Enrollment Trends at U of Maine

The student population at University of Maine is 12,231 (9,774 undergraduate and 2,457 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,330 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Maine is 79.91% which is increased by 996 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 334 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.09 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

2,747 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 364.02% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 11,492 where 12,231 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.91% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.09% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 996 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 334 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.09 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in U of Maine.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,901	8,778	4,550	4,228	2,123	736	1,387
2013-14	11,247 346	9,182 404	4,769 219	4,413 185	2,065 -58	706 -30	1,359 -28
2014-15	11,286 39	9,339 157	4,855 86	4,484 71	1,947 -118	677 -29	1,270 -89
2015-16	10,922 -364	9,297 -42	4,841 -14	4,456 -28	1,625 -322	672 -5	953 -317
2016-17	11,219 297	9,323 26	4,922 81	4,401 -55	1,896 271	699 27	1,197 244
2017-18	11,240 21	9,279 -44	4,900 -22	4,379 -22	1,961 65	660 -39	1,301 104
2018-19	11,404 164	9,365 86	4,951 51	4,414 35	2,039 78	687 27	1,352 51
2019-20	11,561 157	9,430 65	5,013 62	4,417 3	2,131 92	748 61	1,383 31
2020-21	11,741 180	9,465 35	4,993 -20	4,472 55	2,276 145	882 134	1,394 11
2021-22	12,657 916	10,115 650	5,097 104	5,018 546	2,542 266	973 91	1,569 175
2022-23	12,231 -426	9,774 -341	4,924 -173	4,850 -168	2,457 -85	924 -49	1,533 -36
Average	11,492	9,395	4,892	4,503	2,097	760	1,336

University of Maine Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,395 where 9,774 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 Maine since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,778	7,520	3,930	3,590	1,258	620	638
2013-14	9,182	7,922	4,165	3,757	1,260	604	656
2014-15	9,339	8,129	4,276	3,853	1,210	579	631
2015-16	9,297	8,120	4,286	3,834	1,177	555	622
2016-17	9,323	8,125	4,309	3,816	1,198	613	585
2017-18	9,279	8,204	4,370	3,834	1,075	530	545
2018-19	9,365	8,158	4,338	3,820	1,207	613	594
2019-20	9,430	8,060	4,293	3,767	1,370	720	650
2020-21	9,465	7,847	4,139	3,708	1,618	854	764
2021-22	10,115	8,162	4,147	4,015	1,953	950	1,003
2022-23	9,774	7,622	3,894	3,728	2,152	1,030	1,122
Average	9,395	9,395	4,195	3,793	9,395	697	710

University of Maine Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,097 where 2,457 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 Maine since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,123	818	399	419	1,305	337	968
2013-14	2,065	817	404	413	1,248	302	946
2014-15	1,947	777	369	408	1,170	308	862
2015-16	1,625	785	374	411	840	298	542
2016-17	1,896	767	370	397	1,129	329	800
2017-18	1,961	803	342	461	1,158	318	840
2018-19	2,039	771	334	437	1,268	353	915
2019-20	2,131	809	353	456	1,322	395	927
2020-21	2,276	811	348	463	1,465	534	931
2021-22	2,542	881	377	504	1,661	596	1,065
2022-23	2,457	745	295	450	1,712	629	1,083
Average	2,097	2,097	360	438	2,097	400	898

University of Maine Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.17%. The percentage was 78.13% 10 years ago and U of Maine still has a high percentage of white students. 1.68% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.67% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Maine 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	151	134	165	177	1	8,517	190
2013-14	149	140	192	211	2	8,706	245
2014-15	133	144	212	241	2	8,693	261
2015-16	119	163	215	273	2	8,448	268
2016-17	124	173	197	305	1	8,828	278
2017-18	124	162	203	356	1	8,986	316
2018-19	109	172	193	407	2	9,187	321
2019-20	117	189	184	420	6	9,229	361
2020-21	97	202	219	486	5	9,345	378
2021-22	115	219	236	518	5	10,071	397
2022-23	107	206	204	557	4	9,683	394
Average	122	173	202	359	3	9,063	310

University of Maine Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,747 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 364.02% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Maine from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,286	592	2,509	8,185
2015-16	10,922	653	2,493	7,776
2016-17	11,219	777	2,511	7,931
2017-18	11,240	726	2,594	7,920
2018-19	11,404	903	2,773	7,728
2019-20	11,561	1,276	2,927	7,358
2020-21	11,741	4,187	6,749	805
2021-22	12,657	2,588	5,820	4,249
2022-23	12,231	2,747	4,605	4,879
Average	11,585	1,605	3,665	6,315

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