Enrollment Trends at UMass Dartmouth

The student population at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth is 7,457 (5,517 undergraduate and 1,940 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,596 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UMass Dartmouth is 73.98% which is decreased by 1,920 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 324 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

1,375 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 155.58% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,384 where 7,457 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.98% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.02% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,920 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 324 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in UMass Dartmouth.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,053	7,437	3,885	3,552	1,616	753	863
2014-15	9,111 58	7,454 17	3,906 21	3,548 -4	1,657 41	803 50	854 -9
2015-16	8,916 -195	7,295 -159	3,776 -130	3,519 -29	1,621 -36	775 -28	846 -8
2016-17	8,647 -269	6,999 -296	3,555 -221	3,444 -75	1,648 27	782 7	866 20
2017-18	8,406 -241	6,763 -236	3,474 -81	3,289 -155	1,643 -5	764 -18	879 13
2018-19	8,513 107	6,841 78	3,497 23	3,344 55	1,672 29	753 -11	919 40
2019-20	8,154 -359	6,405 -436	3,188 -309	3,217 -127	1,749 77	801 48	948 29
2020-21	7,869 -285	6,027 -378	2,938 -250	3,089 -128	1,842 93	844 43	998 50
2021-22	7,717 -152	5,833 -194	2,801 -137	3,032 -57	1,884 42	875 31	1,009 11
2022-23	7,457 -260	5,517 -316	2,662 -139	2,855 -177	1,940 56	894 19	1,046 37
Average	8,384	6,657	3,368	3,289	1,727	804	923

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,657 where 5,517 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 Massachusetts-Dartmouth since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,437	6,373	3,430	2,943	1,064	455	609
2014-15	7,454	6,361	3,449	2,912	1,093	457	636
2015-16	7,295	6,254	3,336	2,918	1,041	440	601
2016-17	6,999	6,011	3,124	2,887	988	431	557
2017-18	6,763	5,790	3,079	2,711	973	395	578
2018-19	6,841	5,895	3,089	2,806	946	408	538
2019-20	6,405	5,465	2,806	2,659	940	382	558
2020-21	6,027	5,122	2,568	2,554	905	370	535
2021-22	5,833	4,905	2,430	2,475	928	371	557
2022-23	5,517	4,707	2,327	2,380	810	335	475
Average	6,657	6,657	2,964	2,725	6,657	404	564

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,727 where 1,940 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 Massachusetts-Dartmouth since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,616	687	376	311	929	377	552
2014-15	1,657	715	403	312	942	400	542
2015-16	1,621	710	393	317	911	382	529
2016-17	1,648	743	410	333	905	372	533
2017-18	1,643	712	371	341	931	393	538
2018-19	1,672	636	303	333	1,036	450	586
2019-20	1,749	667	327	340	1,082	474	608
2020-21	1,842	738	365	373	1,104	479	625
2021-22	1,884	751	374	377	1,133	501	632
2022-23	1,940	859	438	421	1,081	456	625
Average	1,727	1,727	376	346	1,727	428	577

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.01%. The percentage was 66.48% 10 years ago and UMass Dartmouth still has a high percentage of white students. 3.74% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.66% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth 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	19	274	894	596	4	6,018	302
2014-15	18	292	973	636	2	5,717	295
2015-16	20	304	1,056	675	3	5,434	289
2016-17	15	303	1,098	717	2	5,145	292
2017-18	14	306	1,112	742	1	5,005	293
2018-19	16	333	1,172	815	2	4,992	307
2019-20	11	304	1,125	759	1	4,818	317
2020-21	11	280	1,075	774	1	4,717	353
2021-22	13	291	1,063	772	1	4,521	363
2022-23	11	279	1,093	828	3	4,251	345
Average	15	297	1,066	731	2	5,062	316

University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,375 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 155.58% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,111	538	347	8,226
2015-16	8,916	611	319	7,986
2016-17	8,647	691	6,823	1,133
2017-18	8,406	853	421	7,132
2018-19	8,513	1,059	429	7,025
2019-20	8,154	1,197	421	6,536
2020-21	7,869	5,643	1,981	245
2021-22	7,717	1,514	1,076	5,127
2022-23	7,457	1,375	604	5,478
Average	8,310	1,498	1,380	5,432

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