Student Population at University of the People

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
34,192	27,220	6,972

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 34,192 students have enrolled in University of the People with 27,220 undergraduate and 6,972 graduate students.

By gender, 18,317 male and 15,875 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (6,139 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

U of the People is a completely online college and 34,192 students are enrolled exclusively.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

University of the People has a total of 34,192 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 27,220 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 6,972 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 18,317 male and 15,875 female students (the male-female ratio is 54:46) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	34,192	27,220	6,972
Men	18,317	14,654	3,663
Women	15,875	12,566	3,309

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,715 White, 1,082 Black, and 609 Asian students out of a total of 34,192 are attending at University of the People. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	32	19	13
Asian	609	310	299
Black	1,082	482	600
Hispanic	827	391	436
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	29	11	18
White	1,715	796	919
Two or more races	119	55	64
Race Unknown	29,779	16,253	13,526

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	26	14	12
Asian	384	197	187
Black	799	342	457
Hispanic	658	317	341
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	27	11	16
White	1,290	615	675
Two or more races	101	45	56
Race Unknown	23,935	13,113	10,822

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	6	5	1
Asian	225	113	112
Black	283	140	143
Hispanic	169	74	95
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	0	2
White	425	181	244
Two or more races	18	10	8
Race Unknown	5,844	3,140	2,704

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of the People, 34,192 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

686 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 33,506 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses
All Students	34,192	34,192
Undergraduate	27,220	27,220
Graduate	6,972	6,972

Online Student Population by Locality
	California Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	686	4,814	28,692
Undergraduate	502	3,639	23,079
Graduate	184	1,175	5,613

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 27,220 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 111 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 0.41%.42 students have transferred in as full-time status and 69 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	10,912
Transfer-in Full-time	42
Regular Part-time	16,197
Transfer-in Part-time	69