Enrollment Trends at UNK

The student population at University of Nebraska at Kearney is 6,041 (4,269 undergraduate and 1,772 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,158 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UNK is 70.67% which is decreased by 1,379 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 221 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.93 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,358 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 51.06% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 6,589 where 6,041 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

70.67% of total students is undergraduate students and 29.33% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,379 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 221 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.93 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UNK than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,199	5,648	2,504	3,144	1,551	513	1,038
2013-14	7,052 -147	5,502 -146	2,339 -165	3,163 19	1,550 -1	499 -14	1,051 13
2014-15	6,902 -150	5,274 -228	2,271 -68	3,003 -160	1,628 78	529 30	1,099 48
2015-16	6,747 -155	5,108 -166	2,138 -133	2,970 -33	1,639 11	525 -4	1,114 15
2016-17	6,788 41	5,056 -52	2,149 11	2,907 -63	1,732 93	542 17	1,190 76
2017-18	6,644 -144	4,843 -213	2,060 -89	2,783 -124	1,801 69	554 12	1,247 57
2018-19	6,327 -317	4,484 -359	1,858 -202	2,626 -157	1,843 42	570 16	1,273 26
2019-20	6,279 -48	4,429 -55	1,780 -78	2,649 23	1,850 7	566 -4	1,284 11
2020-21	6,225 -54	4,385 -44	1,717 -63	2,668 19	1,840 -10	532 -34	1,308 24
2021-22	6,275 50	4,427 42	1,667 -50	2,760 92	1,848 8	559 27	1,289 -19
2022-23	6,041 -234	4,269 -158	1,552 -115	2,717 -43	1,772 -76	510 -49	1,262 -27
Average	6,589	4,857	2,003	2,854	1,732	536	1,196

University of Nebraska at Kearney Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,857 where 4,269 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 Nebraska at Kearney since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,648	4,964	2,191	2,773	684	313	371
2013-14	5,502	4,777	2,062	2,715	725	277	448
2014-15	5,274	4,668	2,024	2,644	606	247	359
2015-16	5,108	4,432	1,881	2,551	676	257	419
2016-17	5,056	4,255	1,822	2,433	801	327	474
2017-18	4,843	4,063	1,735	2,328	780	325	455
2018-19	4,484	3,941	1,620	2,321	543	238	305
2019-20	4,429	3,827	1,536	2,291	602	244	358
2020-21	4,385	3,795	1,514	2,281	590	203	387
2021-22	4,427	3,781	1,452	2,329	646	215	431
2022-23	4,269	3,672	1,367	2,305	597	185	412
Average	4,857	4,857	1,746	2,452	4,857	257	402

University of Nebraska at Kearney Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,732 where 1,772 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 Nebraska at Kearney since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,551	223	54	169	1,328	459	869
2013-14	1,550	257	71	186	1,293	428	865
2014-15	1,628	242	54	188	1,386	475	911
2015-16	1,639	243	53	190	1,396	472	924
2016-17	1,732	233	55	178	1,499	487	1,012
2017-18	1,801	263	71	192	1,538	483	1,055
2018-19	1,843	271	69	202	1,572	501	1,071
2019-20	1,850	267	61	206	1,583	505	1,078
2020-21	1,840	298	53	245	1,542	479	1,063
2021-22	1,848	318	81	237	1,530	478	1,052
2022-23	1,772	265	70	195	1,507	440	1,067
Average	1,732	1,732	63	199	1,732	473	997

University of Nebraska at Kearney Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.69%. The percentage was 79.93% 10 years ago and UNK still has a high percentage of white students. 0.89% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.99% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Nebraska at Kearney 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	14	57	110	485	2	5,754	73
2013-14	11	52	118	517	5	5,655	89
2014-15	13	62	126	584	3	5,532	91
2015-16	12	57	124	605	4	5,409	118
2016-17	13	61	124	630	5	5,426	129
2017-18	10	55	138	603	7	5,277	135
2018-19	8	59	130	627	4	4,979	130
2019-20	7	57	126	641	5	4,921	134
2020-21	8	63	136	650	7	4,908	153
2021-22	13	72	138	697	9	4,882	161
2022-23	10	54	120	737	9	4,633	172
Average	11	59	126	616	5	5,216	126

University of Nebraska at Kearney Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,358 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 39% of total students. The number of online students has increased 51.06% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Nebraska at Kearney from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,902	1,561	1,606	3,735
2015-16	6,747	1,652	1,720	3,375
2016-17	6,788	1,762	1,806	3,220
2017-18	6,644	1,863	1,794	2,987
2018-19	6,327	1,997	1,867	2,463
2019-20	6,279	2,130	1,965	2,184
2020-21	6,225	2,327	2,143	1,755
2021-22	6,275	2,457	2,108	1,710
2022-23	6,041	2,358	1,944	1,739
Average	6,470	2,012	1,884	2,574

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