Enrollment Trends at UNR

The student population at University of Nevada-Reno is 23,024 (19,117 undergraduate and 3,907 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,126 (10.17%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UNR is 83.03% which is increased by 1,347 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 779 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 79 male students for every 100 female students, down from 89 in 2015.
1,483 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 171.61% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 21,387 where 23,024 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 23,024 students in 2025 and was lowest at 20,722 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 20,898 to 23,024 students, a net gain of 2,126 (10.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	20,898	17,770	8,449	9,321	3,128	1,419	1,709
2016-17	21,353 455	18,191 421	8,570 121	9,621 300	3,162 34	1,446 27	1,716 7
2017-18	21,657 304	18,348 157	8,674 104	9,674 53	3,309 147	1,407 -39	1,902 186
2018-19	21,463 -194	17,930 -418	8,554 -120	9,376 -298	3,533 224	1,461 54	2,072 170
2019-20	20,993 -470	17,297 -633	8,167 -387	9,130 -246	3,696 163	1,465 4	2,231 159
2020-21	20,722 -271	16,845 -452	7,832 -335	9,013 -117	3,877 181	1,494 29	2,383 152
2021-22	21,034 312	17,025 180	8,014 182	9,011 -2	4,009 132	1,574 80	2,435 52
2022-23	20,945 -89	16,973 -52	7,991 -23	8,982 -29	3,972 -37	1,540 -34	2,432 -3
2023-24	21,778 833	17,965 992	8,397 406	9,568 586	3,813 -159	1,493 -47	2,320 -112
2024-25	23,024 1,246	19,117 1,152	8,658 261	10,459 891	3,907 94	1,523 30	2,384 64
Average	21,387	17,746	8,331	9,416	3,641	1,482	2,158

University of Nevada-Reno Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 17,746 where 19,117 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 Nevada-Reno since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	17,770	14,950	7,060	7,890	2,820	1,389	1,431
2016-17	18,191	15,408	7,215	8,193	2,783	1,355	1,428
2017-18	18,348	15,572	7,322	8,250	2,776	1,352	1,424
2018-19	17,930	15,200	7,213	7,987	2,730	1,341	1,389
2019-20	17,297	14,788	6,952	7,836	2,509	1,215	1,294
2020-21	16,845	14,323	6,633	7,690	2,522	1,199	1,323
2021-22	17,025	14,016	6,543	7,473	3,009	1,471	1,538
2022-23	16,973	13,788	6,472	7,316	3,185	1,519	1,666
2023-24	17,965	13,757	6,414	7,343	4,208	1,983	2,225
2024-25	19,117	13,810	6,270	7,540	5,307	2,388	2,919
Average	17,746	17,746	6,809	7,752	17,746	1,521	1,664

University of Nevada-Reno Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,641 where 3,907 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 Nevada-Reno since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,128	1,300	597	703	1,828	822	1,006
2016-17	3,162	1,424	638	786	1,738	808	930
2017-18	3,309	1,481	618	863	1,828	789	1,039
2018-19	3,533	1,568	649	919	1,965	812	1,153
2019-20	3,696	1,639	643	996	2,057	822	1,235
2020-21	3,877	1,595	620	975	2,282	874	1,408
2021-22	4,009	1,622	648	974	2,387	926	1,461
2022-23	3,972	1,689	649	1,040	2,283	891	1,392
2023-24	3,813	1,609	620	989	2,204	873	1,331
2024-25	3,907	1,726	691	1,035	2,181	832	1,349
Average	3,641	3,641	637	928	3,641	845	1,230

University of Nevada-Reno Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.89% and the percentage of black students is 3.80% at University of Nevada-Reno. 8.35% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 23.72% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.26% to 47.89%. Asian enrollment grew from 7.14% to 8.35%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.40% to 3.80%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 17.11% to 23.72%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6976 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5979 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 Nevada-Reno 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	150	1,493	711	3,576	109	12,594	1,197
2016-17	158	1,519	677	3,954	123	12,591	1,250
2017-18	153	1,643	693	4,165	114	12,462	1,350
2018-19	146	1,669	696	4,186	113	12,220	1,388
2019-20	141	1,664	688	4,292	104	11,572	1,454
2020-21	118	1,689	685	4,413	87	11,319	1,539
2021-22	128	1,689	800	4,651	90	11,010	1,664
2022-23	123	1,730	771	4,778	78	10,666	1,709
2023-24	141	1,801	775	5,179	88	10,737	1,857
2024-25	166	1,922	874	5,462	105	11,027	2,089
Average	142	1,682	737	4,466	101	11,620	1,550

University of Nevada-Reno Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,483 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 171.61% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Nevada-Reno from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	20,898	546	3,606	16,746
2016-17	21,353	616	4,071	16,666
2017-18	21,657	820	3,872	16,965
2018-19	21,463	955	3,706	16,802
2019-20	20,993	1,066	3,952	15,975
2020-21	20,722	1,299	4,299	15,124
2021-22	21,034	1,586	4,563	14,885
2022-23	20,945	1,492	4,895	14,558
2023-24	21,778	1,431	5,316	15,031
2024-25	23,024	1,483	6,208	15,333
Average	21,387	1,129	4,449	15,809

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Enrollment Trends at UNR

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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