Enrollment Trends at UVU

The student population at Utah Valley University is 46,807 (45,810 undergraduate and 997 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 13,596 (40.94%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UVU is 97.87% which is increased by 12,784 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 812 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 100 male students for every 100 female students, down from 120 in 2015.
6,655 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 128.85% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 40,389 where 46,807 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 46,807 students in 2025 and was lowest at 33,211 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 33,211 to 46,807 students, a net gain of 13,596 (40.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	33,211	33,026	18,012	15,014	185	123	62
2016-17	34,978 1,767	34,706 1,680	18,645 633	16,061 1,047	272 87	186 63	86 24
2017-18	37,282 2,304	36,868 2,162	19,680 1,035	17,188 1,127	414 142	274 88	140 54
2018-19	39,931 2,649	39,397 2,529	20,692 1,012	18,705 1,517	534 120	312 38	222 82
2019-20	41,728 1,797	41,186 1,789	21,356 664	19,830 1,125	542 8	285 -27	257 35
2020-21	40,936 -792	40,311 -875	20,625 -731	19,686 -144	625 83	318 33	307 50
2021-22	41,262 326	40,542 231	20,625	19,917 231	720 95	331 13	389 82
2022-23	43,099 1,837	42,296 1,754	21,022 397	21,274 1,357	803 83	355 24	448 59
2023-24	44,651 1,552	43,794 1,498	21,910 888	21,884 610	857 54	411 56	446 -2
2024-25	46,807 2,156	45,810 2,016	22,922 1,012	22,888 1,004	997 140	468 57	529 83
Average	40,389	39,794	20,549	19,245	595	306	289

Utah Valley University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 39,794 where 45,810 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 Valley University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	33,026	17,173	9,469	7,704	15,853	8,543	7,310
2016-17	34,706	17,804	9,722	8,082	16,902	8,923	7,979
2017-18	36,868	18,404	9,961	8,443	18,464	9,719	8,745
2018-19	39,397	19,261	10,340	8,921	20,136	10,352	9,784
2019-20	41,186	19,799	10,518	9,281	21,387	10,838	10,549
2020-21	40,311	19,413	10,130	9,283	20,898	10,495	10,403
2021-22	40,542	18,555	9,626	8,929	21,987	10,999	10,988
2022-23	42,296	18,667	9,692	8,975	23,629	11,330	12,299
2023-24	43,794	19,658	10,044	9,614	24,136	11,866	12,270
2024-25	45,810	20,655	10,626	10,029	25,155	12,296	12,859
Average	39,794	39,794	10,013	8,926	39,794	10,536	10,319

Utah Valley University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 595 where 997 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 Valley University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	185	41	29	12	144	94	50
2016-17	272	75	51	24	197	135	62
2017-18	414	139	80	59	275	194	81
2018-19	534	190	83	107	344	229	115
2019-20	542	197	78	119	345	207	138
2020-21	625	254	117	137	371	201	170
2021-22	720	320	127	193	400	204	196
2022-23	803	390	129	261	413	226	187
2023-24	857	472	180	292	385	231	154
2024-25	997	523	194	329	474	274	200
Average	595	595	107	153	595	200	135

Utah Valley University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.49%. The percentage was 70.67% 10 years ago and UVU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.32% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.89% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.88% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 70.67% to 76.49%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.90% to 1.32%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.75% to 0.89%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.16% to 12.88%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3962 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4894 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Utah Valley 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	187	299	250	3,375	229	23,469	880
2016-17	220	396	277	3,777	291	27,326	1,054
2017-18	215	459	303	4,112	310	29,333	1,208
2018-19	201	500	350	4,576	290	31,525	1,314
2019-20	176	554	344	4,911	281	33,034	1,458
2020-21	171	549	333	4,751	260	32,522	1,537
2021-22	170	558	367	4,903	265	32,458	1,609
2022-23	172	532	378	5,174	242	33,607	1,663
2023-24	160	587	390	5,585	305	34,372	1,786
2024-25	182	620	415	6,028	303	35,805	1,977
Average	185	505	341	4,719	278	31,345	1,449

Utah Valley University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

6,655 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 128.85% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Utah Valley University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	33,211	2,908	6,649	23,654
2016-17	34,978	2,729	7,679	24,570
2017-18	37,282	2,747	8,472	26,063
2018-19	39,931	3,097	9,476	27,358
2019-20	41,728	3,274	9,996	28,458
2020-21	40,936	13,400	15,271	12,265
2021-22	41,262	7,529	15,690	18,043
2022-23	43,099	7,219	14,752	21,128
2023-24	44,651	6,298	14,634	23,719
2024-25	46,807	6,655	15,106	25,046
Average	40,389	5,586	11,773	23,030

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Enrollment Trends at UVU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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