Student Population by Gender

University of New Mexico-Main Campus has a total of 21,953 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 16,375 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,578 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 9,289 male and 12,664 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total21,95316,3755,578
Men9,2896,8482,441
Women12,6649,5273,137
University of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,841 White, 613 Black, and 944 Asian students out of a total of 21,953 are attending at University of New Mexico-Main Campus. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
University of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1,281389892
Asian944403541
Black613330283
Hispanic9,9784,0285,950
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders351520
White6,8413,0023,839
Two or more races828343485
Race Unknown370181189
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1,024315709
Asian678300378
Black489263226
Hispanic8,1493,2804,869
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders281414
White4,7482,0932,655
Two or more races654276378
Race Unknown216107109
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American952966
Asian211011
Black341717
Hispanic540216324
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders101
White419198221
Two or more races371423
Race Unknown241311

Student Age Distribution

By age, UNM has 310 students under 18 years old and 73 students over 65 years old. There are 13,855 students under 25 years old, and 7,633 students over 25 years old out of 21,953 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 310 students are younger than 18 and 41 students are older than 65. UNM has 12,537 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,373 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,318 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,260 students aged 25 and over.
University of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Student Population by Age chartUniversity of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18310194116
18-195,5843,2522,332
20-214,3312,5131,818
22-243,6301,9921,638
25-292,9621,6291,333
30-341,768994774
35-391,126664462
40-491,174762412
50-64530360170
Over 65733934
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18310194116
18-195,5823,2512,331
20-214,2532,4651,788
22-242,3921,2831,109
25-291,288734554
30-34769464305
35-39498318180
40-49537367170
50-6424016674
Over 65412021
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of New Mexico-Main Campus, 3,883 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,332 students are enrolled in some online courses.
3,556 students lived in New Mexico or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 327 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
University of New Mexico-Main Campus 2023 Online Student Population chart
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students21,9533,8838,332
Undergraduate16,3752,3967,235
Graduate5,5781,4871,097
Online Student Population by Locality
New Mexico ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students3,5563216
Undergraduate2,1922040
Graduate1,3641176

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 16,375 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,195 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.30%.766 students have transferred in as full-time status and 429 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time11,276
Transfer-in Full-time766
Regular Part-time3,904
Transfer-in Part-time429
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