Enrollment Trends at UD

The student population at University of Delaware is 24,039 (19,482 undergraduate and 4,557 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,183 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UD is 81.04% which is increased by 1,280 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 903 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,793 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 343.81% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 23,265 where 24,039 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.04% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.96% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,280 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 903 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UD than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,856	18,202	7,845	10,357	3,654	1,812	1,842
2013-14	22,166 310	18,487 285	7,954 109	10,533 176	3,679 25	1,824 12	1,855 13
2014-15	22,680 514	18,951 464	8,070 116	10,881 348	3,729 50	1,853 29	1,876 21
2015-16	22,852 172	19,100 149	8,148 78	10,952 71	3,752 23	1,819 -34	1,933 57
2016-17	23,009 157	19,215 115	8,199 51	11,016 64	3,794 42	1,825 6	1,969 36
2017-18	23,774 765	19,750 535	8,451 252	11,299 283	4,024 230	1,949 124	2,075 106
2018-19	24,120 346	19,956 206	8,563 112	11,393 94	4,164 140	2,025 76	2,139 64
2019-20	23,808 -312	19,678 -278	8,342 -221	11,336 -57	4,130 -34	1,992 -33	2,138 -1
2020-21	23,613 -195	19,328 -350	8,170 -172	11,158 -178	4,285 155	2,007 15	2,278 140
2021-22	23,996 383	19,410 82	8,138 -32	11,272 114	4,586 301	2,135 128	2,451 173
2022-23	24,039 43	19,482 72	8,084 -54	11,398 126	4,557 -29	2,150 15	2,407 -44
Average	23,265	19,233	8,179	11,054	4,032	1,945	2,088

University of Delaware Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 19,233 where 19,482 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 Delaware since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	18,202	16,642	7,121	9,521	1,560	724	836
2013-14	18,487	16,852	7,173	9,679	1,635	781	854
2014-15	18,951	17,467	7,377	10,090	1,484	693	791
2015-16	19,100	17,556	7,442	10,114	1,544	706	838
2016-17	19,215	17,761	7,541	10,220	1,454	658	796
2017-18	19,750	18,195	7,719	10,476	1,555	732	823
2018-19	19,956	18,355	7,779	10,576	1,601	784	817
2019-20	19,678	18,378	7,749	10,629	1,300	593	707
2020-21	19,328	17,912	7,503	10,409	1,416	667	749
2021-22	19,410	18,006	7,434	10,572	1,404	704	700
2022-23	19,482	18,034	7,383	10,651	1,448	701	747
Average	19,233	19,233	7,475	10,267	19,233	704	787

University of Delaware Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 4,032 where 4,557 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 Delaware since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,654	2,816	1,427	1,389	838	385	453
2013-14	3,679	2,833	1,434	1,399	846	390	456
2014-15	3,729	2,922	1,487	1,435	807	366	441
2015-16	3,752	3,006	1,518	1,488	746	301	445
2016-17	3,794	2,999	1,497	1,502	795	328	467
2017-18	4,024	3,189	1,568	1,621	835	381	454
2018-19	4,164	3,343	1,670	1,673	821	355	466
2019-20	4,130	3,263	1,604	1,659	867	388	479
2020-21	4,285	3,272	1,568	1,704	1,013	439	574
2021-22	4,586	3,504	1,655	1,849	1,082	480	602
2022-23	4,557	3,638	1,766	1,872	919	384	535
Average	4,032	4,032	1,563	1,599	4,032	382	488

University of Delaware Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.15%. The percentage was 72.74% 10 years ago and UD still has a high percentage of white students. 5.49% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.35% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Delaware 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	20	881	1,079	1,212	26	15,897	417
2013-14	18	1,004	1,165	1,364	22	15,786	525
2014-15	17	1,018	1,232	1,461	21	16,007	576
2015-16	21	1,082	1,276	1,538	17	15,922	604
2016-17	23	1,149	1,330	1,620	16	15,776	646
2017-18	32	1,193	1,360	1,729	15	16,104	694
2018-19	29	1,234	1,380	1,824	19	16,180	717
2019-20	30	1,235	1,423	1,878	15	15,411	766
2020-21	27	1,243	1,490	1,933	12	15,087	823
2021-22	27	1,285	1,519	1,991	10	15,288	829
2022-23	22	1,319	1,527	2,063	9	15,180	843
Average	24	1,149	1,344	1,692	17	15,694	676

University of Delaware Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,793 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 343.81% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Delaware from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	22,680	404	1,076	21,200
2015-16	22,852	450	1,180	21,222
2016-17	23,009	375	1,434	21,200
2017-18	23,774	446	1,887	21,441
2018-19	24,120	391	2,306	21,423
2019-20	23,808	396	2,627	20,785
2020-21	23,613	19,839	2,876	898
2021-22	23,996	2,082	13,666	8,248
2022-23	24,039	1,793	8,880	13,366
Average	23,543	2,908	3,992	16,643

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