Enrollment Trends at ENMU-Portales

The student population at Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus is 5,106 (3,833 undergraduate and 1,273 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 741 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at ENMU-Portales is 75.07% which is decreased by 734 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 7 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.80 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,139 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 55.63% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,654 where 5,106 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

75.07% of total students is undergraduate students and 24.93% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 734 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 7 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.80 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in ENMU-Portales than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,847	4,567	1,998	2,569	1,280	322	958
2014-15	5,879 32	4,594 27	2,037 39	2,557 -12	1,285 5	364 42	921 -37
2015-16	5,725 -154	4,574 -20	2,042 5	2,532 -25	1,151 -134	351 -13	800 -121
2016-17	6,010 285	4,591 17	2,076 34	2,515 -17	1,419 268	435 84	984 184
2017-18	6,023 13	4,597 6	2,032 -44	2,565 50	1,426 7	433 -2	993 9
2018-19	6,005 -18	4,700 103	2,113 81	2,587 22	1,305 -121	361 -72	944 -49
2019-20	5,685 -320	4,465 -235	1,890 -223	2,575 -12	1,220 -85	318 -43	902 -42
2020-21	5,266 -419	3,927 -538	1,548 -342	2,379 -196	1,339 119	349 31	990 88
2021-22	4,991 -275	3,756 -171	1,478 -70	2,278 -101	1,235 -104	302 -47	933 -57
2022-23	5,106 115	3,833 77	1,506 28	2,327 49	1,273 38	320 18	953 20
Average	5,654	4,360	1,872	2,488	1,293	356	938

Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,360 where 3,833 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,567	2,759	1,204	1,555	1,808	794	1,014
2014-15	4,594	2,775	1,216	1,559	1,819	821	998
2015-16	4,574	2,686	1,186	1,500	1,888	856	1,032
2016-17	4,591	2,590	1,108	1,482	2,001	968	1,033
2017-18	4,597	2,590	1,082	1,508	2,007	950	1,057
2018-19	4,700	2,488	1,055	1,433	2,212	1,058	1,154
2019-20	4,465	2,400	944	1,456	2,065	946	1,119
2020-21	3,927	2,222	836	1,386	1,705	712	993
2021-22	3,756	1,985	760	1,225	1,771	718	1,053
2022-23	3,833	2,039	767	1,272	1,794	739	1,055
Average	4,360	4,360	1,016	1,438	4,360	856	1,051

Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,293 where 1,273 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,280	243	46	197	1,037	276	761
2014-15	1,285	270	76	194	1,015	288	727
2015-16	1,151	281	68	213	870	283	587
2016-17	1,419	300	76	224	1,119	359	760
2017-18	1,426	312	73	239	1,114	360	754
2018-19	1,305	315	82	233	990	279	711
2019-20	1,220	313	71	242	907	247	660
2020-21	1,339	401	85	316	938	264	674
2021-22	1,235	385	80	305	850	222	628
2022-23	1,273	395	87	308	878	233	645
Average	1,293	1,293	74	247	1,293	281	691

Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.23% and the percentage of black students is 4.15% at Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus. 1.55% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	173	74	242	1,918	20	2,769	125
2014-15	156	66	256	1,937	26	2,732	145
2015-16	129	58	262	1,886	28	2,570	134
2016-17	122	67	297	1,956	31	2,532	130
2017-18	146	78	287	2,148	32	2,569	139
2018-19	117	87	276	2,135	25	2,413	121
2019-20	138	70	255	2,003	28	2,188	125
2020-21	80	82	224	1,795	21	2,036	130
2021-22	77	78	236	1,667	21	1,820	130
2022-23	79	79	212	1,854	16	1,799	145
Average	122	74	255	1,930	25	2,343	132

Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,139 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 62% of total students. The number of online students has increased 55.63% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,879	2,017	1,530	2,332
2015-16	5,725	2,587	2,851	287
2016-17	6,010	2,637	1,541	1,832
2017-18	6,023	2,754	1,470	1,799
2018-19	6,005	2,672	1,484	1,849
2019-20	5,685	2,431	1,515	1,739
2020-21	5,266	5,081	154	31
2021-22	4,991	2,997	1,078	916
2022-23	5,106	3,139	1,128	839
Average	5,632	2,924	1,417	1,292

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