Enrollment Trends at U of Central Arkansas

The student population at University of Central Arkansas is 9,913 (7,994 undergraduate and 1,919 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,621 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Central Arkansas is 80.64% which is decreased by 1,760 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 139 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.81 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,446 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 51.41% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,022 where 9,913 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.64% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.36% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,760 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 139 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.81 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in U of Central Arkansas than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,534	9,754	4,084	5,670	1,780	447	1,333
2014-15	11,698 164	9,842 88	4,085 1	5,757 87	1,856 76	467 20	1,389 56
2015-16	11,754 56	9,887 45	4,075 -10	5,812 55	1,867 11	469 2	1,398 9
2016-17	11,487 -267	9,616 -271	3,917 -158	5,699 -113	1,871 4	489 20	1,382 -16
2017-18	11,343 -144	9,548 -68	3,945 28	5,603 -96	1,795 -76	467 -22	1,328 -54
2018-19	11,177 -166	9,425 -123	3,811 -134	5,614 11	1,752 -43	457 -10	1,295 -33
2019-20	10,869 -308	9,134 -291	3,643 -168	5,491 -123	1,735 -17	456 -1	1,279 -16
2020-21	10,335 -534	8,615 -519	3,390 -253	5,225 -266	1,720 -15	471 15	1,249 -30
2021-22	10,105 -230	8,244 -371	3,215 -175	5,029 -196	1,861 141	495 24	1,366 117
2022-23	9,913 -192	7,994 -250	3,061 -154	4,933 -96	1,919 58	469 -26	1,450 84
Average	11,022	9,206	3,723	5,483	1,816	469	1,347

University of Central Arkansas Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,206 where 7,994 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 Central Arkansas since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,754	8,285	3,404	4,881	1,469	680	789
2014-15	9,842	8,172	3,306	4,866	1,670	779	891
2015-16	9,887	8,281	3,284	4,997	1,606	791	815
2016-17	9,616	8,010	3,193	4,817	1,606	724	882
2017-18	9,548	8,070	3,223	4,847	1,478	722	756
2018-19	9,425	7,863	3,070	4,793	1,562	741	821
2019-20	9,134	7,634	2,924	4,710	1,500	719	781
2020-21	8,615	7,301	2,788	4,513	1,314	602	712
2021-22	8,244	6,821	2,608	4,213	1,423	607	816
2022-23	7,994	6,662	2,552	4,110	1,332	509	823
Average	9,206	9,206	3,035	4,675	9,206	687	809

University of Central Arkansas Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,816 where 1,919 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 Central Arkansas since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,780	760	238	522	1,020	209	811
2014-15	1,856	781	227	554	1,075	240	835
2015-16	1,867	762	239	523	1,105	230	875
2016-17	1,871	749	241	508	1,122	248	874
2017-18	1,795	780	231	549	1,015	236	779
2018-19	1,752	779	227	552	973	230	743
2019-20	1,735	742	213	529	993	243	750
2020-21	1,720	726	212	514	994	259	735
2021-22	1,861	750	213	537	1,111	282	829
2022-23	1,919	723	197	526	1,196	272	924
Average	1,816	1,816	224	531	1,816	245	816

University of Central Arkansas Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.51%. The percentage was 68.42% 10 years ago and U of Central Arkansas still has a high percentage of white students. 2.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.21% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Central Arkansas 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	63	160	1,942	373	14	7,892	284
2014-15	55	185	2,011	452	11	7,915	352
2015-16	59	194	1,913	484	12	7,997	372
2016-17	58	218	1,788	540	9	7,801	368
2017-18	53	219	1,722	559	13	7,734	410
2018-19	52	209	1,689	572	6	7,630	433
2019-20	58	237	1,587	586	6	7,442	423
2020-21	50	215	1,522	571	7	7,118	395
2021-22	32	221	1,498	589	9	6,893	433
2022-23	33	209	1,508	607	8	6,692	459
Average	51	207	1,718	533	10	7,511	393

University of Central Arkansas Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,446 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 51.41% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Central Arkansas from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,698	955	1,440	9,303
2015-16	11,754	1,016	1,696	9,042
2016-17	11,487	1,072	1,875	8,540
2017-18	11,343	1,027	2,219	8,097
2018-19	11,177	1,003	2,314	7,860
2019-20	10,869	1,198	3,365	6,306
2020-21	10,335	1,390	6,565	2,380
2021-22	10,105	1,295	3,405	5,405
2022-23	9,913	1,446	3,612	4,855
Average	10,965	1,156	2,943	6,865

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