Enrollment Trends at Utica

The student population at Utica University is 3,627 (2,329 undergraduate and 1,298 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 836 (18.73%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Utica is 64.21% which is decreased by 755 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 81 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 63 male students for every 100 female students, down from 66 in 2015.
1,548 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -22.44% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,506 where 3,627 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 5,258 students in 2018 and was lowest at 3,627 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,463 to 3,627 students, a net loss of 836 (18.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,463	3,084	1,202	1,882	1,379	577	802
2016-17	5,118 655	3,549 465	1,375 173	2,174 292	1,569 190	647 70	922 120
2017-18	5,258 140	3,685 136	1,476 101	2,209 35	1,573 4	677 30	896 -26
2018-19	5,196 -62	3,722 37	1,496 20	2,226 17	1,474 -99	671 -6	803 -93
2019-20	4,947 -249	3,488 -234	1,438 -58	2,050 -176	1,459 -15	613 -58	846 43
2020-21	4,613 -334	3,303 -185	1,331 -107	1,972 -78	1,310 -149	489 -124	821 -25
2021-22	4,242 -371	2,986 -317	1,220 -111	1,766 -206	1,256 -54	364 -125	892 71
2022-23	3,861 -381	2,678 -308	1,099 -121	1,579 -187	1,183 -73	311 -53	872 -20
2023-24	3,733 -128	2,580 -98	1,062 -37	1,518 -61	1,153 -30	326 15	827 -45
2024-25	3,627 -106	2,329 -251	1,032 -30	1,297 -221	1,298 145	369 43	929 102
Average	4,506	3,140	1,273	1,867	1,365	504	861

Utica University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,140 where 2,329 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 Utica University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,084	2,410	1,032	1,378	674	170	504
2016-17	3,549	2,758	1,176	1,582	791	199	592
2017-18	3,685	2,901	1,234	1,667	784	242	542
2018-19	3,722	2,909	1,244	1,665	813	252	561
2019-20	3,488	2,824	1,209	1,615	664	229	435
2020-21	3,303	2,633	1,119	1,514	670	212	458
2021-22	2,986	2,384	1,013	1,371	602	207	395
2022-23	2,678	2,156	942	1,214	522	157	365
2023-24	2,580	2,255	965	1,290	325	97	228
2024-25	2,329	2,086	945	1,141	243	87	156
Average	3,140	3,140	1,088	1,444	3,140	185	424

Utica University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,365 where 1,298 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 Utica University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,379	228	64	164	1,151	513	638
2016-17	1,569	217	51	166	1,352	596	756
2017-18	1,573	237	69	168	1,336	608	728
2018-19	1,474	243	80	163	1,231	591	640
2019-20	1,459	245	87	158	1,214	526	688
2020-21	1,310	280	81	199	1,030	408	622
2021-22	1,256	270	62	208	986	302	684
2022-23	1,183	289	65	224	894	246	648
2023-24	1,153	343	106	237	810	220	590
2024-25	1,298	394	135	259	904	234	670
Average	1,365	1,365	80	195	1,365	424	666

Utica University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.74%. The percentage was 63.10% 10 years ago and Utica still has a high percentage of white students. 5.65% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.04% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.10% to 60.74%. Asian enrollment declined from 8.65% to 5.65%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.84% to 10.04%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.17% to 9.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6081 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5769 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Utica 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	25	386	484	320	6	2,816	102
2016-17	23	413	569	412	3	3,266	106
2017-18	17	399	555	420	6	3,343	115
2018-19	22	339	530	391	7	3,383	109
2019-20	24	305	451	403	5	3,218	97
2020-21	29	229	439	389	2	3,018	79
2021-22	29	219	429	330	3	2,769	70
2022-23	27	191	412	311	6	2,463	76
2023-24	25	149	377	311	4	2,326	103
2024-25	23	205	364	339	3	2,203	109
Average	24	284	461	363	5	2,881	97

Utica University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,548 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 43% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -22.44% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Utica University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,463	1,996	433	2,034
2016-17	5,118	2,412	545	2,161
2017-18	5,258	2,464	703	2,091
2018-19	5,196	2,414	696	2,086
2019-20	4,947	2,272	746	1,929
2020-21	4,613	2,154	2,019	440
2021-22	4,242	1,998	1,042	1,202
2022-23	3,861	1,804	983	1,074
2023-24	3,733	1,603	961	1,169
2024-25	3,627	1,548	1,024	1,055
Average	4,506	2,067	915	1,524

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Enrollment Trends at Utica

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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