Enrollment Trends at UHA

The student population at University of Hartford is 6,015 (4,223 undergraduate and 1,792 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 897 (12.98%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UHA is 70.21% which is decreased by 1,023 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 126 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 67 male students for every 100 female students, down from 94 in 2015.
1,058 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 561.25% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,380 where 6,015 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 6,912 students in 2016 and was lowest at 5,732 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 6,912 to 6,015 students, a net loss of 897 (13%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,912	5,246	2,596	2,650	1,666	749	917
2016-17	6,714 -198	5,150 -96	2,526 -70	2,624 -26	1,564 -102	655 -94	909 -8
2017-18	6,561 -153	5,069 -81	2,479 -47	2,590 -34	1,492 -72	609 -46	883 -26
2018-19	6,770 209	5,000 -69	2,458 -21	2,542 -48	1,770 278	709 100	1,061 178
2019-20	6,773 3	4,793 -207	2,279 -179	2,514 -28	1,980 210	784 75	1,196 135
2020-21	6,493 -280	4,521 -272	2,069 -210	2,452 -62	1,972 -8	749 -35	1,223 27
2021-22	5,917 -576	4,003 -518	1,809 -260	2,194 -258	1,914 -58	711 -38	1,203 -20
2022-23	5,732 -185	3,969 -34	1,739 -70	2,230 36	1,763 -151	623 -88	1,140 -63
2023-24	5,913 181	4,131 162	1,790 51	2,341 111	1,782 19	639 16	1,143 3
2024-25	6,015 102	4,223 92	1,771 -19	2,452 111	1,792 10	649 10	1,143
Average	6,380	4,611	2,152	2,459	1,770	688	1,082

University of Hartford Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,611 where 4,223 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 Hartford since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,246	4,533	2,283	2,250	713	313	400
2016-17	5,150	4,508	2,242	2,266	642	284	358
2017-18	5,069	4,460	2,203	2,257	609	276	333
2018-19	5,000	4,428	2,201	2,227	572	257	315
2019-20	4,793	4,247	2,034	2,213	546	245	301
2020-21	4,521	4,073	1,862	2,211	448	207	241
2021-22	4,003	3,681	1,668	2,013	322	141	181
2022-23	3,969	3,680	1,623	2,057	289	116	173
2023-24	4,131	3,841	1,668	2,173	290	122	168
2024-25	4,223	3,954	1,652	2,302	269	119	150
Average	4,611	4,611	1,944	2,197	4,611	208	262

University of Hartford Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,770 where 1,792 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 Hartford since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,666	797	380	417	869	369	500
2016-17	1,564	686	313	373	878	342	536
2017-18	1,492	649	262	387	843	347	496
2018-19	1,770	685	277	408	1,085	432	653
2019-20	1,980	708	266	442	1,272	518	754
2020-21	1,972	749	279	470	1,223	470	753
2021-22	1,914	684	259	425	1,230	452	778
2022-23	1,763	723	256	467	1,040	367	673
2023-24	1,782	735	277	458	1,047	362	685
2024-25	1,792	821	304	517	971	345	626
Average	1,770	1,770	287	436	1,770	400	645

University of Hartford Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.35%. The percentage was 56.19% 10 years ago and UHA still has a high percentage of white students. 3.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.11% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.26% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 56.19% to 52.35%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.13% to 3.97%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.34% to 14.11%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.98% to 16.26%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6771 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6549 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 Hartford 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	22	216	922	690	3	3,884	170
2016-17	17	229	896	739	6	3,744	189
2017-18	12	258	851	747	7	3,696	209
2018-19	15	270	872	805	6	3,744	208
2019-20	14	292	846	758	1	3,627	212
2020-21	17	301	886	763	6	3,555	156
2021-22	19	298	867	676	8	3,231	115
2022-23	18	271	830	756	6	3,050	116
2023-24	18	268	825	866	7	3,167	129
2024-25	14	239	849	978	4	3,149	174
Average	17	264	864	778	5	3,485	168

University of Hartford Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,058 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 561.25% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Hartford from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,912	160	190	6,562
2016-17	6,714	333	395	5,986
2017-18	6,561	314	389	5,858
2018-19	6,770	671	319	5,780
2019-20	6,773	897	335	5,541
2020-21	6,493	1,223	551	4,719
2021-22	5,917	1,149	334	4,434
2022-23	5,732	1,054	432	4,246
2023-24	5,913	1,075	826	4,012
2024-25	6,015	1,058	586	4,371
Average	6,380	793	436	5,151

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Enrollment Trends at UHA

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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