Enrollment Trends at UTK

The student population at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville is 33,805 (27,039 undergraduate and 6,766 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,775 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UTK is 79.99% which is increased by 5,857 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 2,082 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,236 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 194.99% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 29,905 where 33,805 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.99% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.01% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 5,857 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 2,082 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in UTK than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	30,030	21,182	10,744	10,438	8,848	4,127	4,721
2014-15	30,386 356	21,664 482	10,923 179	10,741 303	8,722 -126	4,048 -79	4,674 -47
2015-16	27,845 -2,541	21,863 199	11,088 165	10,775 34	5,982 -2,740	2,834 -1,214	3,148 -1,526
2016-17	28,052 207	22,139 276	11,214 126	10,925 150	5,913 -69	2,813 -21	3,100 -48
2017-18	28,321 269	22,317 178	11,202 -12	11,115 190	6,004 91	2,839 26	3,165 65
2018-19	28,894 573	22,815 498	11,234 32	11,581 466	6,079 75	2,808 -31	3,271 106
2019-20	29,460 566	23,290 475	11,392 158	11,898 317	6,170 91	2,796 -12	3,374 103
2020-21	30,559 1,099	24,254 964	11,508 116	12,746 848	6,305 135	2,787 -9	3,518 144
2021-22	31,701 1,142	25,067 813	11,525 17	13,542 796	6,634 329	2,873 86	3,761 243
2022-23	33,805 2,104	27,039 1,972	12,331 806	14,708 1,166	6,766 132	2,938 65	3,828 67
Average	29,905	23,163	11,316	11,847	6,742	3,086	3,656

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 23,163 where 27,039 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 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21,182	19,799	10,030	9,769	1,383	714	669
2014-15	21,664	20,337	10,207	10,130	1,327	716	611
2015-16	21,863	20,569	10,382	10,187	1,294	706	588
2016-17	22,139	20,778	10,501	10,277	1,361	713	648
2017-18	22,317	20,965	10,477	10,488	1,352	725	627
2018-19	22,815	21,489	10,517	10,972	1,326	717	609
2019-20	23,290	22,018	10,679	11,339	1,272	713	559
2020-21	24,254	22,914	10,766	12,148	1,340	742	598
2021-22	25,067	23,875	10,875	13,000	1,192	650	542
2022-23	27,039	25,825	11,690	14,135	1,214	641	573
Average	23,163	23,163	10,612	11,245	23,163	704	602

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 6,742 where 6,766 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 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,848	6,484	3,012	3,472	2,364	1,115	1,249
2014-15	8,722	6,391	2,951	3,440	2,331	1,097	1,234
2015-16	5,982	3,894	1,783	2,111	2,088	1,051	1,037
2016-17	5,913	3,757	1,764	1,993	2,156	1,049	1,107
2017-18	6,004	3,764	1,714	2,050	2,240	1,125	1,115
2018-19	6,079	3,768	1,652	2,116	2,311	1,156	1,155
2019-20	6,170	3,816	1,653	2,163	2,354	1,143	1,211
2020-21	6,305	3,817	1,606	2,211	2,488	1,181	1,307
2021-22	6,634	3,937	1,635	2,302	2,697	1,238	1,459
2022-23	6,766	3,988	1,693	2,295	2,778	1,245	1,533
Average	6,742	6,742	1,946	2,415	6,742	1,140	1,241

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.01%. The percentage was 76.49% 10 years ago and UTK still has a high percentage of white students. 3.51% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.70% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 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	77	912	2,158	777	0	22,970	690
2014-15	73	1,020	2,161	883	0	23,162	744
2015-16	69	822	1,845	948	12	21,261	735
2016-17	69	880	1,783	1,038	20	21,351	750
2017-18	64	927	1,774	1,118	25	21,570	828
2018-19	63	1,017	1,726	1,236	34	22,068	898
2019-20	55	1,077	1,705	1,331	28	22,575	1,043
2020-21	49	1,108	1,696	1,476	17	23,680	1,160
2021-22	43	1,135	1,597	1,667	15	24,502	1,307
2022-23	48	1,185	1,590	1,903	15	26,033	1,495
Average	61	1,008	1,804	1,238	17	22,917	965

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,236 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 194.99% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	30,386	758	6,489	23,139
2015-16	27,845	586	5,929	21,330
2016-17	28,052	667	7,093	20,292
2017-18	28,321	734	8,338	19,249
2018-19	28,894	929	9,112	18,853
2019-20	29,460	1,125	9,401	18,934
2020-21	30,559	6,845	5,652	18,062
2021-22	31,701	1,869	12,626	17,206
2022-23	33,805	2,236	14,702	16,867
Average	29,891	1,750	8,816	19,326

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