Enrollment Trends at Arkansas

The student population at University of Arkansas is 30,936 (26,269 undergraduate and 4,667 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 6,399 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Arkansas is 84.91% which is increased by 5,919 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 480 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.26 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

3,361 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 100.42% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 27,320 where 30,936 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.91% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.09% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 5,919 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 480 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.26 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Arkansas than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	24,537	20,350	10,164	10,186	4,187	2,177	2,010
2013-14	25,341 804	21,009 659	10,347 183	10,662 476	4,332 145	2,254 77	2,078 68
2014-15	26,237 896	21,836 827	10,548 201	11,288 626	4,401 69	2,294 40	2,107 29
2015-16	26,754 517	22,159 323	10,588 40	11,571 283	4,595 194	2,367 73	2,228 121
2016-17	27,194 440	22,548 389	10,701 113	11,847 276	4,646 51	2,351 -16	2,295 67
2017-18	27,558 364	23,044 496	10,805 104	12,239 392	4,514 -132	2,284 -67	2,230 -65
2018-19	27,778 220	23,386 342	10,884 79	12,502 263	4,392 -122	2,202 -82	2,190 -40
2019-20	27,559 -219	23,025 -361	10,633 -251	12,392 -110	4,534 142	2,207 5	2,327 137
2020-21	27,562 3	22,825 -200	10,272 -361	12,553 161	4,737 203	2,278 71	2,459 132
2021-22	29,068 1,506	24,265 1,440	10,689 417	13,576 1,023	4,803 66	2,237 -41	2,566 107
2022-23	30,936 1,868	26,269 2,004	11,613 924	14,656 1,080	4,667 -136	2,088 -149	2,579 13
Average	27,320	22,792	10,659	12,134	4,528	2,249	2,279

University of Arkansas Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 22,792 where 26,269 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 since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	20,350	17,799	8,802	8,997	2,551	1,362	1,189
2013-14	21,009	18,565	9,044	9,521	2,444	1,303	1,141
2014-15	21,836	19,243	9,182	10,061	2,593	1,366	1,227
2015-16	22,159	19,607	9,266	10,341	2,552	1,322	1,230
2016-17	22,548	19,853	9,326	10,527	2,695	1,375	1,320
2017-18	23,044	20,464	9,560	10,904	2,580	1,245	1,335
2018-19	23,386	21,005	9,739	11,266	2,381	1,145	1,236
2019-20	23,025	20,559	9,417	11,142	2,466	1,216	1,250
2020-21	22,825	20,252	9,060	11,192	2,573	1,212	1,361
2021-22	24,265	21,495	9,451	12,044	2,770	1,238	1,532
2022-23	26,269	23,446	10,475	12,971	2,823	1,138	1,685
Average	22,792	22,792	9,393	10,815	22,792	1,266	1,319

University of Arkansas Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 4,528 where 4,667 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 since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,187	1,709	820	889	2,478	1,357	1,121
2013-14	4,332	1,814	895	919	2,518	1,359	1,159
2014-15	4,401	1,804	897	907	2,597	1,397	1,200
2015-16	4,595	1,808	926	882	2,787	1,441	1,346
2016-17	4,646	1,815	912	903	2,831	1,439	1,392
2017-18	4,514	1,680	831	849	2,834	1,453	1,381
2018-19	4,392	1,597	731	866	2,795	1,471	1,324
2019-20	4,534	1,634	757	877	2,900	1,450	1,450
2020-21	4,737	1,818	831	987	2,919	1,447	1,472
2021-22	4,803	1,787	747	1,040	3,016	1,490	1,526
2022-23	4,667	1,768	718	1,050	2,899	1,370	1,529
Average	4,528	4,528	824	924	4,528	1,425	1,355

University of Arkansas Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.85%. The percentage was 77.37% 10 years ago and Arkansas still has a high percentage of white students. 2.77% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.55% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Arkansas 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	327	596	1,278	1,301	20	18,985	694
2013-14	327	592	1,284	1,507	18	19,375	751
2014-15	323	649	1,330	1,666	22	19,813	778
2015-16	315	645	1,334	1,874	20	20,063	818
2016-17	314	647	1,308	2,066	27	20,353	840
2017-18	275	652	1,268	2,225	21	20,515	924
2018-19	263	663	1,217	2,318	23	20,604	1,054
2019-20	259	682	1,202	2,369	21	20,311	1,088
2020-21	229	737	1,251	2,531	30	20,079	1,147
2021-22	247	801	1,371	2,822	33	20,904	1,288
2022-23	258	857	1,408	3,168	35	22,228	1,375
Average	285	684	1,296	2,168	25	20,294	978

University of Arkansas Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,361 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 100.42% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Arkansas from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	26,237	1,677	5,908	18,652
2015-16	26,754	2,034	5,404	19,316
2016-17	27,194	2,322	4,648	20,224
2017-18	27,558	2,371	4,812	20,375
2018-19	27,778	2,328	5,366	20,084
2019-20	27,559	2,512	5,597	19,450
2020-21	27,562	9,232	17,367	963
2021-22	29,068	3,258	6,821	18,989
2022-23	30,936	3,361	7,673	19,902
Average	27,850	3,233	7,066	17,551

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