Enrollment Trends at UC Riverside

The student population at University of California-Riverside is 26,809 (22,911 undergraduate and 3,898 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 5,862 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UC Riverside is 85.46% which is increased by 4,372 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,490 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

145 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 14,400.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 23,690 where 26,809 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.46% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.54% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 4,372 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,490 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in UC Riverside.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	20,947	18,539	8,942	9,597	2,408	1,339	1,069
2013-14	21,207 260	18,621 82	9,106 164	9,515 -82	2,586 178	1,423 84	1,163 94
2014-15	21,498 291	18,790 169	9,076 -30	9,714 199	2,708 122	1,486 63	1,222 59
2015-16	21,385 -113	18,607 -183	8,941 -135	9,666 -48	2,778 70	1,542 56	1,236 14
2016-17	22,715 1,330	19,799 1,192	9,263 322	10,536 870	2,916 138	1,618 76	1,298 62
2017-18	23,279 564	20,073 274	9,286 23	10,787 251	3,206 290	1,790 172	1,416 118
2018-19	23,922 643	20,581 508	9,464 178	11,117 330	3,341 135	1,863 73	1,478 62
2019-20	25,547 1,625	22,055 1,474	10,158 694	11,897 780	3,492 151	1,905 42	1,587 109
2020-21	26,434 887	22,693 638	10,493 335	12,200 303	3,741 249	2,000 95	1,741 154
2021-22	26,847 413	22,868 175	10,747 254	12,121 -79	3,979 238	2,141 141	1,838 97
2022-23	26,809 -38	22,911 43	11,064 317	11,847 -274	3,898 -81	2,129 -12	1,769 -69
Average	23,690	20,503	9,685	10,818	3,187	1,749	1,438

University of California-Riverside Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 20,503 where 22,911 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 California-Riverside since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	18,539	18,054	8,643	9,411	485	299	186
2013-14	18,621	18,205	8,858	9,347	416	248	168
2014-15	18,790	18,445	8,875	9,570	345	201	144
2015-16	18,607	18,279	8,737	9,542	328	204	124
2016-17	19,799	19,544	9,109	10,435	255	154	101
2017-18	20,073	19,719	9,077	10,642	354	209	145
2018-19	20,581	20,210	9,235	10,975	371	229	142
2019-20	22,055	21,652	9,934	11,718	403	224	179
2020-21	22,693	22,056	10,129	11,927	637	364	273
2021-22	22,868	22,071	10,316	11,755	797	431	366
2022-23	22,911	21,969	10,542	11,427	942	522	420
Average	20,503	20,503	9,405	10,614	20,503	280	204

University of California-Riverside Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,187 where 3,898 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 California-Riverside since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,408	2,296	1,289	1,007	112	50	62
2013-14	2,586	2,448	1,361	1,087	138	62	76
2014-15	2,708	2,575	1,426	1,149	133	60	73
2015-16	2,778	2,642	1,479	1,163	136	63	73
2016-17	2,916	2,741	1,536	1,205	175	82	93
2017-18	3,206	3,014	1,691	1,323	192	99	93
2018-19	3,341	3,092	1,731	1,361	249	132	117
2019-20	3,492	3,227	1,746	1,481	265	159	106
2020-21	3,741	3,410	1,813	1,597	331	187	144
2021-22	3,979	3,658	1,964	1,694	321	177	144
2022-23	3,898	3,587	1,952	1,635	311	177	134
Average	3,187	3,187	1,635	1,337	3,187	113	101

University of California-Riverside Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 12.40% and the percentage of black students is 3.22% at University of California-Riverside. 33.10% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of California-Riverside 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	46	7,047	1,124	6,702	85	3,711	562
2013-14	32	7,004	974	6,972	77	3,626	720
2014-15	39	7,044	920	7,120	75	3,550	791
2015-16	34	7,101	853	7,108	77	3,406	837
2016-17	34	7,150	886	8,271	92	3,415	892
2017-18	45	7,217	906	8,486	83	3,433	923
2018-19	51	7,462	900	8,873	89	3,416	935
2019-20	50	7,943	897	9,582	87	3,517	1,004
2020-21	53	8,318	896	10,038	84	3,537	1,076
2021-22	42	8,582	865	9,995	60	3,517	1,190
2022-23	36	8,875	862	9,566	53	3,323	1,214
Average	42	7,613	917	8,428	78	3,496	922

University of California-Riverside Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

145 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 14,400.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of California-Riverside from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	21,498	1	89	21,408
2015-16	21,385	25	370	20,990
2016-17	22,715	62	223	22,430
2017-18	23,279	169	546	22,564
2018-19	23,922	161	1,274	22,487
2019-20	25,547	137	1,377	24,033
2020-21	26,434	23,497	2,328	609
2021-22	26,847	5,136	17,351	4,360
2022-23	26,809	145	4,668	21,996
Average	24,271	3,259	3,136	17,875

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