Enrollment Trends at UMES

The student population at University of Maryland Eastern Shore is 2,518 (1,933 undergraduate and 585 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,702 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UMES is 76.77% which is decreased by 1,597 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 105 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

106 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 146.51% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,399 where 2,518 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.77% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.23% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,597 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 105 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UMES than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,220	3,530	1,572	1,958	690	259	431
2014-15	4,279 59	3,570 40	1,607 35	1,963 5	709 19	272 13	437 6
2015-16	4,465 186	3,742 172	1,707 100	2,035 72	723 14	278 6	445 8
2016-17	3,904 -561	3,277 -465	1,471 -236	1,806 -229	627 -96	242 -36	385 -60
2017-18	3,490 -414	2,861 -416	1,297 -174	1,564 -242	629 2	237 -5	392 7
2018-19	3,193 -297	2,597 -264	1,155 -142	1,442 -122	596 -33	222 -15	374 -18
2019-20	2,886 -307	2,333 -264	1,046 -109	1,287 -155	553 -43	198 -24	355 -19
2020-21	2,646 -240	2,069 -264	930 -116	1,139 -148	577 24	193 -5	384 29
2021-22	2,384 -262	1,811 -258	831 -99	980 -159	573 -4	187 -6	386 2
2022-23	2,518 134	1,933 122	901 70	1,032 52	585 12	191 4	394 8
Average	3,399	2,772	1,252	1,521	626	228	398

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,772 where 1,933 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 Maryland Eastern Shore since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,530	3,171	1,390	1,781	359	182	177
2014-15	3,570	3,192	1,450	1,742	378	157	221
2015-16	3,742	3,291	1,480	1,811	451	227	224
2016-17	3,277	2,918	1,313	1,605	359	158	201
2017-18	2,861	2,573	1,150	1,423	288	147	141
2018-19	2,597	2,360	1,041	1,319	237	114	123
2019-20	2,333	2,095	938	1,157	238	108	130
2020-21	2,069	1,860	827	1,033	209	103	106
2021-22	1,811	1,619	747	872	192	84	108
2022-23	1,933	1,749	802	947	184	99	85
Average	2,772	2,772	1,114	1,369	2,772	138	152

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 626 where 585 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 Maryland Eastern Shore since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	690	430	176	254	260	83	177
2014-15	709	442	187	255	267	85	182
2015-16	723	485	200	285	238	78	160
2016-17	627	397	165	232	230	77	153
2017-18	629	414	153	261	215	84	131
2018-19	596	370	130	240	226	92	134
2019-20	553	345	126	219	208	72	136
2020-21	577	349	122	227	228	71	157
2021-22	573	347	113	234	226	74	152
2022-23	585	346	116	230	239	75	164
Average	626	626	149	244	626	79	155

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 13.78% and the percentage of black students is 68.55% at University of Maryland Eastern Shore. 2.10% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Maryland Eastern Shore 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	4	75	2,830	87	3	634	370
2014-15	7	66	2,859	85	2	619	461
2015-16	7	67	3,025	115	2	596	454
2016-17	9	47	2,737	113	1	510	336
2017-18	8	43	2,431	126	2	428	308
2018-19	6	59	2,037	128	2	400	230
2019-20	5	63	1,499	126	0	381	142
2020-21	9	56	1,224	132	2	394	96
2021-22	12	57	1,201	109	2	291	59
2022-23	13	53	1,726	105	0	347	130
Average	8	59	2,157	113	2	460	259

University of Maryland Eastern Shore Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

106 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 146.51% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Maryland Eastern Shore from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,279	43	1,215	3,021
2015-16	4,465	49	1,319	3,097
2016-17	3,904	56	1,247	2,601
2017-18	3,490	73	1,261	2,156
2018-19	3,193	93	1,127	1,973
2019-20	2,886	86	1,028	1,772
2020-21	2,646	77	1,020	1,549
2021-22	2,384	117	777	1,490
2022-23	2,518	106	912	1,500
Average	3,307	78	1,101	2,129

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