Enrollment Trends at UVT

The student population at University of Vermont is 14,476 (12,276 undergraduate and 2,200 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,661 (12.96%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UVT is 84.80% which is increased by 1,303 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 358 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 60 male students for every 100 female students, down from 79 in 2015.
456 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 179.75% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,621 where 14,476 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 14,476 students in 2025 and was lowest at 12,815 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 12,815 to 14,476 students, a net gain of 1,661 (13%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,815	10,973	4,867	6,106	1,842	774	1,068
2016-17	13,105 290	11,159 186	4,809 -58	6,350 244	1,946 104	787 13	1,159 91
2017-18	13,340 235	11,339 180	4,761 -48	6,578 228	2,001 55	808 21	1,193 34
2018-19	13,395 55	11,328 -11	4,647 -114	6,681 103	2,067 66	817 9	1,250 57
2019-20	13,548 153	11,443 115	4,645 -2	6,798 117	2,105 38	786 -31	1,319 69
2020-21	13,292 -256	11,136 -307	4,390 -255	6,746 -52	2,156 51	829 43	1,327 8
2021-22	13,826 534	11,626 490	4,395 5	7,231 485	2,200 44	838 9	1,362 35
2022-23	14,088 262	11,898 272	4,323 -72	7,575 344	2,190 -10	827 -11	1,363 1
2023-24	14,320 232	12,168 270	4,413 90	7,755 180	2,152 -38	811 -16	1,341 -22
2024-25	14,476 156	12,276 108	4,530 117	7,746 -9	2,200 48	871 60	1,329 -12
Average	13,621	11,535	4,578	6,957	2,086	815	1,271

University of Vermont Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,535 where 12,276 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 Vermont since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,973	9,991	4,443	5,548	982	424	558
2016-17	11,159	10,183	4,381	5,802	976	428	548
2017-18	11,339	10,395	4,357	6,038	944	404	540
2018-19	11,328	10,434	4,287	6,147	894	360	534
2019-20	11,443	10,501	4,246	6,255	942	399	543
2020-21	11,136	10,235	4,001	6,234	901	389	512
2021-22	11,626	10,842	4,058	6,784	784	337	447
2022-23	11,898	11,150	4,034	7,116	748	289	459
2023-24	12,168	11,410	4,118	7,292	758	295	463
2024-25	12,276	11,532	4,223	7,309	744	307	437
Average	11,535	11,535	4,215	6,453	11,535	363	504

University of Vermont Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,086 where 2,200 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 Vermont since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,842	1,299	578	721	543	196	347
2016-17	1,946	1,415	608	807	531	179	352
2017-18	2,001	1,476	641	835	525	167	358
2018-19	2,067	1,507	640	867	560	177	383
2019-20	2,105	1,599	637	962	506	149	357
2020-21	2,156	1,608	670	938	548	159	389
2021-22	2,200	1,698	674	1,024	502	164	338
2022-23	2,190	1,695	665	1,030	495	162	333
2023-24	2,152	1,685	660	1,025	467	151	316
2024-25	2,200	1,758	721	1,037	442	150	292
Average	2,086	2,086	649	925	2,086	165	347

University of Vermont Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.37%. The percentage was 78.21% 10 years ago and UVT still has a high percentage of white students. 3.31% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.35% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 78.21% to 79.37%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.13% to 3.31%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.43% to 1.35%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.00% to 5.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3635 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.3849 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Vermont 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	401	183	512	4	10,022	342
2016-17	18	411	169	544	4	10,110	352
2017-18	15	425	187	555	2	10,319	360
2018-19	9	415	204	567	2	10,598	406
2019-20	17	413	206	587	3	10,859	430
2020-21	10	444	222	654	2	10,685	450
2021-22	11	476	186	664	5	11,233	465
2022-23	14	483	199	701	3	11,357	527
2023-24	14	485	194	801	3	11,485	576
2024-25	14	479	196	826	2	11,490	645
Average	14	443	195	641	3	10,816	455

University of Vermont Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

456 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 179.75% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Vermont from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	12,815	163	806	11,846
2016-17	13,105	273	937	11,895
2017-18	13,340	278	1,076	11,986
2018-19	13,395	276	1,537	11,582
2019-20	13,548	304	1,725	11,519
2020-21	13,292	392	5,982	6,918
2021-22	13,826	428	3,390	10,008
2022-23	14,088	468	3,323	10,297
2023-24	14,320	472	3,212	10,636
2024-25	14,476	456	3,228	10,792
Average	13,621	351	2,522	10,748

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Enrollment Trends at UVT

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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