Enrollment Trends at UChicago

The average student population over the last 11 years is 17,376 where 18,566 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

40.92% of total students is undergraduate students and 59.08% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,715 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,460 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.84 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in UChicago than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Chicago since 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,925 where 7,598 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 Chicago since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 10,451 where 10,968 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 Chicago since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 28.93% and the percentage of black students is 5.43% at University of Chicago. 15.72% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 42.00% to 28.93%. Asian enrollment grew from 12.83% to 15.72%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.21% to 5.43%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.55% to 10.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8749 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8006 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 Chicago over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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