Enrollment Trends at UAPB

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,500 where 2,005 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,821 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,005 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,658 to 2,005 students, a net loss of 653 (24.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,658	2,545	1,111	1,434	113	55	58
2016-17	2,821 163	2,721 176	1,119 8	1,602 168	100 -13	53 -2	47 -11
2017-18	2,612 -209	2,517 -204	1,035 -84	1,482 -120	95 -5	50 -3	45 -2
2018-19	2,579 -33	2,473 -44	1,020 -15	1,453 -29	106 11	58 8	48 3
2019-20	2,498 -81	2,382 -91	977 -43	1,405 -48	116 10	63 5	53 5
2020-21	2,668 170	2,507 125	1,030 53	1,477 72	161 45	77 14	84 31
2021-22	2,670 2	2,484 -23	1,019 -11	1,465 -12	186 25	92 15	94 10
2022-23	2,387 -283	2,182 -302	950 -69	1,232 -233	205 19	100 8	105 11
2023-24	2,100 -287	1,905 -277	850 -100	1,055 -177	195 -10	98 -2	97 -8
2024-25	2,005 -95	1,817 -88	798 -52	1,019 -36	188 -7	88 -10	100 3
Average	2,500	2,353	991	1,362	147	73	73

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,353 where 1,817 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 University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 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	2,545	2,312	1,018	1,294	233	93	140
2016-17	2,721	2,502	1,029	1,473	219	90	129
2017-18	2,517	2,341	965	1,376	176	70	106
2018-19	2,473	2,250	924	1,326	223	96	127
2019-20	2,382	2,161	886	1,275	221	91	130
2020-21	2,507	2,158	871	1,287	349	159	190
2021-22	2,484	2,093	857	1,236	391	162	229
2022-23	2,182	1,840	807	1,033	342	143	199
2023-24	1,905	1,674	747	927	231	103	128
2024-25	1,817	1,637	731	906	180	67	113
Average	2,353	2,353	884	1,213	2,353	107	149

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 147 where 188 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 University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 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	113	43	25	18	70	30	40
2016-17	100	36	23	13	64	30	34
2017-18	95	34	14	20	61	36	25
2018-19	106	41	27	14	65	31	34
2019-20	116	80	45	35	36	18	18
2020-21	161	104	52	52	57	25	32
2021-22	186	127	66	61	59	26	33
2022-23	205	128	67	61	77	33	44
2023-24	195	111	62	49	84	36	48
2024-25	188	95	52	43	93	36	57
Average	147	147	43	37	147	30	37

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.99% and the percentage of black students is 87.63% at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. 0.40% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 2.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 4.82% to 2.99%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.49% to 0.40%. Black student enrollment decreased from 91.12% to 87.63%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.39% to 2.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2300 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1672 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	5	13	2,422	37	0	128	2
2016-17	3	12	2,546	53	0	133	18
2017-18	2	10	2,376	41	0	101	35
2018-19	4	8	2,313	51	0	106	44
2019-20	11	11	2,218	60	2	87	47
2020-21	14	11	2,375	58	2	102	59
2021-22	14	7	2,388	57	1	91	58
2022-23	12	10	2,123	58	3	76	47
2023-24	10	8	1,846	52	6	68	39
2024-25	10	8	1,757	59	4	60	32
Average	9	10	2,236	53	2	95	38