Enrollment Trends at UC

The student population at University of Cincinnati-Main Campus is 45,026 (33,033 undergraduate and 11,993 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 8,984 (24.93%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UC is 73.36% which is increased by 8,024 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 960 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 87 male students for every 100 female students, down from 88 in 2015.
9,022 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 46.70% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 39,762 where 45,026 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 45,026 students in 2025 and was lowest at 36,042 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 36,042 to 45,026 students, a net gain of 8,984 (24.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Cincinnati-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	36,042	25,009	12,521	12,488	11,033	4,322	6,711
2016-17	36,596 554	25,820 811	12,999 478	12,821 333	10,776 -257	4,335 13	6,441 -270
2017-18	37,155 559	26,559 739	13,431 432	13,128 307	10,596 -180	4,264 -71	6,332 -109
2018-19	37,886 731	26,762 203	13,599 168	13,163 35	11,124 528	4,260 -4	6,864 532
2019-20	39,263 1,377	28,376 1,614	14,263 664	14,113 950	10,887 -237	4,108 -152	6,779 -85
2020-21	40,826 1,563	29,933 1,557	14,903 640	15,030 917	10,893 6	4,066 -42	6,827 48
2021-22	40,329 -497	28,968 -965	14,320 -583	14,648 -382	11,361 468	4,236 170	7,125 298
2022-23	41,155 826	29,663 695	14,714 394	14,949 301	11,492 131	4,420 184	7,072 -53
2023-24	43,338 2,183	31,184 1,521	15,431 717	15,753 804	12,154 662	4,664 244	7,490 418
2024-25	45,026 1,688	33,033 1,849	16,375 944	16,658 905	11,993 -161	4,564 -100	7,429 -61
Average	39,762	28,531	14,256	14,275	11,231	4,324	6,907

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 28,531 where 33,033 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 Cincinnati-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	25,009	21,017	11,085	9,932	3,992	1,436	2,556
2016-17	25,820	21,558	11,373	10,185	4,262	1,626	2,636
2017-18	26,559	22,622	11,970	10,652	3,937	1,461	2,476
2018-19	26,762	22,990	12,135	10,855	3,772	1,464	2,308
2019-20	28,376	23,712	12,429	11,283	4,664	1,834	2,830
2020-21	29,933	24,301	12,524	11,777	5,632	2,379	3,253
2021-22	28,968	24,125	12,413	11,712	4,843	1,907	2,936
2022-23	29,663	25,016	12,762	12,254	4,647	1,952	2,695
2023-24	31,184	26,296	13,418	12,878	4,888	2,013	2,875
2024-25	33,033	27,201	13,863	13,338	5,832	2,512	3,320
Average	28,531	28,531	12,397	11,487	28,531	1,858	2,789

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 11,231 where 11,993 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 Cincinnati-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,033	5,503	2,584	2,919	5,530	1,738	3,792
2016-17	10,776	5,405	2,594	2,811	5,371	1,741	3,630
2017-18	10,596	5,458	2,580	2,878	5,138	1,684	3,454
2018-19	11,124	5,665	2,561	3,104	5,459	1,699	3,760
2019-20	10,887	5,754	2,509	3,245	5,133	1,599	3,534
2020-21	10,893	5,516	2,356	3,160	5,377	1,710	3,667
2021-22	11,361	5,949	2,571	3,378	5,412	1,665	3,747
2022-23	11,492	6,170	2,748	3,422	5,322	1,672	3,650
2023-24	12,154	6,427	2,860	3,567	5,727	1,804	3,923
2024-25	11,993	5,953	2,619	3,334	6,040	1,945	4,095
Average	11,231	11,231	2,598	3,182	11,231	1,726	3,725

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.39%. The percentage was 69.23% 10 years ago and UC still has a high percentage of white students. 5.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.06% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.30% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.23% to 64.39%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.29% to 5.50%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.05% to 9.06%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.99% to 5.30%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5695 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5132 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 Cincinnati-Main Campus 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	58	1,186	2,542	1,077	39	24,953	805
2016-17	60	1,407	2,629	1,152	21	25,336	1,037
2017-18	49	1,550	2,662	1,334	24	25,573	1,188
2018-19	51	1,618	2,667	1,439	21	26,184	1,215
2019-20	49	1,755	2,748	1,499	20	27,371	1,354
2020-21	41	1,988	2,928	1,616	21	28,664	1,546
2021-22	35	2,099	3,068	1,665	20	27,269	1,577
2022-23	50	2,201	3,220	1,789	24	27,297	1,606
2023-24	47	2,397	3,596	2,045	33	28,067	1,763
2024-25	59	2,478	4,079	2,387	28	28,990	1,950
Average	50	1,868	3,014	1,600	25	26,970	1,404

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

9,022 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 46.70% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Cincinnati-Main Campus from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	36,042	6,150	7,842	22,050
2016-17	36,596	5,295	9,196	22,105
2017-18	37,155	5,285	10,073	21,797
2018-19	37,886	6,280	10,520	21,086
2019-20	39,263	6,186	13,084	19,993
2020-21	40,151	16,831	18,668	4,652
2021-22	40,329	9,073	17,465	13,791
2022-23	41,155	8,635	17,076	15,444
2023-24	43,338	8,861	18,719	15,758
2024-25	45,026	9,022	19,145	16,859
Average	39,694	8,162	14,179	17,354

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Enrollment Trends at UC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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