Enrollment Trends at URG

The student population at University of Rio Grande is 2,258 (2,037 undergraduate and 221 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 181 (8.71%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at URG is 90.21% which is increased by 10 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 171 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, up from 54 in 2015.
186 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 52.46% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,870 where 2,258 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 2,258 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,551 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,077 to 2,258 students, a net gain of 181 (8.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,077	2,027	711	1,316	50	20	30
2016-17	1,903 -174	1,848 -179	687 -24	1,161 -155	55 5	23 3	32 2
2017-18	1,812 -91	1,753 -95	637 -50	1,116 -45	59 4	18 -5	41 9
2018-19	1,704 -108	1,666 -87	633 -4	1,033 -83	38 -21	22 4	16 -25
2019-20	1,554 -150	1,538 -128	545 -88	993 -40	16 -22	12 -10	4 -12
2020-21	1,551 -3	1,536 -2	546 1	990 -3	15 -1	11 -1	4
2021-22	1,868 317	1,850 314	738 192	1,112 122	18 3	14 3	4
2022-23	1,800 -68	1,774 -76	630 -108	1,144 32	26 8	19 5	7 3
2023-24	2,168 368	2,030 256	824 194	1,206 62	138 112	61 42	77 70
2024-25	2,258 90	2,037 7	844 20	1,193 -13	221 83	85 24	136 59
Average	1,870	1,806	680	1,126	64	29	35

University of Rio Grande Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,806 where 2,037 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 Rio Grande since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,027	1,551	586	965	476	125	351
2016-17	1,848	1,384	551	833	464	136	328
2017-18	1,753	1,269	523	746	484	114	370
2018-19	1,666	1,095	450	645	571	183	388
2019-20	1,538	933	366	567	605	179	426
2020-21	1,536	932	368	564	604	178	426
2021-22	1,850	1,101	522	579	749	216	533
2022-23	1,774	1,036	422	614	738	208	530
2023-24	2,030	1,186	532	654	844	292	552
2024-25	2,037	1,267	586	681	770	258	512
Average	1,806	1,806	491	685	1,806	189	442

University of Rio Grande Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 64 where 221 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 Rio Grande since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	50	10	3	7	40	17	23
2016-17	55	15	10	5	40	13	27
2017-18	59	23	9	14	36	9	27
2018-19	38	9	4	5	29	18	11
2019-20	16	9	9	0	7	3	4
2020-21	15	8	8	0	7	3	4
2021-22	18	8	6	2	10	8	2
2022-23	26	8	6	2	18	13	5
2023-24	138	15	13	2	123	48	75
2024-25	221	25	15	10	196	70	126
Average	64	64	8	5	64	20	30

University of Rio Grande Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.49%. The percentage was 78.53% 10 years ago and URG still has a high percentage of white students. 0.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.88% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.02% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.53% to 62.49%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.29% to 0.44%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.24% to 2.88%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.11% to 1.02%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6085 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3814 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 Rio Grande 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	7	6	88	23	2	1,631	5
2016-17	5	7	64	19	1	1,494	6
2017-18	6	4	63	22	1	1,391	5
2018-19	7	3	48	18	0	1,292	7
2019-20	7	5	48	16	0	1,191	5
2020-21	6	5	48	16	0	1,190	4
2021-22	3	5	52	16	2	1,372	3
2022-23	6	9	43	20	3	1,394	3
2023-24	8	8	61	22	5	1,388	162
2024-25	6	10	65	23	6	1,411	10
Average	6	6	58	20	2	1,375	21

University of Rio Grande Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

186 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 52.46% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Rio Grande from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,077	122	289	1,666
2016-17	1,903	97	392	1,414
2017-18	1,812	136	290	1,386
2018-19	1,704	78	234	1,392
2019-20	1,554	143	242	1,169
2020-21	1,551	140	224	1,187
2021-22	1,868	238	282	1,348
2022-23	1,800	165	363	1,272
2023-24	2,168	203	875	1,090
2024-25	2,258	186	959	1,113
Average	1,870	151	415	1,304

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Enrollment Trends at URG

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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