Enrollment Trends at U of Nebraska-Lincoln

The student population at University of Nebraska-Lincoln is 23,805 (19,189 undergraduate and 4,616 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 640 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Nebraska-Lincoln is 80.61% which is decreased by 187 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 453 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.01 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

1,652 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 66.53% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 25,124 where 23,805 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.61% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.39% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 187 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 453 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.01 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in U of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24,445	19,376	10,438	8,938	5,069	2,454	2,615
2014-15	25,006 561	19,979 603	10,654 216	9,325 387	5,027 -42	2,408 -46	2,619 4
2015-16	25,260 254	20,182 203	10,701 47	9,481 156	5,078 51	2,410 2	2,668 49
2016-17	25,897 637	20,833 651	10,865 164	9,968 487	5,064 -14	2,512 102	2,552 -116
2017-18	26,079 182	20,954 121	10,995 130	9,959 -9	5,125 61	2,519 7	2,606 54
2018-19	25,820 -259	20,830 -124	10,997 2	9,833 -126	4,990 -135	2,455 -64	2,535 -71
2019-20	25,390 -430	20,478 -352	10,758 -239	9,720 -113	4,912 -78	2,331 -124	2,581 46
2020-21	25,108 -282	20,286 -192	10,496 -262	9,790 70	4,822 -90	2,290 -41	2,532 -49
2021-22	24,431 -677	19,552 -734	9,873 -623	9,679 -111	4,879 57	2,401 111	2,478 -54
2022-23	23,805 -626	19,189 -363	9,616 -257	9,573 -106	4,616 -263	2,253 -148	2,363 -115
Average	25,124	20,166	10,539	9,627	4,958	2,403	2,555

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 20,166 where 19,189 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 Nebraska-Lincoln since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19,376	18,102	9,697	8,405	1,274	741	533
2014-15	19,979	18,660	9,887	8,773	1,319	767	552
2015-16	20,182	18,817	9,905	8,912	1,365	796	569
2016-17	20,833	19,381	10,022	9,359	1,452	843	609
2017-18	20,954	19,534	10,175	9,359	1,420	820	600
2018-19	20,830	19,466	10,208	9,258	1,364	789	575
2019-20	20,478	19,132	9,943	9,189	1,346	815	531
2020-21	20,286	18,949	9,689	9,260	1,337	807	530
2021-22	19,552	18,437	9,238	9,199	1,115	635	480
2022-23	19,189	18,175	9,016	9,159	1,014	600	414
Average	20,166	20,166	9,778	9,087	20,166	761	539

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,958 where 4,616 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 Nebraska-Lincoln since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,069	2,778	1,474	1,304	2,291	980	1,311
2014-15	5,027	2,704	1,403	1,301	2,323	1,005	1,318
2015-16	5,078	2,643	1,392	1,251	2,435	1,018	1,417
2016-17	5,064	2,681	1,429	1,252	2,383	1,083	1,300
2017-18	5,125	2,719	1,427	1,292	2,406	1,092	1,314
2018-19	4,990	2,725	1,444	1,281	2,265	1,011	1,254
2019-20	4,912	2,640	1,331	1,309	2,272	1,000	1,272
2020-21	4,822	2,585	1,290	1,295	2,237	1,000	1,237
2021-22	4,879	2,618	1,355	1,263	2,261	1,046	1,215
2022-23	4,616	2,520	1,294	1,226	2,096	959	1,137
Average	4,958	4,958	1,384	1,277	4,958	1,019	1,278

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.21%. The percentage was 77.30% 10 years ago and U of Nebraska-Lincoln still has a high percentage of white students. 3.57% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.83% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Nebraska-Lincoln 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	70	525	593	1,058	16	18,895	518
2014-15	57	564	625	1,148	16	18,914	585
2015-16	54	576	649	1,256	19	18,962	651
2016-17	45	627	697	1,373	18	19,149	723
2017-18	70	679	690	1,505	21	19,005	754
2018-19	69	699	676	1,571	16	18,833	741
2019-20	63	707	668	1,708	14	18,545	758
2020-21	53	795	663	1,850	10	18,448	770
2021-22	58	867	651	1,863	11	17,986	798
2022-23	52	850	673	1,958	14	17,427	808
Average	59	689	659	1,529	16	18,616	711

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,652 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 66.53% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Nebraska-Lincoln from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	25,006	992	6,044	17,970
2015-16	25,260	1,353	6,558	17,349
2016-17	25,897	1,375	8,862	15,660
2017-18	26,079	1,477	9,419	15,183
2018-19	25,820	1,649	10,178	13,993
2019-20	25,390	1,628	10,821	12,941
2020-21	25,108	2,016	14,716	8,376
2021-22	24,431	1,954	13,905	8,572
2022-23	23,805	1,652	13,200	8,953
Average	25,200	1,566	10,411	13,222

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