University of New Mexico-Main Campus Student Population

How many students at UNM?

For the academic year 2024-2025, University of New Mexico-Main Campus has a total enrollment of 23,124 students, including 17,450 undergraduate and 5,674 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 9,917 male students (42.9%) and 13,207 female students (57.1%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 10,789 Hispanic students (46.7%) and 6,928 White students (30%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 17,450 undergraduate students (75.5%) and 5,674 graduate students (24.5%).
• Class Delivery: 3,640 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 9,446 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - UNM's body is much smaller.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 9,917 male (42.89%) and 13,207 female (57.11%) students are attending University of New Mexico-Main Campus. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 75.09.

By class level, 17,450 (75.46%) are undergraduate students and 5,674 (24.54%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 42.80% are male and 57.20% are female, while among graduate students, 43.16% are male and 56.84% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,928 White, 690 Black, and 968 Asian students out of a total of 23,124 are attending at University of New Mexico-Main Campus. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of New Mexico-Main Campus is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 68.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UNM has 893 students under 18 years old and 180 students over 65 years old. There are 15,266 students under 25 years old, and 7,858 students over 25 years old out of 23,124 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 893 students are younger than 18 and 43 students are older than 65. UNM has 13,822 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,628 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,444 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,230 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

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 New Mexico-Main Campus, 3,640 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,446 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,349 students who live in New Mexico or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 291 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 17,450 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,212 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.95%.851 students have transferred in as full-time status and 361 students transferred in as part-time status.