University of Utah Student Population

How many students at The U? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 36,894 students have enrolled in University of Utah with 28,064 undergraduate and 8,830 graduate students.

By gender, 18,931 male and 17,963 female students are attending the school.

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

2,249 students are enrolled exclusively, and 15,066 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 Utah has a total of 36,894 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 28,064 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 8,830 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 18,931 male and 17,963 female students (the male-female ratio is 51:49) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 22,857 White, 446 Black, and 2,141 Asian students out of a total of 36,894 are attending at University of Utah. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of Utah is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 59.2% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, The U has 591 students under 18 years old and 189 students over 65 years old. There are 26,973 students under 25 years old, and 9,921 students over 25 years old out of 36,894 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 591 students are younger than 18 and 178 students are older than 65. The U has 24,909 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,155 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,064 graduate students aged under 25 and 6,766 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 Utah, 2,249 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 15,066 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,794 students who live in Utah or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 455 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 28,064 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,522 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.42%.1,174 students have transferred in as full-time status and 348 students transferred in as part-time status.