Enrollment Trends at UR

The student population at University of Rochester is 11,946 (6,580 undergraduate and 5,366 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 841 (7.57%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UR is 55.08% which is increased by 276 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 565 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 89 male students for every 100 female students, down from 98 in 2015.
690 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 65.47% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,810 where 11,946 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 12,233 students in 2020 and was lowest at 11,105 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 11,105 to 11,946 students, a net gain of 841 (7.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,105	6,304	3,150	3,154	4,801	2,354	2,447
2016-17	11,209 104	6,386 82	3,191 41	3,195 41	4,823 22	2,325 -29	2,498 51
2017-18	11,648 439	6,546 160	3,288 97	3,258 63	5,102 279	2,423 98	2,679 181
2018-19	11,817 169	6,535 -11	3,271 -17	3,264 6	5,282 180	2,482 59	2,800 121
2019-20	12,233 416	6,780 245	3,327 56	3,453 189	5,453 171	2,503 21	2,950 150
2020-21	11,741 -492	6,521 -259	3,129 -198	3,392 -61	5,220 -233	2,382 -121	2,838 -112
2021-22	12,039 298	6,568 47	3,151 22	3,417 25	5,471 251	2,456 74	3,015 177
2022-23	12,197 158	6,767 199	3,196 45	3,571 154	5,430 -41	2,486 30	2,944 -71
2023-24	12,160 -37	6,764 -3	3,147 -49	3,617 46	5,396 -34	2,522 36	2,874 -70
2024-25	11,946 -214	6,580 -184	3,103 -44	3,477 -140	5,366 -30	2,516 -6	2,850 -24
Average	11,810	6,575	3,195	3,380	5,234	2,445	2,790

University of Rochester Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,575 where 6,580 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 Rochester since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,304	6,046	3,077	2,969	258	73	185
2016-17	6,386	6,170	3,128	3,042	216	63	153
2017-18	6,546	6,250	3,198	3,052	296	90	206
2018-19	6,535	6,293	3,208	3,085	242	63	179
2019-20	6,780	6,410	3,221	3,189	370	106	264
2020-21	6,521	6,100	3,022	3,078	421	107	314
2021-22	6,568	6,239	3,063	3,176	329	88	241
2022-23	6,767	6,425	3,077	3,348	342	119	223
2023-24	6,764	6,350	3,001	3,349	414	146	268
2024-25	6,580	6,165	2,975	3,190	415	128	287
Average	6,575	6,575	3,097	3,148	6,575	98	232

University of Rochester Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5,234 where 5,366 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 Rochester since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,801	3,424	1,819	1,605	1,377	535	842
2016-17	4,823	3,424	1,842	1,582	1,399	483	916
2017-18	5,102	3,516	1,885	1,631	1,586	538	1,048
2018-19	5,282	3,644	1,934	1,710	1,638	548	1,090
2019-20	5,453	3,650	1,946	1,704	1,803	557	1,246
2020-21	5,220	3,351	1,810	1,541	1,869	572	1,297
2021-22	5,471	3,909	1,967	1,942	1,562	489	1,073
2022-23	5,430	3,755	1,903	1,852	1,675	583	1,092
2023-24	5,396	3,759	1,947	1,812	1,637	575	1,062
2024-25	5,366	3,626	1,846	1,780	1,740	670	1,070
Average	5,234	5,234	1,890	1,716	5,234	555	1,074

University of Rochester Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.37% and the percentage of black students is 5.07% at University of Rochester. 13.24% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 6.78% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 46.75% to 37.37%. Asian enrollment grew from 8.56% to 13.24%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.66% to 5.07%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.49% to 6.78%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8346 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7683 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 Rochester 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	20	951	518	610	6	5,192	275
2016-17	15	951	529	629	5	5,165	282
2017-18	13	977	550	677	7	5,150	275
2018-19	12	969	567	690	5	4,991	282
2019-20	8	952	581	715	6	5,145	312
2020-21	10	1,095	590	745	9	5,018	330
2021-22	15	1,284	559	754	9	4,910	344
2022-23	19	1,466	535	802	11	4,688	375
2023-24	17	1,555	568	820	10	4,488	383
2024-25	12	1,582	606	810	7	4,464	395
Average	14	1,178	560	725	8	4,921	325

University of Rochester Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

690 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 65.47% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Rochester from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	11,105	417	418	10,270
2016-17	11,209	408	389	10,412
2017-18	11,648	122	365	11,161
2018-19	11,817	86	389	11,342
2019-20	12,233	454	364	11,415
2020-21	11,741	1,162	8,520	2,059
2021-22	12,039	570	1,087	10,382
2022-23	12,197	1,116	1,445	9,636
2023-24	12,160	1,203	923	10,034
2024-25	11,946	690	1,843	9,413
Average	11,810	623	1,574	9,612

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Enrollment Trends at UR

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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