University of Nevada-Reno Student Population

How many students at UNR? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 23,024 students have enrolled in University of Nevada-Reno with 19,117 undergraduate and 3,907 graduate students.

By gender, 10,181 male and 12,843 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (34,856 students on average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

1,483 students are enrolled exclusively, and 6,208 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 Nevada-Reno has a total of 23,024 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 19,117 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,907 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 10,181 male and 12,843 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 11,027 White, 874 Black, and 1,922 Asian students out of a total of 23,024 are attending at University of Nevada-Reno. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Nevada-Reno is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 69.7% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UNR has 3,459 students under 18 years old and 31 students over 65 years old. There are 18,505 students under 25 years old, and 4,519 students over 25 years old out of 23,024 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 3,459 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. UNR has 17,620 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,497 students aged 25 and over.

It has 885 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,022 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 Nevada-Reno, 1,483 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,208 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,098 students who live in Nevada or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 385 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 19,117 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,090 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.70%.896 students have transferred in as full-time status and 194 students transferred in as part-time status.