Enrollment Trends at UNC Charlotte

The student population at University of North Carolina at Charlotte is 29,551 (23,461 undergraduate and 6,090 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,319 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UNC Charlotte is 79.39% which is increased by 2,282 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,037 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

3,111 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 138.03% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 28,685 where 29,551 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.39% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.61% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,282 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,037 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in UNC Charlotte.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of North Carolina at Charlotte since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	26,232	21,179	10,806	10,373	5,053	2,048	3,005
2013-14	26,571 339	21,503 324	11,084 278	10,419 46	5,068 15	2,069 21	2,999 -6
2014-15	27,238 667	22,216 713	11,573 489	10,643 224	5,022 -46	2,188 119	2,834 -165
2015-16	27,983 745	22,732 516	11,877 304	10,855 212	5,251 229	2,339 151	2,912 78
2016-17	28,721 738	23,404 672	12,322 445	11,082 227	5,317 66	2,328 -11	2,989 77
2017-18	29,317 596	23,914 510	12,732 410	11,182 100	5,403 86	2,371 43	3,032 43
2018-19	29,710 393	24,387 473	12,974 242	11,413 231	5,323 -80	2,293 -78	3,030 -2
2019-20	29,615 -95	24,070 -317	12,818 -156	11,252 -161	5,545 222	2,350 57	3,195 165
2020-21	30,146 531	24,175 105	12,873 55	11,302 50	5,971 426	2,353 3	3,618 423
2021-22	30,448 302	24,116 -59	12,653 -220	11,463 161	6,332 361	2,493 140	3,839 221
2022-23	29,551 -897	23,461 -655	12,165 -488	11,296 -167	6,090 -242	2,413 -80	3,677 -162
Average	28,685	23,196	12,171	11,025	5,489	2,295	3,194

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 23,196 where 23,461 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of North Carolina at Charlotte since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,179	18,039	9,286	8,753	3,140	1,520	1,620
2013-14	21,503	18,309	9,549	8,760	3,194	1,535	1,659
2014-15	22,216	18,983	9,972	9,011	3,233	1,601	1,632
2015-16	22,732	19,765	10,423	9,342	2,967	1,454	1,513
2016-17	23,404	20,263	10,736	9,527	3,141	1,586	1,555
2017-18	23,914	20,597	11,060	9,537	3,317	1,672	1,645
2018-19	24,387	21,025	11,287	9,738	3,362	1,687	1,675
2019-20	24,070	20,877	11,149	9,728	3,193	1,669	1,524
2020-21	24,175	21,104	11,177	9,927	3,071	1,696	1,375
2021-22	24,116	20,654	10,797	9,857	3,462	1,856	1,606
2022-23	23,461	20,089	10,365	9,724	3,372	1,800	1,572
Average	23,196	23,196	10,527	9,446	23,196	1,643	1,580

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 5,489 where 6,090 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of North Carolina at Charlotte since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,053	1,975	937	1,038	3,078	1,111	1,967
2013-14	5,068	2,127	995	1,132	2,941	1,074	1,867
2014-15	5,022	2,284	1,159	1,125	2,738	1,029	1,709
2015-16	5,251	2,419	1,203	1,216	2,832	1,136	1,696
2016-17	5,317	2,491	1,213	1,278	2,826	1,115	1,711
2017-18	5,403	2,501	1,199	1,302	2,902	1,172	1,730
2018-19	5,323	2,564	1,203	1,361	2,759	1,090	1,669
2019-20	5,545	2,569	1,240	1,329	2,976	1,110	1,866
2020-21	5,971	2,571	1,127	1,444	3,400	1,226	2,174
2021-22	6,332	2,749	1,210	1,539	3,583	1,283	2,300
2022-23	6,090	2,879	1,300	1,579	3,211	1,113	2,098
Average	5,489	5,489	1,162	1,304	5,489	1,133	1,890

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.68% and the percentage of black students is 16.55% at University of North Carolina at Charlotte. 8.68% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of North Carolina at Charlotte over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	116	1,262	4,309	1,705	32	15,943	621
2013-14	95	1,218	4,292	1,787	36	16,050	779
2014-15	81	1,343	4,410	2,000	30	16,102	856
2015-16	79	1,445	4,469	2,195	29	16,250	925
2016-17	79	1,561	4,471	2,366	34	16,459	1,058
2017-18	94	1,753	4,630	2,584	30	16,380	1,161
2018-19	84	1,999	4,724	2,748	28	16,237	1,235
2019-20	87	2,165	4,618	2,940	25	16,013	1,260
2020-21	74	2,349	4,855	3,248	26	16,159	1,328
2021-22	80	2,492	4,986	3,503	20	15,784	1,326
2022-23	80	2,564	4,890	3,599	15	14,681	1,292
Average	86	1,832	4,605	2,607	28	16,005	1,076

University of North Carolina at Charlotte Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,111 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 138.03% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of North Carolina at Charlotte from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	27,238	1,307	3,854	22,077
2015-16	27,983	1,374	4,682	21,927
2016-17	28,721	1,458	5,393	21,870
2017-18	29,317	1,517	6,758	21,042
2018-19	29,710	1,414	6,694	21,602
2019-20	29,615	1,798	6,915	20,902
2020-21	30,146	8,056	20,096	1,994
2021-22	30,448	4,225	16,634	9,589
2022-23	29,551	3,111	13,566	12,874
Average	29,192	2,696	9,399	17,097

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