Enrollment Trends at UPIKE

The student population at University of Pikeville is 2,547 (1,540 undergraduate and 1,007 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 16 (0.63%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UPIKE is 60.46% which is decreased by 364 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 380 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 83 male students for every 100 female students, down from 92 in 2015.
231 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,825.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,391 where 2,547 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,610 students in 2024 and was lowest at 2,240 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,531 to 2,547 students, a net gain of 16 (0.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,531	1,904	874	1,030	627	337	290
2016-17	2,365 -166	1,658 -246	784 -90	874 -156	707 80	364 27	343 53
2017-18	2,336 -29	1,560 -98	707 -77	853 -21	776 69	392 28	384 41
2018-19	2,317 -19	1,499 -61	712 5	787 -66	818 42	401 9	417 33
2019-20	2,261 -56	1,403 -96	691 -21	712 -75	858 40	403 2	455 38
2020-21	2,240 -21	1,348 -55	623 -68	725 13	892 34	410 7	482 27
2021-22	2,269 29	1,369 21	643 20	726 1	900 8	391 -19	509 27
2022-23	2,434 165	1,491 122	656 13	835 109	943 43	413 22	530 21
2023-24	2,610 176	1,596 105	670 14	926 91	1,014 71	472 59	542 12
2024-25	2,547 -63	1,540 -56	684 14	856 -70	1,007 -7	470 -2	537 -5
Average	2,391	1,537	704	832	854	405	449

University of Pikeville Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,537 where 1,540 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 Pikeville since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,904	1,220	606	614	684	268	416
2016-17	1,658	1,129	565	564	529	219	310
2017-18	1,560	1,049	513	536	511	194	317
2018-19	1,499	1,056	519	537	443	193	250
2019-20	1,403	1,074	546	528	329	145	184
2020-21	1,348	1,051	502	549	297	121	176
2021-22	1,369	975	461	514	394	182	212
2022-23	1,491	1,080	486	594	411	170	241
2023-24	1,596	1,116	500	616	480	170	310
2024-25	1,540	1,118	540	578	422	144	278
Average	1,537	1,537	524	563	1,537	181	269

University of Pikeville Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 854 where 1,007 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 Pikeville since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	627	624	336	288	3	1	2
2016-17	707	704	362	342	3	2	1
2017-18	776	759	386	373	17	6	11
2018-19	818	813	398	415	5	3	2
2019-20	858	851	398	453	7	5	2
2020-21	892	877	401	476	15	9	6
2021-22	900	893	386	507	7	5	2
2022-23	943	932	406	526	11	7	4
2023-24	1,014	1,010	471	539	4	1	3
2024-25	1,007	1,006	470	536	1	0	1
Average	854	854	401	446	854	4	3

University of Pikeville Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 81.00%. The percentage was 86.33% 10 years ago and UPIKE still has a high percentage of white students. 7.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.87% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.53% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.33% to 81.00%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.42% to 7.11%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.95% to 4.87%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.66% to 1.53%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3361 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2492 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 Pikeville 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	32	36	176	42	8	2,185	0
2016-17	15	30	128	52	5	2,102	0
2017-18	15	39	110	41	5	2,095	0
2018-19	12	119	142	34	5	1,966	0
2019-20	17	138	164	42	6	1,863	0
2020-21	16	144	151	40	6	1,835	16
2021-22	17	153	138	46	9	1,852	17
2022-23	18	173	137	48	8	1,965	32
2023-24	20	196	111	62	9	2,120	35
2024-25	18	181	124	39	11	2,063	31
Average	18	121	138	45	7	2,005	13

University of Pikeville Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

231 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,825.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Pikeville from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,531	12	159	2,360
2016-17	2,365	7	71	2,287
2017-18	2,336	20	124	2,192
2018-19	2,317	93	356	1,868
2019-20	2,261	80	335	1,846
2020-21	2,240	141	851	1,248
2021-22	2,269	144	686	1,439
2022-23	2,434	195	912	1,327
2023-24	2,610	246	854	1,510
2024-25	2,547	231	767	1,549
Average	2,391	117	512	1,763

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Enrollment Trends at UPIKE

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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