University of Nebraska at Kearney Student Population

How many students at UNK? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 5,881 students have enrolled in University of Nebraska at Kearney with 4,213 undergraduate and 1,668 graduate students.

By gender, 2,094 male and 3,787 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

2,191 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,933 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

University of Nebraska at Kearney has a total of 5,881 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 4,213 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,668 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,094 male and 3,787 female students (the male-female ratio is 36:64) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,444 White, 140 Black, and 48 Asian students out of a total of 5,881 are attending at University of Nebraska at Kearney. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Nebraska at Kearney is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 41.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UNK has 51 students under 18 years old and 10 students over 65 years old. There are 4,008 students under 25 years old, and 1,873 students over 25 years old out of 5,881 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 51 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. UNK has 3,698 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 515 students aged 25 and over.

It has 310 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,358 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2,191 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,933 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,785 students who live in Nebraska or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 406 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,213 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 296 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.03%.226 students have transferred in as full-time status and 70 students transferred in as part-time status.