Enrollment Trends at UAB

The student population at University of Alabama at Birmingham is 21,639 (13,032 undergraduate and 8,607 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,071 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UAB is 60.22% which is increased by 1,530 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,541 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.74 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,984 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 62.61% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 20,653 where 21,639 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

60.22% of total students is undergraduate students and 39.78% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,530 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,541 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.74 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UAB than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18,568	11,502	4,780	6,722	7,066	2,529	4,537
2014-15	18,698 130	11,679 177	4,877 97	6,802 80	7,019 -47	2,533 4	4,486 -51
2015-16	18,333 -365	11,511 -168	4,748 -129	6,763 -39	6,822 -197	2,437 -96	4,385 -101
2016-17	19,535 1,202	12,369 858	5,059 311	7,310 547	7,166 344	2,531 94	4,635 250
2017-18	20,902 1,367	13,134 765	5,325 266	7,809 499	7,768 602	2,783 252	4,985 350
2018-19	21,923 1,021	13,836 702	5,419 94	8,417 608	8,087 319	2,944 161	5,143 158
2019-20	22,080 157	13,836 0	5,356 -63	8,480 63	8,244 157	2,862 -82	5,382 239
2020-21	22,563 483	13,878 42	5,314 -42	8,564 84	8,685 441	2,929 67	5,756 374
2021-22	22,289 -274	13,547 -331	5,129 -185	8,418 -146	8,742 57	2,982 53	5,760 4
2022-23	21,639 -650	13,032 -515	4,884 -245	8,148 -270	8,607 -135	3,019 37	5,588 -172
Average	20,653	12,832	5,089	7,743	7,821	2,755	5,066

University of Alabama at Birmingham Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,832 where 13,032 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 of Alabama at Birmingham since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,502	8,357	3,501	4,856	3,145	1,279	1,866
2014-15	11,679	8,472	3,577	4,895	3,207	1,300	1,907
2015-16	11,511	8,297	3,421	4,876	3,214	1,327	1,887
2016-17	12,369	8,971	3,688	5,283	3,398	1,371	2,027
2017-18	13,134	9,677	3,933	5,744	3,457	1,392	2,065
2018-19	13,836	10,042	3,988	6,054	3,794	1,431	2,363
2019-20	13,836	10,315	4,043	6,272	3,521	1,313	2,208
2020-21	13,878	10,402	3,990	6,412	3,476	1,324	2,152
2021-22	13,547	10,401	3,943	6,458	3,146	1,186	1,960
2022-23	13,032	10,263	3,836	6,427	2,769	1,048	1,721
Average	12,832	12,832	3,792	5,728	12,832	1,297	2,016

University of Alabama at Birmingham Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,821 where 8,607 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 of Alabama at Birmingham since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,066	3,604	1,541	2,063	3,462	988	2,474
2014-15	7,019	3,862	1,534	2,328	3,157	999	2,158
2015-16	6,822	3,515	1,438	2,077	3,307	999	2,308
2016-17	7,166	3,720	1,516	2,204	3,446	1,015	2,431
2017-18	7,768	4,057	1,657	2,400	3,711	1,126	2,585
2018-19	8,087	4,178	1,671	2,507	3,909	1,273	2,636
2019-20	8,244	4,287	1,650	2,637	3,957	1,212	2,745
2020-21	8,685	4,478	1,691	2,787	4,207	1,238	2,969
2021-22	8,742	4,525	1,670	2,855	4,217	1,312	2,905
2022-23	8,607	4,817	1,850	2,967	3,790	1,169	2,621
Average	7,821	7,821	1,622	2,483	7,821	1,133	2,583

University of Alabama at Birmingham Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.09%. The percentage was 63.84% 10 years ago and UAB still has a high percentage of white students. 7.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 21.21% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Alabama at Birmingham 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	48	900	3,929	488	14	11,853	524
2014-15	46	931	3,943	496	14	11,840	563
2015-16	48	1,009	3,851	554	12	11,408	613
2016-17	58	1,094	4,184	593	10	11,871	672
2017-18	64	1,180	4,435	673	8	12,530	744
2018-19	59	1,305	4,795	672	6	12,920	828
2019-20	47	1,380	4,622	977	4	12,836	781
2020-21	59	1,466	4,746	1,050	8	12,966	826
2021-22	52	1,527	4,758	1,092	6	12,317	825
2022-23	36	1,551	4,590	1,111	10	11,055	825
Average	52	1,234	4,385	771	9	12,160	720

University of Alabama at Birmingham Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,984 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 62.61% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Alabama at Birmingham from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	18,698	3,680	4,610	10,408
2015-16	18,333	3,712	8,659	5,962
2016-17	19,535	4,428	5,873	9,234
2017-18	20,902	4,917	6,492	9,493
2018-19	21,923	5,603	6,935	9,385
2019-20	22,080	5,736	7,265	9,079
2020-21	22,563	6,346	8,430	7,787
2021-22	22,289	6,460	8,202	7,627
2022-23	21,639	5,984	8,687	6,968
Average	20,885	5,207	7,239	8,438

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