Enrollment Trends at UMass Amherst

The student population at University of Massachusetts-Amherst is 32,229 (24,391 undergraduate and 7,838 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,993 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UMass Amherst is 75.68% which is increased by 2,463 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,530 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.05 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

3,853 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 27.25% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 30,263 where 32,229 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

75.68% of total students is undergraduate students and 24.32% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,463 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,530 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.05 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in UMass Amherst.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	28,236	21,928	11,135	10,793	6,308	3,144	3,164
2013-14	28,518 282	22,134 206	11,260 125	10,874 81	6,384 76	3,207 63	3,177 13
2014-15	28,635 117	22,252 118	11,343 83	10,909 35	6,383 -1	3,144 -63	3,239 62
2015-16	29,269 634	22,748 496	11,587 244	11,161 252	6,521 138	3,189 45	3,332 93
2016-17	30,037 768	23,373 625	11,944 357	11,429 268	6,664 143	3,250 61	3,414 82
2017-18	30,340 303	23,388 15	11,735 -209	11,653 224	6,952 288	3,443 193	3,509 95
2018-19	30,593 253	23,515 127	11,765 30	11,750 97	7,078 126	3,576 133	3,502 -7
2019-20	31,350 757	24,209 694	12,129 364	12,080 330	7,141 63	3,533 -43	3,608 106
2020-21	31,642 292	24,233 24	11,966 -163	12,267 187	7,409 268	3,599 66	3,810 202
2021-22	32,045 403	24,231 -2	11,814 -152	12,417 150	7,814 405	3,743 144	4,071 261
2022-23	32,229 184	24,391 160	11,843 29	12,548 131	7,838 24	3,846 103	3,992 -79
Average	30,263	23,309	11,684	11,626	6,954	3,425	3,529

University of Massachusetts-Amherst Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 23,309 where 24,391 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 Massachusetts-Amherst since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,928	20,306	10,477	9,829	1,622	658	964
2013-14	22,134	20,505	10,597	9,908	1,629	663	966
2014-15	22,252	20,684	10,704	9,980	1,568	639	929
2015-16	22,748	21,098	10,929	10,169	1,650	658	992
2016-17	23,373	21,460	11,141	10,319	1,913	803	1,110
2017-18	23,388	21,577	10,998	10,579	1,811	737	1,074
2018-19	23,515	21,784	11,085	10,699	1,731	680	1,051
2019-20	24,209	22,491	11,451	11,040	1,718	678	1,040
2020-21	24,233	22,212	11,052	11,160	2,021	914	1,107
2021-22	24,231	22,539	11,091	11,448	1,692	723	969
2022-23	24,391	22,920	11,189	11,731	1,471	654	817
Average	23,309	23,309	10,974	10,624	23,309	710	1,002

University of Massachusetts-Amherst Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 6,954 where 7,838 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 Massachusetts-Amherst since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,308	2,328	1,067	1,261	3,980	2,077	1,903
2013-14	6,384	2,303	1,068	1,235	4,081	2,139	1,942
2014-15	6,383	2,262	1,062	1,200	4,121	2,082	2,039
2015-16	6,521	2,241	1,010	1,231	4,280	2,179	2,101
2016-17	6,664	2,286	1,014	1,272	4,378	2,236	2,142
2017-18	6,952	2,565	1,197	1,368	4,387	2,246	2,141
2018-19	7,078	2,559	1,252	1,307	4,519	2,324	2,195
2019-20	7,141	2,603	1,280	1,323	4,538	2,253	2,285
2020-21	7,409	2,489	1,181	1,308	4,920	2,418	2,502
2021-22	7,814	2,720	1,346	1,374	5,094	2,397	2,697
2022-23	7,838	2,848	1,377	1,471	4,990	2,469	2,521
Average	6,954	6,954	1,169	1,305	6,954	2,256	2,224

University of Massachusetts-Amherst Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.44%. The percentage was 64.77% 10 years ago and UMass Amherst still has a high percentage of white students. 11.48% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.55% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Massachusetts-Amherst 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	46	1,962	1,015	1,328	22	18,288	562
2013-14	47	2,016	1,039	1,367	25	18,053	622
2014-15	47	2,166	1,100	1,365	16	18,404	644
2015-16	36	2,409	1,115	1,540	16	18,546	722
2016-17	34	2,675	1,169	1,670	15	18,619	737
2017-18	33	2,757	1,320	1,811	18	18,433	785
2018-19	37	2,870	1,377	1,978	17	17,968	832
2019-20	37	3,035	1,464	2,233	19	18,154	922
2020-21	39	3,228	1,510	2,387	15	18,446	997
2021-22	37	3,439	1,514	2,572	16	18,258	1,087
2022-23	25	3,701	1,466	2,558	18	17,869	1,149
Average	38	2,751	1,281	1,892	18	18,276	824

University of Massachusetts-Amherst Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,853 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 27.25% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Massachusetts-Amherst from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	28,635	3,028	3,145	22,462
2015-16	29,269	3,263	3,795	22,211
2016-17	30,037	3,547	3,870	22,620
2017-18	30,340	3,615	3,074	23,651
2018-19	30,593	3,607	2,896	24,090
2019-20	31,350	3,499	1,144	26,707
2020-21	31,642	26,059	4,234	1,349
2021-22	32,045	4,105	2,349	25,591
2022-23	32,229	3,853	3,063	25,313
Average	30,682	6,064	3,063	21,555

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