Enrollment Trends at UNM

The student population at University of New Mexico-Main Campus is 23,124 (17,450 undergraduate and 5,674 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,161 (15.25%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UNM is 75.46% which is decreased by 3,897 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 264 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, down from 82 in 2015.
3,640 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 124.69% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 23,978 where 23,124 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 27,285 students in 2016 and was lowest at 21,953 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 27,285 to 23,124 students, a net loss of 4,161 (15.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	27,285	21,347	9,521	11,826	5,938	2,766	3,172
2016-17	26,999 -286	21,023 -324	9,316 -205	11,707 -119	5,976 38	2,772 6	3,204 32
2017-18	26,221 -778	20,354 -669	8,895 -421	11,459 -248	5,867 -109	2,646 -126	3,221 17
2018-19	24,319 -1,902	18,621 -1,733	8,177 -718	10,444 -1,015	5,698 -169	2,531 -115	3,167 -54
2019-20	22,729 -1,590	17,330 -1,291	7,547 -630	9,783 -661	5,399 -299	2,385 -146	3,014 -153
2020-21	22,311 -418	16,209 -1,121	6,786 -761	9,423 -360	6,102 703	2,701 316	3,401 387
2021-22	22,139 -172	15,793 -416	6,573 -213	9,220 -203	6,346 244	2,799 98	3,547 146
2022-23	21,953 -186	16,375 582	6,848 275	9,527 307	5,578 -768	2,441 -358	3,137 -410
2023-24	22,700 747	16,905 530	7,171 323	9,734 207	5,795 217	2,542 101	3,253 116
2024-25	23,124 424	17,450 545	7,468 297	9,982 248	5,674 -121	2,449 -93	3,225 -28
Average	23,978	18,141	7,830	10,311	5,837	2,603	3,234

University of New Mexico-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 18,141 where 17,450 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 Mexico-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	21,347	16,126	7,275	8,851	5,221	2,246	2,975
2016-17	21,023	15,926	7,171	8,755	5,097	2,145	2,952
2017-18	20,354	15,093	6,707	8,386	5,261	2,188	3,073
2018-19	18,621	13,624	6,035	7,589	4,997	2,142	2,855
2019-20	17,330	12,705	5,614	7,091	4,625	1,933	2,692
2020-21	16,209	12,124	5,134	6,990	4,085	1,652	2,433
2021-22	15,793	11,480	4,847	6,633	4,313	1,726	2,587
2022-23	16,375	12,042	5,100	6,942	4,333	1,748	2,585
2023-24	16,905	13,651	5,914	7,737	3,254	1,257	1,997
2024-25	17,450	14,261	6,160	8,101	3,189	1,308	1,881
Average	18,141	18,141	5,996	7,708	18,141	1,835	2,603

University of New Mexico-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5,837 where 5,674 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 Mexico-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,938	3,517	1,723	1,794	2,421	1,043	1,378
2016-17	5,976	3,438	1,651	1,787	2,538	1,121	1,417
2017-18	5,867	3,355	1,558	1,797	2,512	1,088	1,424
2018-19	5,698	3,273	1,461	1,812	2,425	1,070	1,355
2019-20	5,399	2,979	1,305	1,674	2,420	1,080	1,340
2020-21	6,102	3,062	1,334	1,728	3,040	1,367	1,673
2021-22	6,346	3,200	1,336	1,864	3,146	1,463	1,683
2022-23	5,578	3,029	1,264	1,765	2,549	1,177	1,372
2023-24	5,795	2,969	1,267	1,702	2,826	1,275	1,551
2024-25	5,674	2,927	1,234	1,693	2,747	1,215	1,532
Average	5,837	5,837	1,413	1,762	5,837	1,190	1,473

University of New Mexico-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 29.96% and the percentage of black students is 2.98% at University of New Mexico-Main Campus. 4.19% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 46.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 37.71% to 29.96%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.46% to 4.19%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.32% to 2.98%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 41.16% to 46.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6855 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6830 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 Mexico-Main Campus 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	1,416	945	633	11,230	42	10,289	866
2016-17	1,397	990	633	11,397	45	9,872	877
2017-18	1,369	1,021	611	11,308	43	9,257	873
2018-19	1,266	969	567	10,538	51	8,471	795
2019-20	1,170	932	533	9,999	47	7,688	755
2020-21	1,190	952	558	9,997	37	7,423	764
2021-22	1,268	980	579	9,805	39	7,220	798
2022-23	1,281	944	613	9,978	35	6,841	828
2023-24	1,262	987	641	10,370	33	7,034	884
2024-25	1,226	968	690	10,789	38	6,928	934
Average	1,285	969	606	10,541	41	8,102	837

University of New Mexico-Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,640 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 124.69% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of New Mexico-Main Campus from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	27,285	1,620	6,439	19,226
2016-17	26,999	1,880	6,891	18,228
2017-18	26,221	2,169	7,564	16,488
2018-19	24,319	2,144	7,371	14,804
2019-20	22,729	1,948	7,333	13,448
2020-21	22,311	2,480	8,852	10,979
2021-22	22,139	3,561	8,254	10,324
2022-23	21,953	3,883	8,332	9,738
2023-24	22,700	3,799	8,829	10,072
2024-25	23,124	3,640	9,446	10,038
Average	23,978	2,712	7,931	13,335

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