Enrollment Trends at Utah State

The student population at Utah State University is 28,904 (25,706 undergraduate and 3,198 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 282 (0.99%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Utah State is 88.94% which is increased by 447 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 165 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 83 male students for every 100 female students, down from 87 in 2015.
5,333 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -2.72% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 28,019 where 28,904 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 28,904 students in 2025 and was lowest at 27,426 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 28,622 to 28,904 students, a net gain of 282 (1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	28,622	25,259	11,760	13,499	3,363	1,528	1,835
2016-17	28,118 -504	24,838 -421	11,619 -141	13,219 -280	3,280 -83	1,467 -61	1,813 -22
2017-18	27,679 -439	24,618 -220	11,500 -119	13,118 -101	3,061 -219	1,388 -79	1,673 -140
2018-19	27,932 253	24,880 262	11,411 -89	13,469 351	3,052 -9	1,363 -25	1,689 16
2019-20	27,810 -122	24,669 -211	11,109 -302	13,560 91	3,141 89	1,393 30	1,748 59
2020-21	27,691 -119	24,647 -22	11,023 -86	13,624 64	3,044 -97	1,303 -90	1,741 -7
2021-22	27,426 -265	24,255 -392	10,749 -274	13,506 -118	3,171 127	1,387 84	1,784 43
2022-23	27,943 517	24,835 580	11,026 277	13,809 303	3,108 -63	1,323 -64	1,785 1
2023-24	28,063 120	25,048 213	11,271 245	13,777 -32	3,015 -93	1,337 14	1,678 -107
2024-25	28,904 841	25,706 658	11,711 440	13,995 218	3,198 183	1,402 65	1,796 118
Average	28,019	24,876	11,318	13,558	3,143	1,389	1,754

Utah State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 24,876 where 25,706 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 Utah State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	25,259	17,091	8,337	8,754	8,168	3,423	4,745
2016-17	24,838	16,991	8,293	8,698	7,847	3,326	4,521
2017-18	24,618	17,188	8,351	8,837	7,430	3,149	4,281
2018-19	24,880	17,393	8,357	9,036	7,487	3,054	4,433
2019-20	24,669	17,063	7,991	9,072	7,606	3,118	4,488
2020-21	24,647	17,117	8,061	9,056	7,530	2,962	4,568
2021-22	24,255	16,476	7,569	8,907	7,779	3,180	4,599
2022-23	24,835	16,707	7,621	9,086	8,128	3,405	4,723
2023-24	25,048	16,721	7,672	9,049	8,327	3,599	4,728
2024-25	25,706	16,739	7,810	8,929	8,967	3,901	5,066
Average	24,876	24,876	8,006	8,942	24,876	3,312	4,615

Utah State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,143 where 3,198 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 Utah State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,363	1,120	554	566	2,243	974	1,269
2016-17	3,280	1,146	558	588	2,134	909	1,225
2017-18	3,061	1,089	521	568	1,972	867	1,105
2018-19	3,052	1,097	506	591	1,955	857	1,098
2019-20	3,141	1,213	547	666	1,928	846	1,082
2020-21	3,044	1,091	513	578	1,953	790	1,163
2021-22	3,171	1,216	572	644	1,955	815	1,140
2022-23	3,108	1,331	546	785	1,777	777	1,000
2023-24	3,015	1,220	529	691	1,795	808	987
2024-25	3,198	1,365	585	780	1,833	817	1,016
Average	3,143	3,143	543	646	3,143	846	1,109

Utah State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.84%. The percentage was 79.22% 10 years ago and Utah State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.04% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.74% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.50% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 79.22% to 79.84%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.03% to 1.04%. Black student enrollment decreased from 0.86% to 0.74%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.66% to 7.50%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3557 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.3684 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Utah State University 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	502	295	247	1,620	98	22,675	518
2016-17	491	324	254	1,590	109	22,868	575
2017-18	510	345	243	1,588	96	22,670	570
2018-19	453	341	248	1,666	90	23,050	540
2019-20	484	335	234	1,801	91	22,757	641
2020-21	409	349	237	1,720	74	22,876	660
2021-22	385	280	227	1,665	87	22,709	658
2022-23	397	283	207	1,834	84	22,903	688
2023-24	408	268	199	1,917	82	22,699	770
2024-25	443	300	215	2,167	94	23,078	818
Average	448	312	231	1,757	91	22,829	644

Utah State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,333 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -2.72% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Utah State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	28,622	5,482	7,878	15,262
2016-17	28,118	5,193	7,929	14,996
2017-18	27,679	4,852	8,296	14,531
2018-19	27,932	4,905	8,947	14,080
2019-20	27,810	5,005	8,947	13,858
2020-21	27,691	5,350	15,242	7,099
2021-22	27,426	4,747	13,751	8,928
2022-23	27,943	4,521	11,432	11,990
2023-24	28,063	4,364	11,600	12,099
2024-25	28,904	5,333	11,938	11,633
Average	28,019	4,975	10,596	12,448

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Enrollment Trends at Utah State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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