Enrollment Trends at UAMS

The student population at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is 3,485 (1,589 undergraduate and 1,896 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 464 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UAMS is 45.60% which is increased by 815 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 351 and it has been decreasing.

The female to male ratio is 2.92 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,286 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 312.18% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,025 where 3,485 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

45.60% of total students is undergraduate students and 54.40% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 815 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 351 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.92 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in UAMS than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,021	774	155	619	2,247	849	1,398
2016-17	2,869 -152	674 -100	124 -31	550 -69	2,195 -52	814 -35	1,381 -17
2017-18	2,836 -33	646 -28	118 -6	528 -22	2,190 -5	789 -25	1,401 20
2018-19	2,758 -78	606 -40	109 -9	497 -31	2,152 -38	770 -19	1,382 -19
2019-20	2,768 10	666 60	112 3	554 57	2,102 -50	765 -5	1,337 -45
2020-21	2,907 139	859 193	149 37	710 156	2,048 -54	753 -12	1,295 -42
2021-22	3,088 181	1,084 225	161 12	923 213	2,004 -44	721 -32	1,283 -12
2022-23	3,240 152	1,299 215	208 47	1,091 168	1,941 -63	713 -8	1,228 -55
2023-24	3,275 35	1,380 81	223 15	1,157 66	1,895 -46	675 -38	1,220 -8
2024-25	3,485 210	1,589 209	244 21	1,345 188	1,896 1	645 -30	1,251 31
Average	3,025	958	160	797	2,067	749	1,318

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 958 where 1,589 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 Arkansas for Medical Sciences since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	774	575	103	472	199	52	147
2016-17	674	502	83	419	172	41	131
2017-18	646	490	85	405	156	33	123
2018-19	606	502	91	411	104	18	86
2019-20	666	543	88	455	123	24	99
2020-21	859	639	106	533	220	43	177
2021-22	1,084	732	112	620	352	49	303
2022-23	1,299	764	125	639	535	83	452
2023-24	1,380	705	116	589	675	107	568
2024-25	1,589	791	134	657	798	110	688
Average	958	958	104	520	958	56	277

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,067 where 1,896 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 Arkansas for Medical Sciences since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,247	1,579	744	835	668	105	563
2016-17	2,195	1,607	728	879	588	86	502
2017-18	2,190	1,631	706	925	559	83	476
2018-19	2,152	1,643	689	954	509	81	428
2019-20	2,102	1,613	665	948	489	100	389
2020-21	2,048	1,582	636	946	466	117	349
2021-22	2,004	1,562	605	957	442	116	326
2022-23	1,941	1,572	616	956	369	97	272
2023-24	1,895	1,577	591	986	318	84	234
2024-25	1,896	1,632	581	1,051	264	64	200
Average	2,067	2,067	656	944	2,067	93	374

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.83%. The percentage was 75.37% 10 years ago and UAMS still has a high percentage of white students. 8.32% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.25% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.84% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.37% to 60.83%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.70% to 8.32%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.90% to 11.25%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.24% to 8.84%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6008 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4201 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 Arkansas for Medical Sciences 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	18	142	269	98	0	2,277	72
2016-17	17	136	221	86	1	2,104	70
2017-18	20	145	228	103	3	2,038	68
2018-19	19	154	231	126	1	2,013	72
2019-20	19	179	252	139	5	1,942	78
2020-21	14	215	279	170	4	1,991	86
2021-22	9	224	320	197	1	2,069	104
2022-23	12	266	335	229	1	2,079	119
2023-24	11	280	331	242	3	2,079	129
2024-25	9	290	392	308	2	2,120	147
Average	15	203	286	170	2	2,071	95

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,286 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has increased 312.18% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,021	312	666	2,043
2016-17	2,869	620	607	1,642
2017-18	2,836	389	445	2,002
2018-19	2,758	324	493	1,941
2019-20	2,768	411	505	1,852
2020-21	2,907	932	1,284	691
2021-22	3,088	893	536	1,659
2022-23	3,240	1,017	512	1,711
2023-24	3,275	1,111	500	1,664
2024-25	3,485	1,286	502	1,697
Average	3,025	730	605	1,690

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Enrollment Trends at UAMS

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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