percentage of white students. 2.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 21.64% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Arkansas at Little Rock 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	44	312	2,879	624	1	7,718	642
2013-14	41	312	2,787	707	4	7,159	761
2014-15	44	260	2,625	713	0	6,599	823
2015-16	36	267	2,599	777	0	6,658	937
2016-17	35	275	2,534	809	0	6,570	938
2017-18	34	228	2,603	407	0	6,639	988
2018-19	28	218	2,408	402	0	5,827	978
2019-20	40	209	2,150	362	0	5,233	1,019
2020-21	53	205	2,052	281	0	4,839	957
2021-22	65	201	1,799	204	0	4,556	921
2022-23	66	193	1,774	251	0	4,443	871
Average	44	244	2,383	503	0	6,022	894

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,223 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 39% of total students. The number of online students has increased 70.53% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Arkansas at Little Rock from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,645	1,890	2,896	6,859
2015-16	11,891	2,079	3,148	6,664
2016-17	11,746	1,482	3,368	6,896
2017-18	11,624	2,317	3,153	6,154
2018-19	10,515	2,338	2,922	5,255
2019-20	9,581	2,433	2,776	4,372
2020-21	8,899	6,641	815	1,443
2021-22	8,295	3,830	2,392	2,073
2022-23	8,197	3,223	2,265	2,709
Average	10,266	2,915	2,637	4,714

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