Enrollment Trends at UMass Dartmouth

The student population at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth is 7,968 (5,731 undergraduate and 2,237 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 948 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UMass Dartmouth is 71.93% which is decreased by 1,564 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 616 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.

1,690 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 176.60% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,141 where 7,968 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

71.93% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.07% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,564 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 616 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 UMass Dartmouth.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,916	7,295	3,776	3,519	1,621	775	846
2016-17	8,647 -269	6,999 -296	3,555 -221	3,444 -75	1,648 27	782 7	866 20
2017-18	8,406 -241	6,763 -236	3,474 -81	3,289 -155	1,643 -5	764 -18	879 13
2018-19	8,513 107	6,841 78	3,497 23	3,344 55	1,672 29	753 -11	919 40
2019-20	8,154 -359	6,405 -436	3,188 -309	3,217 -127	1,749 77	801 48	948 29
2020-21	7,869 -285	6,027 -378	2,938 -250	3,089 -128	1,842 93	844 43	998 50
2021-22	7,717 -152	5,833 -194	2,801 -137	3,032 -57	1,884 42	875 31	1,009 11
2022-23	7,457 -260	5,517 -316	2,662 -139	2,855 -177	1,940 56	894 19	1,046 37
2023-24	7,759 302	5,602 85	2,689 27	2,913 58	2,157 217	1,035 141	1,122 76
2024-25	7,968 209	5,731 129	2,710 21	3,021 108	2,237 80	1,094 59	1,143 21
Average	8,141	6,301	3,129	3,172	1,839	862	978

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,301 where 5,731 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 Massachusetts-Dartmouth since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,295	6,254	3,336	2,918	1,041	440	601
2016-17	6,999	6,011	3,124	2,887	988	431	557
2017-18	6,763	5,790	3,079	2,711	973	395	578
2018-19	6,841	5,895	3,089	2,806	946	408	538
2019-20	6,405	5,465	2,806	2,659	940	382	558
2020-21	6,027	5,122	2,568	2,554	905	370	535
2021-22	5,833	4,905	2,430	2,475	928	371	557
2022-23	5,517	4,707	2,327	2,380	810	335	475
2023-24	5,602	4,707	2,283	2,424	895	406	489
2024-25	5,731	4,623	2,252	2,371	1,108	458	650
Average	6,301	6,301	2,729	2,619	6,301	400	554

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,839 where 2,237 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 Massachusetts-Dartmouth since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,621	710	393	317	911	382	529
2016-17	1,648	743	410	333	905	372	533
2017-18	1,643	712	371	341	931	393	538
2018-19	1,672	636	303	333	1,036	450	586
2019-20	1,749	667	327	340	1,082	474	608
2020-21	1,842	738	365	373	1,104	479	625
2021-22	1,884	751	374	377	1,133	501	632
2022-23	1,940	859	438	421	1,081	456	625
2023-24	2,157	1,135	625	510	1,022	410	612
2024-25	2,237	1,168	633	535	1,069	461	608
Average	1,839	1,839	424	388	1,839	438	590

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.80%. The percentage was 60.95% 10 years ago and UMass Dartmouth still has a high percentage of white students. 3.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.08% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.96% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.95% to 50.80%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.41% to 3.61%. Black student enrollment increased from 11.84% to 16.08%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.57% to 10.96%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7004 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6066 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 Massachusetts-Dartmouth 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	20	304	1,056	675	3	5,434	289
2016-17	15	303	1,098	717	2	5,145	292
2017-18	14	306	1,112	742	1	5,005	293
2018-19	16	333	1,172	815	2	4,992	307
2019-20	11	304	1,125	759	1	4,818	317
2020-21	11	280	1,075	774	1	4,717	353
2021-22	13	291	1,063	772	1	4,521	363
2022-23	11	279	1,093	828	3	4,251	345
2023-24	11	263	1,096	830	3	4,048	346
2024-25	12	288	1,281	873	5	4,048	387
Average	13	295	1,117	779	2	4,698	329

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,690 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 176.60% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,916	611	319	7,986
2016-17	8,647	691	6,823	1,133
2017-18	8,406	853	421	7,132
2018-19	8,513	1,059	429	7,025
2019-20	8,154	1,197	421	6,536
2020-21	7,869	5,643	1,981	245
2021-22	7,717	1,514	1,076	5,127
2022-23	7,457	1,375	604	5,478
2023-24	7,759	1,538	863	5,358
2024-25	7,968	1,690	751	5,527
Average	8,141	1,617	1,369	5,155

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Enrollment Trends at UMass Dartmouth

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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