Enrollment Trends at UoPeople

The student population at University of the People is 41,961 (36,901 undergraduate and 5,060 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 37,550 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UoPeople is 87.94% which is increased by 32,511 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 5,039 and it has been increasing.

The female to male ratio is 0.85 to 1 which means that male students enrolled slightly more than female students.

41,961 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 851.28% since 2016.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 26,179 where 41,961 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

87.94% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.06% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 32,511 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 5,039 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.85 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in UoPeople than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of the People since 2016.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	4,411	4,390	2,832	1,558	21	17	4
2017-18	2,138 -2,273	1,632 -2,758	1,036 -1,796	596 -962	506 485	329 312	177 173
2018-19	4,987 2,849	4,384 2,752	2,743 1,707	1,641 1,045	603 97	410 81	193 16
2019-20	5,043 56	4,424 40	2,823 80	1,601 -40	619 16	413 3	206 13
2020-21	43,722 38,679	34,108 29,684	21,586 18,763	12,522 10,921	9,614 8,995	5,430 5,017	4,184 3,978
2021-22	56,292 12,570	44,825 10,717	27,683 6,097	17,142 4,620	11,467 1,853	6,539 1,109	4,928 744
2022-23	34,192 -22,100	27,220 -17,605	14,654 -13,029	12,566 -4,576	6,972 -4,495	3,663 -2,876	3,309 -1,619
2023-24	42,867 8,675	36,386 9,166	20,224 5,570	16,162 3,596	6,481 -491	3,478 -185	3,003 -306
2024-25	41,961 -906	36,901 515	19,941 -283	16,960 798	5,060 -1,421	2,692 -786	2,368 -635
Average	26,179	21,586	12,614	8,972	4,594	2,552	2,041

University of the People Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 10 years is 21,586 where 36,901 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 the People since 2016.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	4,390	1,026	704	322	3,364	2,128	1,236
2017-18	1,632	303	210	93	1,329	826	503
2018-19	4,384	3,087	1,955	1,132	1,297	788	509
2019-20	4,424	1,096	721	375	3,328	2,102	1,226
2020-21	34,108	4,032	2,467	1,565	30,076	19,119	10,957
2021-22	44,825	12,721	7,784	4,937	32,104	19,899	12,205
2022-23	27,220	10,954	5,898	5,056	16,266	8,756	7,510
2023-24	36,386	17,599	9,683	7,916	18,787	10,541	8,246
2024-25	36,901	19,007	10,290	8,717	17,894	9,651	8,243
Average	21,586	21,586	4,412	3,346	21,586	8,201	5,626

University of the People Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 10 years is 4,594 where 5,060 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 the People since 2016.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	21	10	8	2	11	9	2
2017-18	506	145	92	53	361	237	124
2018-19	603	601	409	192	2	1	1
2019-20	619	108	68	40	511	345	166
2020-21	9,614	750	432	318	8,864	4,998	3,866
2021-22	11,467	2,837	1,609	1,228	8,630	4,930	3,700
2022-23	6,972	1,485	818	667	5,487	2,845	2,642
2023-24	6,481	1,599	917	682	4,882	2,561	2,321
2024-25	5,060	1,653	936	717	3,407	1,756	1,651
Average	4,594	4,594	588	433	4,594	1,965	1,608

University of the People Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 4.66% and the percentage of black students is 2.76% at University of the People. 1.51% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 2.65% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 19.63% to 4.66%. Asian enrollment declined from 6.19% to 1.51%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.32% to 2.76%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 10.18% to 2.65%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9961 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.9383 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 the People over the past 10 years (2016-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2016-17	114	273	367	449	0	866	165
2017-18	33	291	565	415	14	623	0
2018-19	1	8	11	12	0	28	3
2019-20	1	10	13	15	1	55	3
2020-21	124	4,602	5,985	2,227	153	5,697	12
2021-22	67	769	1,572	1,100	44	2,375	160
2022-23	32	609	1,082	827	29	1,715	119
2023-24	39	716	1,248	1,218	26	2,311	264
2024-25	28	632	1,159	1,113	25	1,957	218
Average	49	879	1,334	820	32	1,736	105

University of the People Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

41,961 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has increased 851.28% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of the People from 2016 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely
2016-17	4,411	4,411
2017-18	2,138	2,138
2018-19	4,987	4,987
2019-20	5,043	5,043
2020-21	25,927	25,927
2021-22	56,292	56,292
2022-23	34,192	34,192
2023-24	42,867	42,867
2024-25	41,961	41,961
Average	24,202	24,202

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Enrollment Trends at UoPeople

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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