Enrollment Trends at UA Fort Smith

The student population at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith is 5,379 (5,335 undergraduate and 44 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,791 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UA Fort Smith is 99.18% which is decreased by 1,835 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 44 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.48 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,004 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 935.05% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,348 where 5,379 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

99.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 0.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,835 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 44 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.48 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UA Fort Smith than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,170	7,170	3,141	4,029	0	0	0
2014-15	6,830 -340	6,830 -340	2,982 -159	3,848 -181	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	6,720 -110	6,714 -116	2,941 -41	3,773 -75	6 6	2 2	4 4
2016-17	6,584 -136	6,569 -145	2,928 -13	3,641 -132	15 9	8 6	7 3
2017-18	6,638 54	6,620 51	2,880 -48	3,740 99	18 3	10 2	8 1
2018-19	6,557 -81	6,531 -89	2,822 -58	3,709 -31	26 8	10 0	16 8
2019-20	6,265 -292	6,229 -302	2,678 -144	3,551 -158	36 10	10 0	26 10
2020-21	5,887 -378	5,830 -399	2,413 -265	3,417 -134	57 21	14 4	43 17
2021-22	5,447 -440	5,403 -427	2,219 -194	3,184 -233	44 -13	9 -5	35 -8
2022-23	5,379 -68	5,335 -68	2,158 -61	3,177 -7	44 0	8 -1	36 1
Average	6,348	6,323	2,716	3,607	25	7	18

University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,323 where 5,335 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 Arkansas-Fort Smith since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,170	5,116	2,208	2,908	2,054	933	1,121
2014-15	6,830	4,790	2,025	2,765	2,040	957	1,083
2015-16	6,714	4,647	1,978	2,669	2,067	963	1,104
2016-17	6,569	4,281	1,845	2,436	2,288	1,083	1,205
2017-18	6,620	4,449	1,866	2,583	2,171	1,014	1,157
2018-19	6,531	4,295	1,744	2,551	2,236	1,078	1,158
2019-20	6,229	4,014	1,587	2,427	2,215	1,091	1,124
2020-21	5,830	3,811	1,460	2,351	2,019	953	1,066
2021-22	5,403	3,366	1,308	2,058	2,037	911	1,126
2022-23	5,335	3,374	1,302	2,072	1,961	856	1,105
Average	6,323	6,323	1,732	2,482	6,323	984	1,125

University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 25 where 44 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 Arkansas-Fort Smith since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	6	0	0	0	6	2	4
2016-17	15	7	4	3	8	4	4
2017-18	18	6	4	2	12	6	6
2018-19	26	9	2	7	17	8	9
2019-20	36	7	2	5	29	8	21
2020-21	57	11	2	9	46	12	34
2021-22	44	12	3	9	32	6	26
2022-23	44	12	1	11	32	7	25
Average	25	25	2	5	25	5	13

University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.75%. The percentage was 73.97% 10 years ago and UA Fort Smith still has a high percentage of white students. 5.34% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.26% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith 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	212	309	316	577	4	5,304	366
2014-15	186	299	300	661	4	4,907	359
2015-16	155	333	260	759	7	4,697	414
2016-17	168	325	250	749	7	4,512	477
2017-18	149	352	278	821	8	4,414	535
2018-19	128	360	250	832	6	4,344	576
2019-20	117	350	226	873	5	4,039	590
2020-21	126	326	220	855	9	3,614	672
2021-22	113	300	203	865	5	3,350	545
2022-23	112	287	229	950	8	3,214	514
Average	147	324	253	794	6	4,240	505

University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,004 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 935.05% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Arkansas-Fort Smith from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,830	97	837	5,896
2015-16	6,720	418	1,683	4,619
2016-17	6,584	392	188	6,004
2017-18	6,638	580	2,706	3,352
2018-19	6,557	690	2,609	3,258
2019-20	6,265	709	2,708	2,848
2020-21	5,887	1,625	3,238	1,024
2021-22	5,447	967	2,332	2,148
2022-23	5,379	1,004	2,394	1,981
Average	6,256	720	2,077	3,459

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