Enrollment Trends at KU

The student population at University of Kansas is 26,708 (19,241 undergraduate and 7,467 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 260 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at KU is 72.04% which is increased by 24 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 284 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,593 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 241.18% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 27,207 where 26,708 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

72.04% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.96% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 24 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 284 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in KU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26,968	19,217	9,639	9,578	7,751	3,498	4,253
2014-15	27,180 212	19,343 126	9,683 44	9,660 82	7,837 86	3,547 49	4,290 37
2015-16	27,259 79	19,245 -98	9,579 -104	9,666 6	8,014 177	3,548 1	4,466 176
2016-17	27,565 306	19,262 17	9,455 -124	9,807 141	8,303 289	3,577 29	4,726 260
2017-18	27,625 60	19,338 76	9,431 -24	9,907 100	8,287 -16	3,628 51	4,659 -67
2018-19	27,690 65	19,596 258	9,477 46	10,119 212	8,094 -193	3,520 -108	4,574 -85
2019-20	27,552 -138	19,667 71	9,394 -83	10,273 154	7,885 -209	3,364 -156	4,521 -53
2020-21	26,744 -808	19,135 -532	9,061 -333	10,074 -199	7,609 -276	3,264 -100	4,345 -176
2021-22	26,780 36	19,158 23	8,972 -89	10,186 112	7,622 13	3,253 -11	4,369 24
2022-23	26,708 -72	19,241 83	8,943 -29	10,298 112	7,467 -155	3,155 -98	4,312 -57
Average	27,207	19,320	9,363	9,957	7,887	3,435	4,452

University of Kansas Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 19,320 where 19,241 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 Kansas since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19,217	17,193	8,611	8,582	2,024	1,028	996
2014-15	19,343	17,335	8,671	8,664	2,008	1,012	996
2015-16	19,245	17,191	8,523	8,668	2,054	1,056	998
2016-17	19,262	17,141	8,468	8,673	2,121	987	1,134
2017-18	19,338	17,151	8,378	8,773	2,187	1,053	1,134
2018-19	19,596	17,333	8,393	8,940	2,263	1,084	1,179
2019-20	19,667	17,257	8,274	8,983	2,410	1,120	1,290
2020-21	19,135	16,439	7,757	8,682	2,696	1,304	1,392
2021-22	19,158	16,618	7,825	8,793	2,540	1,147	1,393
2022-23	19,241	16,801	7,829	8,972	2,440	1,114	1,326
Average	19,320	19,320	8,273	8,773	19,320	1,091	1,184

University of Kansas Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,887 where 7,467 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 Kansas since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,751	5,841	2,778	3,063	1,910	720	1,190
2014-15	7,837	5,848	2,812	3,036	1,989	735	1,254
2015-16	8,014	5,855	2,750	3,105	2,159	798	1,361
2016-17	8,303	5,865	2,710	3,155	2,438	867	1,571
2017-18	8,287	5,737	2,666	3,071	2,550	962	1,588
2018-19	8,094	5,694	2,620	3,074	2,400	900	1,500
2019-20	7,885	5,620	2,548	3,072	2,265	816	1,449
2020-21	7,609	5,377	2,411	2,966	2,232	853	1,379
2021-22	7,622	5,505	2,444	3,061	2,117	809	1,308
2022-23	7,467	5,505	2,396	3,109	1,962	759	1,203
Average	7,887	7,887	2,614	3,071	7,887	822	1,380

University of Kansas Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.67%. The percentage was 71.77% 10 years ago and KU still has a high percentage of white students. 5.99% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.41% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Kansas 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	166	1,053	1,031	1,453	23	19,355	975
2014-15	142	1,081	1,133	1,554	22	19,137	1,096
2015-16	140	1,157	1,051	1,640	9	19,032	1,218
2016-17	153	1,186	1,101	1,734	7	19,245	1,249
2017-18	133	1,245	1,141	1,824	14	19,288	1,320
2018-19	124	1,287	1,150	2,020	23	19,151	1,322
2019-20	125	1,327	1,132	2,143	28	18,890	1,350
2020-21	140	1,436	1,140	2,231	30	18,356	1,384
2021-22	133	1,531	1,195	2,277	26	18,172	1,341
2022-23	141	1,599	1,178	2,377	19	17,807	1,384
Average	140	1,290	1,125	1,925	20	18,843	1,264

University of Kansas Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,593 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 241.18% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Kansas from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	27,180	760	2,746	23,674
2015-16	27,259	1,079	3,428	22,752
2016-17	27,565	1,706	4,087	21,772
2017-18	27,625	2,069	4,943	20,613
2018-19	27,690	2,041	5,228	20,421
2019-20	27,552	1,982	6,023	19,547
2020-21	26,744	5,043	16,970	4,731
2021-22	26,780	2,810	11,364	12,606
2022-23	26,708	2,593	9,671	14,444
Average	27,234	2,231	7,162	17,840

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