Enrollment Trends at UA Fort Smith

The student population at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith is 5,496 (5,459 undergraduate and 37 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,224 (18.21%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UA Fort Smith is 99.33% which is decreased by 1,255 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 31 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 67 male students for every 100 female students, down from 78 in 2015.
1,012 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 142.11% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 6,720 students in 2016 and was lowest at 5,379 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 6,720 to 5,496 students, a net loss of 1,224 (18.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,720	6,714	2,941	3,773	6	2	4
2016-17	6,584 -136	6,569 -145	2,928 -13	3,641 -132	15 9	8 6	7 3
2017-18	6,638 54	6,620 51	2,880 -48	3,740 99	18 3	10 2	8 1
2018-19	6,557 -81	6,531 -89	2,822 -58	3,709 -31	26 8	10	16 8
2019-20	6,265 -292	6,229 -302	2,678 -144	3,551 -158	36 10	10	26 10
2020-21	5,887 -378	5,830 -399	2,413 -265	3,417 -134	57 21	14 4	43 17
2021-22	5,447 -440	5,403 -427	2,219 -194	3,184 -233	44 -13	9 -5	35 -8
2022-23	5,379 -68	5,335 -68	2,158 -61	3,177 -7	44	8 -1	36 1
2023-24	5,506 127	5,463 128	2,231 73	3,232 55	43 -1	8	35 -1
2024-25	5,496 -10	5,459 -4	2,189 -42	3,270 38	37 -6	8	29 -6
Average	6,048	6,015	2,546	3,469	33	9	24

University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,714	4,647	1,978	2,669	2,067	963	1,104
2016-17	6,569	4,281	1,845	2,436	2,288	1,083	1,205
2017-18	6,620	4,449	1,866	2,583	2,171	1,014	1,157
2018-19	6,531	4,295	1,744	2,551	2,236	1,078	1,158
2019-20	6,229	4,014	1,587	2,427	2,215	1,091	1,124
2020-21	5,830	3,811	1,460	2,351	2,019	953	1,066
2021-22	5,403	3,366	1,308	2,058	2,037	911	1,126
2022-23	5,335	3,374	1,302	2,072	1,961	856	1,105
2023-24	5,463	3,392	1,323	2,069	2,071	908	1,163
2024-25	5,459	3,376	1,291	2,085	2,083	898	1,185
Average	6,015	6,015	1,570	2,330	6,015	976	1,139

University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6	0	0	0	6	2	4
2016-17	15	7	4	3	8	4	4
2017-18	18	6	4	2	12	6	6
2018-19	26	9	2	7	17	8	9
2019-20	36	7	2	5	29	8	21
2020-21	57	11	2	9	46	12	34
2021-22	44	12	3	9	32	6	26
2022-23	44	12	1	11	32	7	25
2023-24	43	12	3	9	31	5	26
2024-25	37	7	3	4	30	5	25
Average	33	33	2	6	33	6	18

University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

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).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	155	333	260	759	7	4,697	414
2016-17	168	325	250	749	7	4,512	477
2017-18	149	352	278	821	8	4,414	535
2018-19	128	360	250	832	6	4,344	576
2019-20	117	350	226	873	5	4,039	590
2020-21	126	326	220	855	9	3,614	672
2021-22	113	300	203	865	5	3,350	545
2022-23	112	287	229	950	8	3,214	514
2023-24	115	260	242	1,083	7	3,200	540
2024-25	110	298	238	1,100	8	3,132	554
Average	129	319	240	889	7	3,852	542

University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,720	418	1,683	4,619
2016-17	6,584	392	188	6,004
2017-18	6,638	580	2,706	3,352
2018-19	6,557	690	2,609	3,258
2019-20	6,265	709	2,708	2,848
2020-21	5,887	1,625	3,238	1,024
2021-22	5,447	967	2,332	2,148
2022-23	5,379	1,004	2,394	1,981
2023-24	5,506	1,024	2,617	1,865
2024-25	5,496	1,012	2,464	2,020
Average	6,048	842	2,294	2,912

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Enrollment Trends at UA Fort Smith

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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