Enrollment Trends at ULM

The student population at University of Louisiana at Monroe is 8,398 (6,552 undergraduate and 1,846 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 150 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at ULM is 78.02% which is decreased by 746 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 596 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.12 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,711 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 86.79% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,791 where 8,398 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.02% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.98% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 746 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 596 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.12 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in ULM than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,548	7,298	2,696	4,602	1,250	423	827
2013-14	8,645 97	7,276 -22	2,727 31	4,549 -53	1,369 119	481 58	888 61
2014-15	8,517 -128	7,215 -61	2,626 -101	4,589 40	1,302 -67	445 -36	857 -31
2015-16	8,804 287	7,482 267	2,714 88	4,768 179	1,322 20	431 -14	891 34
2016-17	9,038 234	7,778 296	2,841 127	4,937 169	1,260 -62	413 -18	847 -44
2017-18	9,181 143	7,948 170	2,921 80	5,027 90	1,233 -27	393 -20	840 -7
2018-19	9,291 110	7,788 -160	2,838 -83	4,950 -77	1,503 270	387 -6	1,116 276
2019-20	8,673 -618	6,948 -840	2,471 -367	4,477 -473	1,725 222	424 37	1,301 185
2020-21	8,888 215	6,929 -19	2,413 -58	4,516 39	1,959 234	460 36	1,499 198
2021-22	8,718 -170	6,728 -201	2,330 -83	4,398 -118	1,990 31	477 17	1,513 14
2022-23	8,398 -320	6,552 -176	2,271 -59	4,281 -117	1,846 -144	424 -53	1,422 -91
Average	8,791	7,267	2,623	4,645	1,524	433	1,091

University of Louisiana at Monroe Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,267 where 6,552 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 Louisiana at Monroe since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,298	5,116	1,857	3,259	2,182	839	1,343
2013-14	7,276	4,894	1,785	3,109	2,382	942	1,440
2014-15	7,215	4,916	1,744	3,172	2,299	882	1,417
2015-16	7,482	5,031	1,793	3,238	2,451	921	1,530
2016-17	7,778	5,208	1,856	3,352	2,570	985	1,585
2017-18	7,948	5,212	1,904	3,308	2,736	1,017	1,719
2018-19	7,788	5,040	1,878	3,162	2,748	960	1,788
2019-20	6,948	4,761	1,725	3,036	2,187	746	1,441
2020-21	6,929	4,568	1,635	2,933	2,361	778	1,583
2021-22	6,728	4,333	1,559	2,774	2,395	771	1,624
2022-23	6,552	4,098	1,497	2,601	2,454	774	1,680
Average	7,267	7,267	1,748	3,086	7,267	874	1,559

University of Louisiana at Monroe Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,524 where 1,846 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 Louisiana at Monroe since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,250	795	291	504	455	132	323
2013-14	1,369	845	307	538	524	174	350
2014-15	1,302	851	300	551	451	145	306
2015-16	1,322	821	291	530	501	140	361
2016-17	1,260	802	285	517	458	128	330
2017-18	1,233	804	267	537	429	126	303
2018-19	1,503	929	265	664	574	122	452
2019-20	1,725	1,032	267	765	693	157	536
2020-21	1,959	1,037	279	758	922	181	741
2021-22	1,990	1,080	297	783	910	180	730
2022-23	1,846	1,006	281	725	840	143	697
Average	1,524	1,524	285	625	1,524	148	466

University of Louisiana at Monroe Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.10%. The percentage was 65.45% 10 years ago and ULM still has a high percentage of white students. 1.57% of enrolled students is Asian and 22.23% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Louisiana at Monroe 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	30	168	2,042	144	4	5,595	140
2013-14	26	188	2,076	176	5	5,559	180
2014-15	29	197	1,936	176	4	5,524	176
2015-16	35	201	1,945	190	3	5,716	207
2016-17	36	195	1,974	181	5	5,885	207
2017-18	34	195	2,049	196	5	5,892	230
2018-19	37	182	2,060	233	3	5,904	225
2019-20	28	173	1,887	240	4	5,461	225
2020-21	37	163	2,015	258	5	5,548	231
2021-22	37	157	1,925	278	3	5,376	247
2022-23	32	132	1,867	246	6	5,131	227
Average	33	177	1,980	211	4	5,599	209

University of Louisiana at Monroe Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,711 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 86.79% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Louisiana at Monroe from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,517	916	1,804	5,797
2015-16	8,804	1,115	1,822	5,867
2016-17	9,038	1,270	1,822	5,946
2017-18	9,181	1,099	1,847	6,235
2018-19	9,291	1,426	1,793	6,072
2019-20	8,673	1,838	1,918	4,917
2020-21	8,888	2,346	3,917	2,625
2021-22	8,718	1,908	2,677	4,133
2022-23	8,398	1,711	2,407	4,280
Average	8,834	1,514	2,223	5,097

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