Enrollment Trends at UCCS

The student population at University of Colorado Colorado Springs is 11,431 (9,540 undergraduate and 1,891 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 819 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UCCS is 83.46% which is increased by 1,063 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 244 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,832 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 84.86% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 12,086 where 11,431 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

83.46% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.54% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,063 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 244 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in UCCS than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,612	8,477	3,922	4,555	2,135	969	1,166
2013-14	11,321 709	9,220 743	4,357 435	4,863 308	2,101 -34	947 -22	1,154 -12
2014-15	11,761 440	9,629 409	4,601 244	5,028 165	2,132 31	952 5	1,180 26
2015-16	11,988 227	9,970 341	4,843 242	5,127 99	2,018 -114	902 -50	1,116 -64
2016-17	12,559 571	10,619 649	5,078 235	5,541 414	1,940 -78	862 -40	1,078 -38
2017-18	12,932 373	10,808 189	5,150 72	5,658 117	2,124 184	922 60	1,202 124
2018-19	13,123 191	10,951 143	5,275 125	5,676 18	2,172 48	899 -23	1,273 71
2019-20	12,807 -316	10,706 -245	5,127 -148	5,579 -97	2,101 -71	811 -88	1,290 17
2020-21	12,380 -427	10,288 -418	4,754 -373	5,534 -45	2,092 -9	861 50	1,231 -59
2021-22	12,031 -349	10,002 -286	4,585 -169	5,417 -117	2,029 -63	811 -50	1,218 -13
2022-23	11,431 -600	9,540 -462	4,381 -204	5,159 -258	1,891 -138	782 -29	1,109 -109
Average	12,086	10,019	4,734	5,285	2,067	883	1,183

University of Colorado Colorado Springs Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 10,019 where 9,540 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 Colorado Colorado Springs since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,477	6,468	2,998	3,470	2,009	924	1,085
2013-14	9,220	6,962	3,331	3,631	2,258	1,026	1,232
2014-15	9,629	7,363	3,562	3,801	2,266	1,039	1,227
2015-16	9,970	7,480	3,697	3,783	2,490	1,146	1,344
2016-17	10,619	7,947	3,925	4,022	2,672	1,153	1,519
2017-18	10,808	8,171	3,990	4,181	2,637	1,160	1,477
2018-19	10,951	8,270	4,083	4,187	2,681	1,192	1,489
2019-20	10,706	8,168	3,985	4,183	2,538	1,142	1,396
2020-21	10,288	7,782	3,631	4,151	2,506	1,123	1,383
2021-22	10,002	7,461	3,417	4,044	2,541	1,168	1,373
2022-23	9,540	7,249	3,350	3,899	2,291	1,031	1,260
Average	10,019	10,019	3,634	3,941	10,019	1,100	1,344

University of Colorado Colorado Springs Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,067 where 1,891 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 Colorado Colorado Springs since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,135	454	174	280	1,681	795	886
2013-14	2,101	488	202	286	1,613	745	868
2014-15	2,132	484	185	299	1,648	767	881
2015-16	2,018	415	167	248	1,603	735	868
2016-17	1,940	406	166	240	1,534	696	838
2017-18	2,124	431	177	254	1,693	745	948
2018-19	2,172	445	162	283	1,727	737	990
2019-20	2,101	392	129	263	1,709	682	1,027
2020-21	2,092	460	159	301	1,632	702	930
2021-22	2,029	499	169	330	1,530	642	888
2022-23	1,891	530	176	354	1,361	606	755
Average	2,067	2,067	170	285	2,067	714	898

University of Colorado Colorado Springs Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.34%. The percentage was 69.95% 10 years ago and UCCS still has a high percentage of white students. 3.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.30% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Colorado Colorado Springs 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	60	414	382	1,246	18	7,423	438
2013-14	60	374	414	1,480	30	7,708	575
2014-15	51	370	419	1,656	36	7,875	699
2015-16	45	376	429	1,844	29	7,922	785
2016-17	46	394	475	2,012	33	8,183	858
2017-18	31	426	508	2,179	31	8,285	918
2018-19	44	466	527	2,286	27	8,326	974
2019-20	45	455	525	2,294	20	8,078	947
2020-21	40	461	511	2,298	26	7,782	912
2021-22	38	463	551	2,291	34	7,441	889
2022-23	41	425	491	2,085	31	6,554	781
Average	46	420	476	1,970	29	7,780	798

University of Colorado Colorado Springs Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,832 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 84.86% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Colorado Colorado Springs from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,761	991	2,234	8,536
2015-16	11,988	999	1,871	9,118
2016-17	12,559	1,154	2,235	9,170
2017-18	12,932	1,273	2,658	9,001
2018-19	13,123	1,383	3,244	8,496
2019-20	12,807	1,433	3,421	7,953
2020-21	12,380	1,458	4,208	6,714
2021-22	12,031	1,595	4,485	5,951
2022-23	11,431	1,832	4,887	4,712
Average	12,335	1,346	3,249	7,739

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