Enrollment Trends at Union

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,170 where 1,324 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 1,333 students in 2019 and was lowest at 970 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,088 to 1,324 students, a net gain of 236 (21.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Union Commonwealth University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,088	868	442	426	220	74	146
2016-17	1,203 115	976 108	494 52	482 56	227 7	77 3	150 4
2017-18	1,309 106	1,094 118	533 39	561 79	215 -12	72 -5	143 -7
2018-19	1,333 24	1,119 25	534 1	585 24	214 -1	86 14	128 -15
2019-20	1,140 -193	946 -173	452 -82	494 -91	194 -20	75 -11	119 -9
2020-21	1,179 39	945 -1	491 39	454 -40	234 40	91 16	143 24
2021-22	1,024 -155	789 -156	418 -73	371 -83	235 1	106 15	129 -14
2022-23	970 -54	724 -65	435 17	289 -82	246 11	115 9	131 2
2023-24	1,129 159	737 13	426 -9	311 22	392 146	233 118	159 28
2024-25	1,324 195	775 38	465 39	310 -1	549 157	345 112	204 45
Average	1,170	897	469	428	273	127	145

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 897 where 775 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Union Commonwealth University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	868	746	401	345	122	41	81
2016-17	976	853	455	398	123	39	84
2017-18	1,094	918	472	446	176	61	115
2018-19	1,119	916	462	454	203	72	131
2019-20	946	857	430	427	89	22	67
2020-21	945	868	468	400	77	23	54
2021-22	789	741	403	338	48	15	33
2022-23	724	685	415	270	39	20	19
2023-24	737	702	416	286	35	10	25
2024-25	775	705	438	267	70	27	43
Average	897	897	436	363	897	33	65

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 273 where 549 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Union Commonwealth University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	220	92	25	67	128	49	79
2016-17	227	96	30	66	131	47	84
2017-18	215	83	23	60	132	49	83
2018-19	214	100	39	61	114	47	67
2019-20	194	98	34	64	96	41	55
2020-21	234	123	45	78	111	46	65
2021-22	235	97	44	53	138	62	76
2022-23	246	107	48	59	139	67	72
2023-24	392	133	61	72	259	172	87
2024-25	549	162	83	79	387	262	125
Average	273	273	43	66	273	84	79

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.99% and the percentage of black students is 10.80% at Union Commonwealth University. 0.45% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 2.49% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.21% to 37.99%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.37% to 0.45%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.01% to 10.80%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.75% to 2.49%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8423 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.3942 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Union Commonwealth University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	2	4	98	19	3	840	39
2016-17	5	4	138	33	1	901	40
2017-18	6	5	144	34	2	980	47
2018-19	6	6	150	26	3	987	40
2019-20	6	5	139	24	2	817	36
2020-21	6	5	157	28	2	788	56
2021-22	4	8	121	23	3	707	30
2022-23	4	9	114	43	8	578	34
2023-24	5	19	111	30	9	564	42
2024-25	10	6	143	33	7	503	42
Average	5	7	132	29	4	767	41