Enrollment Trends at U of Massachusetts-Boston

The student population at University of Massachusetts-Boston is 15,586 (12,221 undergraduate and 3,365 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 288 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Massachusetts-Boston is 78.41% which is increased by 97 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 385 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,617 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -5.05% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 16,258 where 15,586 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.41% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.59% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 97 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 385 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in U of Massachusetts-Boston than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15,874	12,124	5,328	6,796	3,750	1,171	2,579
2013-14	16,277 403	12,366 242	5,438 110	6,928 132	3,911 161	1,226 55	2,685 106
2014-15	16,756 479	12,700 334	5,685 247	7,015 87	4,056 145	1,290 64	2,766 81
2015-16	17,030 274	12,949 249	5,864 179	7,085 70	4,081 25	1,295 5	2,786 20
2016-17	16,847 -183	12,847 -102	5,982 118	6,865 -220	4,000 -81	1,295 0	2,705 -81
2017-18	16,415 -432	12,660 -187	5,941 -41	6,719 -146	3,755 -245	1,225 -70	2,530 -175
2018-19	16,164 -251	12,714 54	5,830 -111	6,884 165	3,450 -305	1,085 -140	2,365 -165
2019-20	15,989 -175	12,595 -119	5,638 -192	6,957 73	3,394 -56	1,083 -2	2,311 -54
2020-21	16,259 270	12,871 276	5,567 -71	7,304 347	3,388 -6	1,121 38	2,267 -44
2021-22	15,637 -622	12,269 -602	5,156 -411	7,113 -191	3,368 -20	1,127 6	2,241 -26
2022-23	15,586 -51	12,221 -48	5,235 79	6,986 -127	3,365 -3	1,190 63	2,175 -66
Average	16,258	12,574	5,606	6,968	3,683	1,192	2,492

University of Massachusetts-Boston Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 12,574 where 12,221 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-Boston since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,124	8,426	3,788	4,638	3,698	1,540	2,158
2013-14	12,366	8,759	3,926	4,833	3,607	1,512	2,095
2014-15	12,700	9,178	4,224	4,954	3,522	1,461	2,061
2015-16	12,949	9,384	4,334	5,050	3,565	1,530	2,035
2016-17	12,847	9,283	4,367	4,916	3,564	1,615	1,949
2017-18	12,660	9,574	4,563	5,011	3,086	1,378	1,708
2018-19	12,714	10,017	4,598	5,419	2,697	1,232	1,465
2019-20	12,595	9,995	4,422	5,573	2,600	1,216	1,384
2020-21	12,871	10,279	4,310	5,969	2,592	1,257	1,335
2021-22	12,269	9,994	4,134	5,860	2,275	1,022	1,253
2022-23	12,221	9,792	4,156	5,636	2,429	1,079	1,350
Average	12,574	12,574	4,257	5,260	12,574	1,349	1,708

University of Massachusetts-Boston Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,683 where 3,365 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-Boston since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,750	1,242	371	871	2,508	800	1,708
2013-14	3,911	1,240	403	837	2,671	823	1,848
2014-15	4,056	1,365	491	874	2,691	799	1,892
2015-16	4,081	1,405	469	936	2,676	826	1,850
2016-17	4,000	1,435	501	934	2,565	794	1,771
2017-18	3,755	1,352	484	868	2,403	741	1,662
2018-19	3,450	1,251	428	823	2,199	657	1,542
2019-20	3,394	1,297	447	850	2,097	636	1,461
2020-21	3,388	1,304	464	840	2,084	657	1,427
2021-22	3,368	1,311	464	847	2,057	663	1,394
2022-23	3,365	1,498	613	885	1,867	577	1,290
Average	3,683	3,683	467	870	3,683	725	1,622

University of Massachusetts-Boston Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.39% and the percentage of black students is 15.57% at University of Massachusetts-Boston. 13.43% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Massachusetts-Boston 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	35	1,584	2,106	1,517	7	7,643	360
2013-14	24	1,655	2,163	1,623	4	7,400	380
2014-15	23	1,699	2,210	1,765	4	7,157	366
2015-16	27	1,761	2,319	1,943	4	6,924	409
2016-17	29	1,800	2,371	2,069	4	6,551	447
2017-18	25	1,804	2,401	2,222	5	6,248	456
2018-19	20	1,868	2,440	2,307	5	6,129	469
2019-20	27	1,958	2,430	2,347	4	6,063	481
2020-21	20	2,053	2,518	2,513	2	6,139	537
2021-22	20	2,090	2,463	2,561	2	5,988	562
2022-23	12	2,093	2,426	2,571	8	5,516	530
Average	24	1,851	2,350	2,131	4	6,523	454

University of Massachusetts-Boston Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,617 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -5.05% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Massachusetts-Boston from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	16,756	1,703	1,658	13,395
2015-16	17,030	1,729	1,990	13,311
2016-17	16,847	1,663	2,060	13,124
2017-18	16,415	1,123	2,328	12,964
2018-19	16,164	972	2,315	12,877
2019-20	15,989	1,444	3,758	10,787
2020-21	16,259	16,078	176	5
2021-22	15,637	2,062	2,088	11,487
2022-23	15,586	1,617	3,066	10,903
Average	16,298	3,155	2,160	10,984

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