Enrollment Trends at U of Memphis

The student population at University of Memphis is 21,917 (16,708 undergraduate and 5,209 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 222 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Memphis is 76.23% which is decreased by 945 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 723 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.51 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,312 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 138.96% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 21,543 where 21,917 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.23% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.77% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 945 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 723 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.51 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in U of Memphis than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	22,139	17,653	6,947	10,706	4,486	1,824	2,662
2013-14	21,480 -659	17,223 -430	6,821 -126	10,402 -304	4,257 -229	1,754 -70	2,503 -159
2014-15	21,059 -421	17,073 -150	6,815 -6	10,258 -144	3,986 -271	1,672 -82	2,314 -189
2015-16	20,585 -474	16,644 -429	6,769 -46	9,875 -383	3,941 -45	1,643 -29	2,298 -16
2016-17	21,301 716	17,183 539	7,144 375	10,039 164	4,118 177	1,683 40	2,435 137
2017-18	21,521 220	17,396 213	7,220 76	10,176 137	4,125 7	1,662 -21	2,463 28
2018-19	21,458 -63	17,233 -163	7,108 -112	10,125 -51	4,225 100	1,654 -8	2,571 108
2019-20	21,685 227	17,378 145	7,040 -68	10,338 213	4,307 82	1,634 -20	2,673 102
2020-21	22,205 520	17,383 5	6,858 -182	10,525 187	4,822 515	1,810 176	3,012 339
2021-22	21,622 -583	16,702 -681	6,573 -285	10,129 -396	4,920 98	1,898 88	3,022 10
2022-23	21,917 295	16,708 6	6,554 -19	10,154 25	5,209 289	2,195 297	3,014 -8
Average	21,543	17,143	6,895	10,248	4,400	1,766	2,633

University of Memphis Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 17,143 where 16,708 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 Memphis since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	17,653	12,728	5,185	7,543	4,925	1,762	3,163
2013-14	17,223	12,318	5,112	7,206	4,905	1,709	3,196
2014-15	17,073	12,372	5,092	7,280	4,701	1,723	2,978
2015-16	16,644	12,054	5,041	7,013	4,590	1,728	2,862
2016-17	17,183	12,412	5,301	7,111	4,771	1,843	2,928
2017-18	17,396	12,400	5,259	7,141	4,996	1,961	3,035
2018-19	17,233	12,064	5,108	6,956	5,169	2,000	3,169
2019-20	17,378	12,066	5,033	7,033	5,312	2,007	3,305
2020-21	17,383	12,063	4,834	7,229	5,320	2,024	3,296
2021-22	16,702	11,142	4,480	6,662	5,560	2,093	3,467
2022-23	16,708	10,954	4,385	6,569	5,754	2,169	3,585
Average	17,143	17,143	4,985	7,068	17,143	1,911	3,180

University of Memphis Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 4,400 where 5,209 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 Memphis since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,486	2,147	1,004	1,143	2,339	820	1,519
2013-14	4,257	2,067	983	1,084	2,190	771	1,419
2014-15	3,986	2,000	920	1,080	1,986	752	1,234
2015-16	3,941	1,964	858	1,106	1,977	785	1,192
2016-17	4,118	1,979	858	1,121	2,139	825	1,314
2017-18	4,125	1,875	806	1,069	2,250	856	1,394
2018-19	4,225	1,916	801	1,115	2,309	853	1,456
2019-20	4,307	1,938	787	1,151	2,369	847	1,522
2020-21	4,822	2,128	816	1,312	2,694	994	1,700
2021-22	4,920	2,255	929	1,326	2,665	969	1,696
2022-23	5,209	2,689	1,333	1,356	2,520	862	1,658
Average	4,400	4,400	918	1,169	4,400	849	1,464

University of Memphis Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 40.97% and the percentage of black students is 33.99% at University of Memphis. 4.49% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Memphis 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	65	613	7,982	611	22	11,534	556
2013-14	56	620	7,541	669	22	11,281	576
2014-15	53	625	7,135	757	26	10,801	630
2015-16	43	645	6,982	832	23	10,589	695
2016-17	50	741	7,235	968	20	10,758	754
2017-18	53	813	7,187	1,034	17	10,748	765
2018-19	43	884	7,045	1,135	9	10,591	772
2019-20	45	908	7,004	1,265	10	10,602	777
2020-21	49	946	7,431	1,436	6	10,576	741
2021-22	43	970	7,360	1,513	5	9,730	732
2022-23	51	984	7,450	1,743	4	8,980	768
Average	50	795	7,305	1,088	15	10,563	706

University of Memphis Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,312 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 138.96% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Memphis from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	21,059	2,223	4,273	14,563
2015-16	20,585	2,202	4,220	14,163
2016-17	21,301	2,319	5,055	13,927
2017-18	21,521	2,591	4,885	14,045
2018-19	21,458	3,067	5,191	13,200
2019-20	21,685	3,341	6,115	12,229
2020-21	22,205	4,573	7,390	10,242
2021-22	21,622	5,204	7,362	9,056
2022-23	21,917	5,312	7,840	8,765
Average	21,484	3,426	5,815	12,243

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