Enrollment Trends at U of Connecticut

The student population at University of Connecticut is 27,003 (18,983 undergraduate and 8,020 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,520 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Connecticut is 70.30% which is increased by 1,455 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 65 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.15 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,436 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 176.69% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 26,915 where 27,003 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

70.30% of total students is undergraduate students and 29.70% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,455 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 65 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.15 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in U of Connecticut than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	25,483	17,528	8,929	8,599	7,955	3,859	4,096
2013-14	25,911 428	18,032 504	9,177 248	8,855 256	7,879 -76	3,780 -79	4,099 3
2014-15	26,541 630	18,395 363	9,279 102	9,116 261	8,146 267	3,903 123	4,243 144
2015-16	27,043 502	18,826 431	9,472 193	9,354 238	8,217 71	3,997 94	4,220 -23
2016-17	27,721 678	19,324 498	9,662 190	9,662 308	8,397 180	4,050 53	4,347 127
2017-18	27,578 -143	19,241 -83	9,527 -135	9,714 52	8,337 -60	3,899 -151	4,438 91
2018-19	27,412 -166	19,133 -108	9,409 -118	9,724 10	8,279 -58	3,916 17	4,363 -75
2019-20	27,280 -132	18,847 -286	9,279 -130	9,568 -156	8,433 154	3,938 22	4,495 132
2020-21	27,215 -65	18,917 70	9,157 -122	9,760 192	8,298 -135	3,796 -142	4,502 7
2021-22	26,876 -339	18,567 -350	8,844 -313	9,723 -37	8,309 11	3,744 -52	4,565 63
2022-23	27,003 127	18,983 416	8,952 108	10,031 308	8,020 -289	3,607 -137	4,413 -152
Average	26,915	18,708	9,244	9,464	8,206	3,863	4,344

University of Connecticut Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 18,708 where 18,983 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 Connecticut since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	17,528	16,736	8,464	8,272	792	465	327
2013-14	18,032	17,219	8,707	8,512	813	470	343
2014-15	18,395	17,677	8,851	8,826	718	428	290
2015-16	18,826	18,131	9,046	9,085	695	426	269
2016-17	19,324	18,655	9,245	9,410	669	417	252
2017-18	19,241	18,555	9,136	9,419	686	391	295
2018-19	19,133	18,478	9,034	9,444	655	375	280
2019-20	18,847	18,229	8,930	9,299	618	349	269
2020-21	18,917	18,090	8,692	9,398	827	465	362
2021-22	18,567	17,951	8,481	9,470	616	363	253
2022-23	18,983	18,397	8,619	9,778	586	333	253
Average	18,708	18,708	8,837	9,174	18,708	407	290

University of Connecticut Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 8,206 where 8,020 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 Connecticut since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,955	5,196	2,443	2,753	2,759	1,416	1,343
2013-14	7,879	5,263	2,440	2,823	2,616	1,340	1,276
2014-15	8,146	5,522	2,589	2,933	2,624	1,314	1,310
2015-16	8,217	5,587	2,633	2,954	2,630	1,364	1,266
2016-17	8,397	5,755	2,689	3,066	2,642	1,361	1,281
2017-18	8,337	5,666	2,585	3,081	2,671	1,314	1,357
2018-19	8,279	5,703	2,643	3,060	2,576	1,273	1,303
2019-20	8,433	5,759	2,630	3,129	2,674	1,308	1,366
2020-21	8,298	5,624	2,522	3,102	2,674	1,274	1,400
2021-22	8,309	5,668	2,518	3,150	2,641	1,226	1,415
2022-23	8,020	5,472	2,446	3,026	2,548	1,161	1,387
Average	8,206	8,206	2,558	3,007	8,206	1,305	1,337

University of Connecticut Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.81%. The percentage was 61.42% 10 years ago and U of Connecticut still has a high percentage of white students. 11.38% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.63% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Connecticut 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	44	1,992	1,348	1,613	23	15,651	421
2013-14	45	2,100	1,320	1,783	20	15,687	529
2014-15	41	2,320	1,353	1,928	16	15,600	597
2015-16	44	2,449	1,446	2,050	16	15,546	642
2016-17	41	2,568	1,590	2,282	18	15,683	692
2017-18	36	2,648	1,578	2,381	22	15,364	734
2018-19	42	2,647	1,642	2,575	18	14,854	747
2019-20	26	2,682	1,717	2,778	16	14,458	797
2020-21	25	2,789	1,767	3,151	12	14,432	891
2021-22	17	2,919	1,780	3,396	9	14,074	912
2022-23	28	3,074	1,790	3,512	8	13,721	1,014
Average	35	2,563	1,576	2,495	16	15,006	725

University of Connecticut Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,436 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 176.69% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Connecticut from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	26,541	519	1,276	24,746
2015-16	27,043	574	1,196	25,273
2016-17	27,721	616	1,904	25,201
2017-18	27,578	625	1,578	25,375
2018-19	27,412	565	2,844	24,003
2019-20	27,280	642	3,275	23,363
2020-21	27,215	14,230	10,749	2,236
2021-22	26,876	1,540	11,648	13,688
2022-23	27,003	1,436	7,061	18,506
Average	27,185	2,305	4,615	20,266

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