Enrollment Trends at UA Fort Smith

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,048 where 5,496 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

99.33% of total students is undergraduate students and 0.67% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,255 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 31 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.50 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UA Fort Smith than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith since 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,015 where 5,459 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-Fort Smith since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 33 where 37 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-Fort Smith since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 56.99%. The percentage was 69.90% 10 years ago and UA Fort Smith still has a high percentage of white students. 5.42% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.33% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 20.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.90% to 56.99%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.96% to 5.42%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.87% to 4.33%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.29% to 20.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6198 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4904 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-Fort Smith over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

1,012 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 142.11% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith from 2015 to 2025.