Enrollment Trends at UC Riverside

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 24,975 where 26,384 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

85.66% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.34% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,993 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,006 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.06 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in UC Riverside.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of California-Riverside since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	21,385	18,607	8,941	9,666	2,778	1,542	1,236
2016-17	22,715 1,330	19,799 1,192	9,263 322	10,536 870	2,916 138	1,618 76	1,298 62
2017-18	23,279 564	20,073 274	9,286 23	10,787 251	3,206 290	1,790 172	1,416 118
2018-19	23,922 643	20,581 508	9,464 178	11,117 330	3,341 135	1,863 73	1,478 62
2019-20	25,547 1,625	22,055 1,474	10,158 694	11,897 780	3,492 151	1,905 42	1,587 109
2020-21	26,434 887	22,693 638	10,493 335	12,200 303	3,741 249	2,000 95	1,741 154
2021-22	26,847 413	22,868 175	10,747 254	12,121 -79	3,979 238	2,141 141	1,838 97
2022-23	26,809 -38	22,911 43	11,064 317	11,847 -274	3,898 -81	2,129 -12	1,769 -69
2023-24	26,426 -383	22,646 -265	10,821 -243	11,825 -22	3,780 -118	2,453 324	1,327 -442
2024-25	26,384 -42	22,600 -46	10,713 -108	11,887 62	3,784 4	2,097 -356	1,687 360
Average	24,975	21,483	10,095	11,388	3,492	1,954	1,538

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 21,483 where 22,600 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 California-Riverside 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	18,607	18,279	8,737	9,542	328	204	124
2016-17	19,799	19,544	9,109	10,435	255	154	101
2017-18	20,073	19,719	9,077	10,642	354	209	145
2018-19	20,581	20,210	9,235	10,975	371	229	142
2019-20	22,055	21,652	9,934	11,718	403	224	179
2020-21	22,693	22,056	10,129	11,927	637	364	273
2021-22	22,868	22,071	10,316	11,755	797	431	366
2022-23	22,911	21,969	10,542	11,427	942	522	420
2023-24	22,646	21,979	10,446	11,533	667	375	292
2024-25	22,600	22,095	10,433	11,662	505	280	225
Average	21,483	21,483	9,796	11,162	21,483	299	227

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,492 where 3,784 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 California-Riverside 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	2,778	2,642	1,479	1,163	136	63	73
2016-17	2,916	2,741	1,536	1,205	175	82	93
2017-18	3,206	3,014	1,691	1,323	192	99	93
2018-19	3,341	3,092	1,731	1,361	249	132	117
2019-20	3,492	3,227	1,746	1,481	265	159	106
2020-21	3,741	3,410	1,813	1,597	331	187	144
2021-22	3,979	3,658	1,964	1,694	321	177	144
2022-23	3,898	3,587	1,952	1,635	311	177	134
2023-24	3,780	3,473	2,259	1,214	307	194	113
2024-25	3,784	3,500	1,922	1,578	284	175	109
Average	3,492	3,492	1,809	1,425	3,492	145	113

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 11.70% and the percentage of black students is 3.53% at University of California-Riverside. 32.91% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 36.75% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 15.93% to 11.70%. Asian enrollment declined from 33.21% to 32.91%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.99% to 3.53%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 33.24% to 36.75%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7397 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7508 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

• Trends Table
• 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	34	7,101	853	7,108	77	3,406	837
2016-17	34	7,150	886	8,271	92	3,415	892
2017-18	45	7,217	906	8,486	83	3,433	923
2018-19	51	7,462	900	8,873	89	3,416	935
2019-20	50	7,943	897	9,582	87	3,517	1,004
2020-21	53	8,318	896	10,038	84	3,537	1,076
2021-22	42	8,582	865	9,995	60	3,517	1,190
2022-23	36	8,875	862	9,566	53	3,323	1,214
2023-24	31	8,650	901	9,726	42	3,162	1,160
2024-25	38	8,682	931	9,697	41	3,087	1,167
Average	41	7,998	890	9,134	71	3,381	1,040