Enrollment Trends at UNE

The student population at University of New England is 6,573 (3,884 undergraduate and 2,689 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,221 (15.67%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UNE is 59.09% which is increased by 84 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,305 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 42 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
2,887 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -21.06% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,316 where 6,573 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 8,281 students in 2018 and was lowest at 6,434 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 7,794 to 6,573 students, a net loss of 1,221 (15.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of New England since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,794	3,800	1,161	2,639	3,994	1,139	2,855
2016-17	8,263 469	4,247 447	1,073 -88	3,174 535	4,016 22	1,175 36	2,841 -14
2017-18	8,281 18	4,423 176	1,110 37	3,313 139	3,858 -158	1,142 -33	2,716 -125
2018-19	8,010 -271	4,449 26	1,338 228	3,111 -202	3,561 -297	1,044 -98	2,517 -199
2019-20	7,483 -527	4,275 -174	1,295 -43	2,980 -131	3,208 -353	945 -99	2,263 -254
2020-21	7,208 -275	4,065 -210	1,312 17	2,753 -227	3,143 -65	903 -42	2,240 -23
2021-22	6,642 -566	3,671 -394	1,125 -187	2,546 -207	2,971 -172	799 -104	2,172 -68
2022-23	6,434 -208	3,718 47	1,171 46	2,547 1	2,716 -255	759 -40	1,957 -215
2023-24	6,473 39	3,863 145	1,187 16	2,676 129	2,610 -106	705 -54	1,905 -52
2024-25	6,573 100	3,884 21	1,248 61	2,636 -40	2,689 79	693 -12	1,996 91
Average	7,316	4,040	1,202	2,838	3,277	930	2,346

University of New England Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,040 where 3,884 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 New England since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,800	2,268	666	1,602	1,532	495	1,037
2016-17	4,247	2,374	649	1,725	1,873	424	1,449
2017-18	4,423	2,361	692	1,669	2,062	418	1,644
2018-19	4,449	2,367	716	1,651	2,082	622	1,460
2019-20	4,275	2,425	752	1,673	1,850	543	1,307
2020-21	4,065	2,292	735	1,557	1,773	577	1,196
2021-22	3,671	2,209	682	1,527	1,462	443	1,019
2022-23	3,718	2,276	738	1,538	1,442	433	1,009
2023-24	3,863	2,191	690	1,501	1,672	497	1,175
2024-25	3,884	2,148	683	1,465	1,736	565	1,171
Average	4,040	4,040	700	1,591	4,040	502	1,247

University of New England Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,277 where 2,689 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 New England since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,994	3,413	1,022	2,391	581	117	464
2016-17	4,016	3,339	1,040	2,299	677	135	542
2017-18	3,858	3,236	1,016	2,220	622	126	496
2018-19	3,561	2,964	929	2,035	597	115	482
2019-20	3,208	2,699	848	1,851	509	97	412
2020-21	3,143	2,593	783	1,810	550	120	430
2021-22	2,971	2,454	707	1,747	517	92	425
2022-23	2,716	2,273	661	1,612	443	98	345
2023-24	2,610	2,198	626	1,572	412	79	333
2024-25	2,689	2,279	613	1,666	410	80	330
Average	3,277	3,277	825	1,920	3,277	106	426

University of New England Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.20%. The percentage was 67.32% 10 years ago and UNE still has a high percentage of white students. 8.02% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.32% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 67.32% to 72.20%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.56% to 8.02%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.12% to 5.32%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.96% to 2.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4686 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5397 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of New England 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	36	433	477	75	18	5,247	85
2016-17	37	491	543	66	17	5,554	82
2017-18	42	525	491	60	17	4,971	776
2018-19	47	511	445	66	21	5,520	74
2019-20	36	481	380	53	12	5,251	88
2020-21	35	483	337	76	9	5,030	90
2021-22	26	342	232	103	11	4,282	90
2022-23	23	469	295	132	15	4,872	86
2023-24	24	517	313	142	16	4,815	95
2024-25	29	527	350	154	21	4,746	97
Average	34	478	386	93	16	5,029	156

University of New England Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,887 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 44% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -21.06% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of New England from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	7,794	3,657	52	4,085
2016-17	8,263	2,070	96	6,097
2017-18	8,281	4,053	135	4,093
2018-19	8,010	3,836	131	4,043
2019-20	7,483	3,285	236	3,962
2020-21	7,208	3,231	199	3,778
2021-22	6,642	2,771	150	3,721
2022-23	6,434	2,577	93	3,764
2023-24	6,473	2,783	160	3,530
2024-25	6,573	2,887	0	3,686
Average	7,316	3,115	125	4,076

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Enrollment Trends at UNE

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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