Enrollment Trends at UND

The student population at University of North Dakota is 15,019 (11,033 undergraduate and 3,986 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 68 (0.45%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UND is 73.46% which is decreased by 544 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 612 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 103 male students for every 100 female students, down from 112 in 2015.
5,225 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 59.15% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,189 where 15,019 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 15,019 students in 2025 and was lowest at 13,581 in 2020. Overall, enrollment rose from 14,951 to 15,019 students, a net gain of 68 (0.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	14,951	11,577	6,557	5,020	3,374	1,328	2,046
2016-17	14,648 -303	11,255 -322	6,371 -186	4,884 -136	3,393 19	1,307 -21	2,086 40
2017-18	14,406 -242	11,000 -255	6,159 -212	4,841 -43	3,406 13	1,284 -23	2,122 36
2018-19	13,847 -559	10,519 -481	5,902 -257	4,617 -224	3,328 -78	1,273 -11	2,055 -67
2019-20	13,581 -266	10,163 -356	5,767 -135	4,396 -221	3,418 90	1,285 12	2,133 78
2020-21	13,615 34	9,796 -367	5,559 -208	4,237 -159	3,819 401	1,435 150	2,384 251
2021-22	13,772 157	9,718 -78	5,502 -57	4,216 -21	4,054 235	1,477 42	2,577 193
2022-23	13,876 104	9,928 210	5,554 52	4,374 158	3,948 -106	1,453 -24	2,495 -82
2023-24	14,172 296	10,216 288	5,649 95	4,567 193	3,956 8	1,450 -3	2,506 11
2024-25	15,019 847	11,033 817	6,150 501	4,883 316	3,986 30	1,472 22	2,514 8
Average	14,189	10,521	5,917	4,604	3,668	1,376	2,292

University of North Dakota Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,521 where 11,033 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 North Dakota since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,577	9,120	4,929	4,191	2,457	1,628	829
2016-17	11,255	8,827	4,745	4,082	2,428	1,626	802
2017-18	11,000	8,525	4,525	4,000	2,475	1,634	841
2018-19	10,519	8,184	4,368	3,816	2,335	1,534	801
2019-20	10,163	7,628	4,124	3,504	2,535	1,643	892
2020-21	9,796	7,173	3,809	3,364	2,623	1,750	873
2021-22	9,718	6,988	3,693	3,295	2,730	1,809	921
2022-23	9,928	7,004	3,647	3,357	2,924	1,907	1,017
2023-24	10,216	7,075	3,648	3,427	3,141	2,001	1,140
2024-25	11,033	7,715	3,990	3,725	3,318	2,160	1,158
Average	10,521	10,521	4,148	3,676	10,521	1,769	927

University of North Dakota Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,668 where 3,986 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 North Dakota since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,374	1,747	772	975	1,627	556	1,071
2016-17	3,393	1,749	737	1,012	1,644	570	1,074
2017-18	3,406	1,750	745	1,005	1,656	539	1,117
2018-19	3,328	1,751	721	1,030	1,577	552	1,025
2019-20	3,418	1,696	662	1,034	1,722	623	1,099
2020-21	3,819	1,745	703	1,042	2,074	732	1,342
2021-22	4,054	1,807	730	1,077	2,247	747	1,500
2022-23	3,948	1,773	725	1,048	2,175	728	1,447
2023-24	3,956	1,844	735	1,109	2,112	715	1,397
2024-25	3,986	1,876	775	1,101	2,110	697	1,413
Average	3,668	3,668	731	1,043	3,668	646	1,249

University of North Dakota Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.18%. The percentage was 78.85% 10 years ago and UND still has a high percentage of white students. 3.07% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.96% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.52% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.85% to 74.18%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.62% to 3.07%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.49% to 2.96%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.94% to 5.52%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4427 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3754 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 North Dakota 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	236	242	373	440	16	11,789	441
2016-17	220	263	352	483	16	11,540	440
2017-18	204	269	366	497	13	11,324	455
2018-19	198	252	335	491	10	10,693	471
2019-20	186	266	340	549	9	10,312	570
2020-21	211	304	354	607	6	10,323	611
2021-22	178	305	364	625	10	10,371	592
2022-23	196	368	391	668	12	10,429	610
2023-24	212	409	408	736	16	10,641	607
2024-25	232	461	445	829	24	11,141	652
Average	207	314	373	593	13	10,856	545

University of North Dakota Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,225 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 35% of total students. The number of online students has increased 59.15% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of North Dakota from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	14,951	3,283	1,977	9,691
2016-17	14,648	3,346	1,966	9,336
2017-18	14,406	3,537	2,799	8,070
2018-19	13,847	3,531	3,186	7,130
2019-20	13,581	3,351	2,812	7,418
2020-21	13,615	4,466	6,827	2,322
2021-22	13,772	4,185	5,465	4,122
2022-23	13,876	4,511	4,936	4,429
2023-24	14,172	4,874	4,928	4,370
2024-25	15,019	5,225	5,272	4,522
Average	14,189	4,031	4,017	6,141

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Enrollment Trends at UND

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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