Enrollment Trends at UR

The student population at University of Richmond is 3,876 (3,145 undergraduate and 731 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 485 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UR is 81.14% which is decreased by 196 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 289 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.23 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

208 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 746.53% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,069 where 3,876 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.14% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.86% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 196 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 289 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.23 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in UR than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,361	3,341	1,497	1,844	1,020	419	601
2013-14	4,140 -221	3,215 -126	1,512 15	1,703 -141	925 -95	384 -35	541 -60
2014-15	4,182 42	3,346 131	1,564 52	1,782 79	836 -89	349 -35	487 -54
2015-16	4,181 -1	3,329 -17	1,527 -37	1,802 20	852 16	365 16	487 0
2016-17	4,131 -50	3,326 -3	1,561 34	1,765 -37	805 -47	336 -29	469 -18
2017-18	4,023 -108	3,265 -61	1,510 -51	1,755 -10	758 -47	295 -41	463 -6
2018-19	4,002 -21	3,295 30	1,563 53	1,732 -23	707 -51	280 -15	427 -36
2019-20	3,914 -88	3,202 -93	1,523 -40	1,679 -53	712 5	290 10	422 -5
2020-21	4,056 142	3,323 121	1,546 23	1,777 98	733 21	296 6	437 15
2021-22	3,890 -166	3,166 -157	1,483 -63	1,683 -94	724 -9	279 -17	445 8
2022-23	3,876 -14	3,145 -21	1,451 -32	1,694 11	731 7	287 8	444 -1
Average	4,069	3,268	1,522	1,747	800	325	475

University of Richmond Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,268 where 3,145 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 Richmond since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,341	3,106	1,392	1,714	235	105	130
2013-14	3,215	3,010	1,419	1,591	205	93	112
2014-15	3,346	3,055	1,447	1,608	291	117	174
2015-16	3,329	3,051	1,434	1,617	278	93	185
2016-17	3,326	3,078	1,466	1,612	248	95	153
2017-18	3,265	3,035	1,430	1,605	230	80	150
2018-19	3,295	3,040	1,467	1,573	255	96	159
2019-20	3,202	3,004	1,458	1,546	198	65	133
2020-21	3,323	3,137	1,466	1,671	186	80	106
2021-22	3,166	3,030	1,425	1,605	136	58	78
2022-23	3,145	3,019	1,397	1,622	126	54	72
Average	3,268	3,268	1,436	1,615	3,268	85	132

University of Richmond Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 800 where 731 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 Richmond since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,020	555	279	276	465	140	325
2013-14	925	544	276	268	381	108	273
2014-15	836	498	268	230	338	81	257
2015-16	852	507	269	238	345	96	249
2016-17	805	474	237	237	331	99	232
2017-18	758	443	210	233	315	85	230
2018-19	707	409	191	218	298	89	209
2019-20	712	420	203	217	292	87	205
2020-21	733	467	223	244	266	73	193
2021-22	724	480	196	284	244	83	161
2022-23	731	476	200	276	255	87	168
Average	800	800	232	247	800	93	227

University of Richmond Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.29%. The percentage was 61.45% 10 years ago and UR still has a high percentage of white students. 6.06% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.89% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Richmond 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	9	225	386	220	2	2,680	92
2013-14	12	196	314	242	1	2,561	121
2014-15	13	215	345	258	2	2,560	137
2015-16	13	239	331	258	3	2,559	133
2016-17	12	250	306	267	2	2,510	146
2017-18	6	287	328	297	1	2,386	149
2018-19	4	248	336	284	1	2,407	143
2019-20	4	251	314	305	1	2,319	157
2020-21	5	256	300	389	1	2,500	163
2021-22	7	245	300	361	2	2,331	159
2022-23	10	235	267	361	1	2,337	159
Average	9	241	321	295	2	2,468	142

University of Richmond Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

208 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 746.53% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Richmond from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,182	0	144	4,038
2015-16	4,181	42	123	4,016
2016-17	4,131	30	53	4,048
2017-18	4,023	22	86	3,915
2018-19	4,002	0	52	3,950
2019-20	3,914	28	44	3,842
2020-21	4,056	0	0	4,056
2021-22	3,890	98	592	3,200
2022-23	3,876	208	1,219	2,449
Average	4,028	48	257	3,724

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