Enrollment Trends at UNK

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,322 where 5,881 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

71.64% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.36% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 895 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 29 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.81 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 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,544 where 4,213 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 Nebraska at Kearney since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,779 where 1,668 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 Nebraska at Kearney since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 75.57%. The percentage was 80.17% 10 years ago and UNK still has a high percentage of white students. 0.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.38% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.89% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.17% to 75.57%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.84% to 0.82%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.84% to 2.38%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.97% to 12.89%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4110 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3485 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 Nebraska at Kearney over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

2,191 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has increased 32.63% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Nebraska at Kearney from 2015 to 2025.