Enrollment Trends at UNH

The student population at University of New Haven is 9,229 (4,903 undergraduate and 4,326 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,443 (36.00%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UNH is 53.13% which is decreased by 99 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,542 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 80 male students for every 100 female students, down from 105 in 2015.
974 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 637.88% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,662 where 9,229 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 9,830 students in 2024 and was lowest at 6,786 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 6,786 to 9,229 students, a net gain of 2,443 (36%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,786	5,002	2,516	2,486	1,784	953	831
2016-17	6,835 49	4,936 -66	2,452 -64	2,484 -2	1,899 115	1,010 57	889 58
2017-18	6,984 149	5,216 280	2,468 16	2,748 264	1,768 -131	919 -91	849 -40
2018-19	6,867 -117	5,092 -124	2,349 -119	2,743 -5	1,775 7	906 -13	869 20
2019-20	6,793 -74	4,912 -180	2,174 -175	2,738 -5	1,881 106	999 93	882 13
2020-21	6,961 168	5,097 185	2,264 90	2,833 95	1,864 -17	921 -78	943 61
2021-22	7,513 552	5,023 -74	2,196 -68	2,827 -6	2,490 626	1,292 371	1,198 255
2022-23	8,819 1,306	4,817 -206	2,090 -106	2,727 -100	4,002 1,512	2,131 839	1,871 673
2023-24	9,830 1,011	4,865 48	2,063 -27	2,802 75	4,965 963	2,603 472	2,362 491
2024-25	9,229 -601	4,903 38	1,948 -115	2,955 153	4,326 -639	2,158 -445	2,168 -194
Average	7,662	4,986	2,252	2,734	2,675	1,389	1,286

University of New Haven Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,986 where 4,903 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 Haven since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,002	4,611	2,291	2,320	391	225	166
2016-17	4,936	4,552	2,220	2,332	384	232	152
2017-18	5,216	4,831	2,257	2,574	385	211	174
2018-19	5,092	4,768	2,172	2,596	324	177	147
2019-20	4,912	4,625	2,033	2,592	287	141	146
2020-21	5,097	4,837	2,115	2,722	260	149	111
2021-22	5,023	4,718	2,020	2,698	305	176	129
2022-23	4,817	4,484	1,907	2,577	333	183	150
2023-24	4,865	4,548	1,877	2,671	317	186	131
2024-25	4,903	4,563	1,754	2,809	340	194	146
Average	4,986	4,986	2,065	2,589	4,986	187	145

University of New Haven Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,675 where 4,326 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 Haven since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,784	1,145	612	533	639	341	298
2016-17	1,899	1,182	613	569	717	397	320
2017-18	1,768	1,070	532	538	698	387	311
2018-19	1,775	1,139	568	571	636	338	298
2019-20	1,881	1,286	673	613	595	326	269
2020-21	1,864	1,185	533	652	679	388	291
2021-22	2,490	1,742	914	828	748	378	370
2022-23	4,002	3,055	1,688	1,367	947	443	504
2023-24	4,965	3,783	2,025	1,758	1,182	578	604
2024-25	4,326	3,270	1,675	1,595	1,056	483	573
Average	2,675	2,675	983	902	2,675	406	384

University of New Haven Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.84% and the percentage of black students is 8.20% at University of New Haven. 2.58% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 13.41% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 54.70% to 36.84%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.67% to 2.58%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.24% to 8.20%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.83% to 13.41%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8382 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.6835 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 New Haven 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	20	181	627	599	7	3,712	104
2016-17	16	205	729	537	9	3,865	109
2017-18	20	230	787	680	9	3,967	76
2018-19	22	229	793	731	5	3,872	45
2019-20	19	264	756	770	6	3,882	44
2020-21	17	270	755	967	5	4,033	38
2021-22	31	254	768	1,137	3	3,740	33
2022-23	22	242	770	1,118	1	3,632	90
2023-24	21	247	709	1,209	5	3,496	220
2024-25	15	238	757	1,238	5	3,400	239
Average	20	236	745	899	6	3,760	100

University of New Haven Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

974 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 637.88% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of New Haven from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,786	132	1,262	5,392
2016-17	6,835	210	1,400	5,225
2017-18	6,984	284	923	5,777
2018-19	6,867	347	1,053	5,467
2019-20	6,793	367	1,508	4,918
2020-21	6,961	500	2,109	4,352
2021-22	7,513	872	4,526	2,115
2022-23	8,819	1,035	4,668	3,116
2023-24	9,830	1,013	4,260	4,557
2024-25	9,229	974	3,314	4,941
Average	7,662	573	2,502	4,586

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Enrollment Trends at UNH

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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