Enrollment Trends at UB

The student population at University at Buffalo is 32,099 (20,761 undergraduate and 11,338 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,249 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UB is 64.68% which is increased by 930 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,319 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.93 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

2,183 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 180.59% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 31,068 where 32,099 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

64.68% of total students is undergraduate students and 35.32% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 930 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,319 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.93 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in UB.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	29,850	19,831	10,773	9,058	10,019	5,031	4,988
2014-15	29,995 145	19,882 51	10,815 42	9,067 9	10,113 94	5,064 33	5,049 61
2015-16	29,796 -199	19,953 71	11,127 312	8,826 -241	9,843 -270	4,830 -234	5,013 -36
2016-17	30,184 388	20,412 459	11,597 470	8,815 -11	9,772 -71	4,773 -57	4,999 -14
2017-18	30,648 464	21,020 608	11,963 366	9,057 242	9,628 -144	4,719 -54	4,909 -90
2018-19	31,503 855	21,607 587	12,193 230	9,414 357	9,896 268	4,860 141	5,036 127
2019-20	31,923 420	21,921 314	12,308 115	9,613 199	10,002 106	4,844 -16	5,158 122
2020-21	32,347 424	22,306 385	12,249 -59	10,057 444	10,041 39	4,681 -163	5,360 202
2021-22	32,332 -15	21,467 -839	11,646 -603	9,821 -236	10,865 824	5,164 483	5,701 341
2022-23	32,099 -233	20,761 -706	11,131 -515	9,630 -191	11,338 473	5,475 311	5,863 162
Average	31,068	20,916	11,580	9,336	10,152	4,944	5,208

University at Buffalo Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 20,916 where 20,761 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 University at Buffalo since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19,831	18,091	9,945	8,146	1,740	828	912
2014-15	19,882	18,166	10,027	8,139	1,716	788	928
2015-16	19,953	18,452	10,432	8,020	1,501	695	806
2016-17	20,412	18,824	10,843	7,981	1,588	754	834
2017-18	21,020	19,401	11,172	8,229	1,619	791	828
2018-19	21,607	19,941	11,407	8,534	1,666	786	880
2019-20	21,921	20,401	11,549	8,852	1,520	759	761
2020-21	22,306	20,435	11,320	9,115	1,871	929	942
2021-22	21,467	19,773	10,817	8,956	1,694	829	865
2022-23	20,761	19,081	10,369	8,712	1,680	762	918
Average	20,916	20,916	10,788	8,468	20,916	792	867

University at Buffalo Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 10,152 where 11,338 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 University at Buffalo since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,019	6,725	3,448	3,277	3,294	1,583	1,711
2014-15	10,113	6,422	3,191	3,231	3,691	1,873	1,818
2015-16	9,843	6,394	3,180	3,214	3,449	1,650	1,799
2016-17	9,772	6,354	3,082	3,272	3,418	1,691	1,727
2017-18	9,628	6,306	3,029	3,277	3,322	1,690	1,632
2018-19	9,896	6,534	3,201	3,333	3,362	1,659	1,703
2019-20	10,002	6,361	3,051	3,310	3,641	1,793	1,848
2020-21	10,041	6,164	2,838	3,326	3,877	1,843	2,034
2021-22	10,865	7,506	3,665	3,841	3,359	1,499	1,860
2022-23	11,338	7,460	3,584	3,876	3,878	1,891	1,987
Average	10,152	10,152	3,227	3,396	10,152	1,717	1,812

University at Buffalo Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 44.47% and the percentage of black students is 7.46% at University at Buffalo. 14.17% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University at Buffalo 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	89	3,144	1,688	1,519	15	14,463	446
2014-15	88	3,322	1,726	1,435	21	14,311	525
2015-16	80	3,464	1,832	1,536	20	14,179	577
2016-17	89	3,533	1,892	1,677	23	14,302	581
2017-18	91	3,762	1,980	1,817	20	14,432	629
2018-19	88	4,004	2,144	1,910	13	14,766	644
2019-20	99	4,188	2,338	1,942	16	15,086	647
2020-21	111	4,383	2,442	2,123	17	15,337	777
2021-22	131	4,423	2,432	2,163	18	15,033	817
2022-23	68	4,547	2,393	2,343	15	14,273	843
Average	93	3,877	2,087	1,847	18	14,618	649

University at Buffalo Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,183 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 180.59% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University at Buffalo from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	29,995	778	2,697	26,520
2015-16	29,796	977	3,235	25,584
2016-17	30,184	804	5,275	24,105
2017-18	30,648	850	5,672	24,126
2018-19	31,503	1,103	4,145	26,255
2019-20	31,923	1,269	6,605	24,049
2020-21	32,347	14,989	14,781	2,577
2021-22	32,332	3,186	16,575	12,571
2022-23	32,099	2,183	12,034	17,882
Average	31,203	2,904	7,891	20,408

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