Enrollment Trends at Union

The student population at Union University is 2,731 (1,900 undergraduate and 831 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,265 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Union is 69.57% which is decreased by 929 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 336 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.91 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

583 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 206.84% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,342 where 2,731 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

69.57% of total students is undergraduate students and 30.43% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 929 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 336 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.91 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Union than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Union University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,996	2,829	1,106	1,723	1,167	428	739
2014-15	3,846 -150	2,717 -112	1,055 -51	1,662 -61	1,129 -38	368 -60	761 22
2015-16	3,583 -263	2,520 -197	980 -75	1,540 -122	1,063 -66	370 2	693 -68
2016-17	3,466 -117	2,286 -234	785 -195	1,501 -39	1,180 117	387 17	793 100
2017-18	3,377 -89	2,181 -105	747 -38	1,434 -67	1,196 16	393 6	803 10
2018-19	3,247 -130	2,184 3	725 -22	1,459 25	1,063 -133	341 -52	722 -81
2019-20	3,172 -75	2,164 -20	734 9	1,430 -29	1,008 -55	322 -19	686 -36
2020-21	3,071 -101	2,096 -68	705 -29	1,391 -39	975 -33	283 -39	692 6
2021-22	2,930 -141	1,993 -103	696 -9	1,297 -94	937 -38	276 -7	661 -31
2022-23	2,731 -199	1,900 -93	704 8	1,196 -101	831 -106	234 -42	597 -64
Average	3,342	2,287	824	1,463	1,055	340	715

Union University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,287 where 1,900 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 Union University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,829	2,172	803	1,369	657	303	354
2014-15	2,717	1,976	700	1,276	741	355	386
2015-16	2,520	1,872	693	1,179	648	287	361
2016-17	2,286	1,619	576	1,043	667	209	458
2017-18	2,181	1,599	554	1,045	582	193	389
2018-19	2,184	1,778	600	1,178	406	125	281
2019-20	2,164	1,796	604	1,192	368	130	238
2020-21	2,096	1,711	561	1,150	385	144	241
2021-22	1,993	1,634	563	1,071	359	133	226
2022-23	1,900	1,543	557	986	357	147	210
Average	2,287	2,287	621	1,149	2,287	203	314

Union University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,055 where 831 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 Union University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,167	869	304	565	298	124	174
2014-15	1,129	884	288	596	245	80	165
2015-16	1,063	810	285	525	253	85	168
2016-17	1,180	627	198	429	553	189	364
2017-18	1,196	643	186	457	553	207	346
2018-19	1,063	684	199	485	379	142	237
2019-20	1,008	637	178	459	371	144	227
2020-21	975	671	174	497	304	109	195
2021-22	937	526	134	392	411	142	269
2022-23	831	434	106	328	397	128	269
Average	1,055	1,055	205	473	1,055	135	241

Union University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.85%. The percentage was 65.02% 10 years ago and Union still has a high percentage of white students. 1.98% of enrolled students is Asian and 19.77% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Union University 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	12	67	757	86	4	2,598	38
2014-15	11	65	753	86	3	2,515	40
2015-16	7	69	666	82	1	2,294	47
2016-17	20	89	746	84	4	2,295	0
2017-18	22	76	718	72	5	2,370	0
2018-19	27	88	623	68	5	2,253	0
2019-20	31	75	645	61	6	2,169	0
2020-21	31	72	681	52	2	2,027	0
2021-22	33	78	625	43	3	1,889	0
2022-23	4	54	540	35	1	1,689	122
Average	20	73	675	67	3	2,210	25

Union University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

583 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 206.84% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Union University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,846	190	598	3,058
2015-16	3,583	110	289	3,184
2016-17	3,466	273	762	2,431
2017-18	3,377	315	747	2,315
2018-19	3,247	338	1,033	1,876
2019-20	3,172	405	833	1,934
2020-21	3,071	619	782	1,670
2021-22	2,930	589	690	1,651
2022-23	2,731	583	649	1,499
Average	3,269	380	709	2,180

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