Enrollment Trends at UMUC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 57,882 where 63,012 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 63,012 students in 2025 and was lowest at 50,248 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 50,248 to 63,012 students, a net gain of 12,764 (25.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Maryland Global Campus since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
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Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	50,248	37,355	20,069	17,286	12,893	6,002	6,891
2016-17	57,529 7,281	44,219 6,864	24,876 4,807	19,343 2,057	13,310 417	6,199 197	7,111 220
2017-18	59,379 1,850	45,604 1,385	25,411 535	20,193 850	13,775 465	6,400 201	7,375 264
2018-19	60,603 1,224	47,253 1,649	25,884 473	21,369 1,176	13,350 -425	6,035 -365	7,315 -60
2019-20	58,281 -2,322	46,162 -1,091	25,415 -469	20,747 -622	12,119 -1,231	5,460 -575	6,659 -656
2020-21	58,526 245	47,080 918	25,702 287	21,378 631	11,446 -673	5,184 -276	6,262 -397
2021-22	55,323 -3,203	45,100 -1,980	24,548 -1,154	20,552 -826	10,223 -1,223	4,647 -537	5,576 -686
2022-23	55,838 515	46,734 1,634	26,164 1,616	20,570 18	9,104 -1,119	4,314 -333	4,790 -786
2023-24	60,084 4,246	50,793 4,059	28,303 2,139	22,490 1,920	9,291 187	4,441 127	4,850 60
2024-25	63,012 2,928	52,187 1,394	28,442 139	23,745 1,255	10,825 1,534	5,258 817	5,567 717
Average	57,882	46,249	25,481	20,767	11,634	5,394	6,240

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 46,249 where 52,187 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 Maryland Global Campus since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
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Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	37,355	8,578	4,255	4,323	28,777	15,814	12,963
2016-17	44,219	9,530	4,915	4,615	34,689	19,961	14,728
2017-18	45,604	9,714	5,055	4,659	35,890	20,356	15,534
2018-19	47,253	9,607	4,962	4,645	37,646	20,922	16,724
2019-20	46,162	9,472	4,874	4,598	36,690	20,541	16,149
2020-21	47,080	10,425	5,289	5,136	36,655	20,413	16,242
2021-22	45,100	9,952	5,056	4,896	35,148	19,492	15,656
2022-23	46,734	10,071	5,208	4,863	36,663	20,956	15,707
2023-24	50,793	11,395	6,035	5,360	39,398	22,268	17,130
2024-25	52,187	12,636	6,515	6,121	39,551	21,927	17,624
Average	46,249	46,249	5,216	4,922	46,249	20,265	15,846

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 11,634 where 10,825 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 Maryland Global Campus since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,893	108	57	51	12,785	5,945	6,840
2016-17	13,310	99	46	53	13,211	6,153	7,058
2017-18	13,775	85	36	49	13,690	6,364	7,326
2018-19	13,350	97	40	57	13,253	5,995	7,258
2019-20	12,119	90	36	54	12,029	5,424	6,605
2020-21	11,446	136	62	74	11,310	5,122	6,188
2021-22	10,223	120	41	79	10,103	4,606	5,497
2022-23	9,104	89	37	52	9,015	4,277	4,738
2023-24	9,291	94	42	52	9,197	4,399	4,798
2024-25	10,825	461	206	255	10,364	5,052	5,312
Average	11,634	11,634	60	78	11,634	5,334	6,162

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 29.02% and the percentage of black students is 28.34% at University of Maryland Global Campus. 5.21% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.39% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 39.65% to 29.02%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.73% to 5.21%. Black student enrollment decreased from 29.70% to 28.34%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.38% to 16.39%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8037 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7401 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 Maryland Global Campus over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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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	234	2,379	14,924	5,217	356	19,921	1,873
2016-17	266	2,873	16,463	6,606	408	22,493	2,405
2017-18	266	2,971	17,417	6,934	431	22,736	2,628
2018-19	263	3,032	17,529	7,419	319	21,862	2,517
2019-20	275	2,998	16,608	7,691	393	21,064	2,519
2020-21	270	3,153	16,336	8,165	419	21,226	2,619
2021-22	272	3,042	15,597	7,916	403	19,443	2,505
2022-23	265	3,154	15,421	8,801	412	19,330	2,561
2023-24	297	3,243	16,268	9,784	436	19,536	2,750
2024-25	297	3,286	17,860	10,329	496	18,287	2,856
Average	271	3,013	16,442	7,886	407	20,590	2,523