Enrollment Trends at UNG

The student population at University of North Georgia is 19,291 (18,322 undergraduate and 969 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,002 (11.58%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UNG is 94.98% which is increased by 1,593 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 409 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 76 male students for every 100 female students, down from 79 in 2015.
4,162 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 441.22% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 18,792 where 19,291 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 19,793 students in 2021 and was lowest at 17,289 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 17,289 to 19,291 students, a net gain of 2,002 (11.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	17,289	16,729	7,487	9,242	560	161	399
2016-17	18,219 930	17,704 975	7,858 371	9,846 604	515 -45	165 4	350 -49
2017-18	18,782 563	18,173 469	7,961 103	10,212 366	609 94	200 35	409 59
2018-19	19,722 940	19,041 868	8,243 282	10,798 586	681 72	215 15	466 57
2019-20	19,748 26	19,036 -5	8,242 -1	10,794 -4	712 31	206 -9	506 40
2020-21	19,793 45	19,019 -17	8,089 -153	10,930 136	774 62	211 5	563 57
2021-22	18,972 -821	18,143 -876	7,775 -314	10,368 -562	829 55	230 19	599 36
2022-23	18,029 -943	17,240 -903	7,544 -231	9,696 -672	789 -40	220 -10	569 -30
2023-24	18,074 45	17,242 2	7,556 12	9,686 -10	832 43	246 26	586 17
2024-25	19,291 1,217	18,322 1,080	8,042 486	10,280 594	969 137	315 69	654 68
Average	18,792	18,065	7,880	10,185	727	217	510

University of North Georgia Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 18,065 where 18,322 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 Georgia since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,729	11,756	5,300	6,456	4,973	2,187	2,786
2016-17	17,704	12,567	5,650	6,917	5,137	2,208	2,929
2017-18	18,173	12,712	5,620	7,092	5,461	2,341	3,120
2018-19	19,041	13,243	5,781	7,462	5,798	2,462	3,336
2019-20	19,036	13,103	5,735	7,368	5,933	2,507	3,426
2020-21	19,019	12,967	5,645	7,322	6,052	2,444	3,608
2021-22	18,143	12,039	5,296	6,743	6,104	2,479	3,625
2022-23	17,240	11,720	5,193	6,527	5,520	2,351	3,169
2023-24	17,242	11,673	5,184	6,489	5,569	2,372	3,197
2024-25	18,322	12,241	5,511	6,730	6,081	2,531	3,550
Average	18,065	18,065	5,492	6,911	18,065	2,388	3,275

University of North Georgia Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 727 where 969 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 Georgia since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	560	141	40	101	419	121	298
2016-17	515	150	40	110	365	125	240
2017-18	609	152	46	106	457	154	303
2018-19	681	176	49	127	505	166	339
2019-20	712	194	43	151	518	163	355
2020-21	774	216	50	166	558	161	397
2021-22	829	207	55	152	622	175	447
2022-23	789	229	64	165	560	156	404
2023-24	832	237	77	160	595	169	426
2024-25	969	304	110	194	665	205	460
Average	727	727	57	143	727	160	367

University of North Georgia Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.67%. The percentage was 77.11% 10 years ago and UNG still has a high percentage of white students. 4.40% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.89% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.96% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.11% to 67.67%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.75% to 4.40%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.16% to 3.89%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.19% to 16.96%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5088 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3919 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 Georgia 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	37	475	720	1,762	15	13,331	446
2016-17	39	530	813	1,999	18	13,773	543
2017-18	44	563	811	2,220	29	14,021	602
2018-19	42	613	822	2,518	30	14,521	656
2019-20	41	631	815	2,647	27	14,509	629
2020-21	33	666	824	2,805	20	14,364	695
2021-22	28	634	763	2,797	22	13,576	667
2022-23	27	627	701	2,761	13	12,823	638
2023-24	25	702	673	2,836	14	12,706	627
2024-25	37	848	750	3,271	17	13,054	628
Average	35	629	769	2,562	21	13,668	613

University of North Georgia Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,162 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 441.22% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of North Georgia from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	17,289	769	2,331	14,189
2016-17	18,219	698	2,728	14,793
2017-18	18,782	1,002	3,357	14,423
2018-19	19,722	1,219	3,965	14,538
2019-20	19,748	1,449	4,564	13,735
2020-21	19,793	3,223	10,884	5,686
2021-22	18,972	2,816	6,291	9,865
2022-23	18,029	3,015	6,211	8,803
2023-24	18,074	3,180	6,705	8,189
2024-25	19,291	4,162	7,433	7,696
Average	18,792	2,153	5,447	11,192

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Enrollment Trends at UNG

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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