Enrollment Trends at UDM

The student population at University of Detroit Mercy is 5,360 (3,156 undergraduate and 2,204 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 248 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UDM is 58.88% which is increased by 268 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 20 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

116 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 8.41% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,073 where 5,360 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

58.88% of total students is undergraduate students and 41.12% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 268 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 20 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UDM than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,112	2,888	1,016	1,872	2,224	1,077	1,147
2014-15	4,945 -167	2,762 -126	970 -46	1,792 -80	2,183 -41	1,024 -53	1,159 12
2015-16	4,920 -25	2,672 -90	954 -16	1,718 -74	2,248 65	1,049 25	1,199 40
2016-17	4,875 -45	2,646 -26	964 10	1,682 -36	2,229 -19	1,014 -35	1,215 16
2017-18	5,113 238	2,843 197	1,055 91	1,788 106	2,270 41	1,055 41	1,215 0
2018-19	5,111 -2	2,880 37	1,093 38	1,787 -1	2,231 -39	999 -56	1,232 17
2019-20	5,080 -31	2,745 -135	1,046 -47	1,699 -88	2,335 104	1,023 24	1,312 80
2020-21	4,987 -93	2,633 -112	989 -57	1,644 -55	2,354 19	1,015 -8	1,339 27
2021-22	5,227 240	2,924 291	1,190 201	1,734 90	2,303 -51	958 -57	1,345 6
2022-23	5,360 133	3,156 232	1,408 218	1,748 14	2,204 -99	874 -84	1,330 -15
Average	5,073	2,815	1,069	1,746	2,258	1,009	1,249

University of Detroit Mercy Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,815 where 3,156 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 Detroit Mercy since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,888	2,196	833	1,363	692	183	509
2014-15	2,762	2,102	769	1,333	660	201	459
2015-16	2,672	2,081	767	1,314	591	187	404
2016-17	2,646	2,165	810	1,355	481	154	327
2017-18	2,843	2,338	870	1,468	505	185	320
2018-19	2,880	2,494	949	1,545	386	144	242
2019-20	2,745	2,350	860	1,490	395	186	209
2020-21	2,633	2,214	789	1,425	419	200	219
2021-22	2,924	2,182	765	1,417	742	425	317
2022-23	3,156	2,146	751	1,395	1,010	657	353
Average	2,815	2,815	816	1,411	2,815	252	336

University of Detroit Mercy Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,258 where 2,204 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 Detroit Mercy since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,224	1,520	797	723	704	280	424
2014-15	2,183	1,572	796	776	611	228	383
2015-16	2,248	1,582	792	790	666	257	409
2016-17	2,229	1,593	775	818	636	239	397
2017-18	2,270	1,605	793	812	665	262	403
2018-19	2,231	1,662	799	863	569	200	369
2019-20	2,335	1,703	792	911	632	231	401
2020-21	2,354	1,699	758	941	655	257	398
2021-22	2,303	1,724	736	988	579	222	357
2022-23	2,204	1,679	688	991	525	186	339
Average	2,258	2,258	773	861	2,258	236	388

University of Detroit Mercy Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.82% and the percentage of black students is 10.62% at University of Detroit Mercy. 7.43% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Detroit Mercy 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	243	534	136	11	2,487	102
2014-15	17	242	504	133	11	2,414	117
2015-16	14	299	665	182	1	2,711	119
2016-17	11	301	586	197	3	2,595	112
2017-18	16	331	600	205	4	2,684	110
2018-19	18	333	568	231	6	2,697	96
2019-20	16	342	554	267	5	2,671	103
2020-21	16	348	552	315	5	2,668	87
2021-22	17	372	528	345	5	2,602	76
2022-23	16	398	569	329	2	2,456	77
Average	15	321	566	234	5	2,599	100

University of Detroit Mercy Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

116 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 8.41% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Detroit Mercy from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,945	107	461	4,377
2015-16	4,920	74	642	4,204
2016-17	4,875	85	702	4,088
2017-18	5,113	80	814	4,219
2018-19	5,111	93	857	4,161
2019-20	5,080	92	905	4,083
2020-21	4,987	114	4,075	798
2021-22	5,227	960	3,161	1,106
2022-23	5,360	116	2,215	3,029
Average	5,069	191	1,537	3,341

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