Enrollment Trends at U of Nevada-Reno

The student population at University of Nevada-Reno is 20,945 (16,973 undergraduate and 3,972 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,169 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Nevada-Reno is 81.04% which is increased by 1,279 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 890 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.20 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,492 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 213.45% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 20,778 where 20,945 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.04% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.96% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,279 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 890 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.20 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in U of Nevada-Reno than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18,776	15,694	7,453	8,241	3,082	1,476	1,606
2014-15	19,934 1,158	16,839 1,145	8,009 556	8,830 589	3,095 13	1,436 -40	1,659 53
2015-16	20,898 964	17,770 931	8,449 440	9,321 491	3,128 33	1,419 -17	1,709 50
2016-17	21,353 455	18,191 421	8,570 121	9,621 300	3,162 34	1,446 27	1,716 7
2017-18	21,657 304	18,348 157	8,674 104	9,674 53	3,309 147	1,407 -39	1,902 186
2018-19	21,463 -194	17,930 -418	8,554 -120	9,376 -298	3,533 224	1,461 54	2,072 170
2019-20	20,993 -470	17,297 -633	8,167 -387	9,130 -246	3,696 163	1,465 4	2,231 159
2020-21	20,722 -271	16,845 -452	7,832 -335	9,013 -117	3,877 181	1,494 29	2,383 152
2021-22	21,034 312	17,025 180	8,014 182	9,011 -2	4,009 132	1,574 80	2,435 52
2022-23	20,945 -89	16,973 -52	7,991 -23	8,982 -29	3,972 -37	1,540 -34	2,432 -3
Average	20,778	17,291	8,171	9,120	3,486	1,472	2,015

University of Nevada-Reno Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 17,291 where 16,973 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 Nevada-Reno since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,694	12,934	6,104	6,830	2,760	1,349	1,411
2014-15	16,839	13,999	6,601	7,398	2,840	1,408	1,432
2015-16	17,770	14,950	7,060	7,890	2,820	1,389	1,431
2016-17	18,191	15,408	7,215	8,193	2,783	1,355	1,428
2017-18	18,348	15,572	7,322	8,250	2,776	1,352	1,424
2018-19	17,930	15,200	7,213	7,987	2,730	1,341	1,389
2019-20	17,297	14,788	6,952	7,836	2,509	1,215	1,294
2020-21	16,845	14,323	6,633	7,690	2,522	1,199	1,323
2021-22	17,025	14,016	6,543	7,473	3,009	1,471	1,538
2022-23	16,973	13,788	6,472	7,316	3,185	1,519	1,666
Average	17,291	17,291	6,812	7,686	17,291	1,360	1,434

University of Nevada-Reno Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,486 where 3,972 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 Nevada-Reno since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,082	1,274	590	684	1,808	886	922
2014-15	3,095	1,267	608	659	1,828	828	1,000
2015-16	3,128	1,300	597	703	1,828	822	1,006
2016-17	3,162	1,424	638	786	1,738	808	930
2017-18	3,309	1,481	618	863	1,828	789	1,039
2018-19	3,533	1,568	649	919	1,965	812	1,153
2019-20	3,696	1,639	643	996	2,057	822	1,235
2020-21	3,877	1,595	620	975	2,282	874	1,408
2021-22	4,009	1,622	648	974	2,387	926	1,461
2022-23	3,972	1,689	649	1,040	2,283	891	1,392
Average	3,486	3,486	626	860	3,486	846	1,155

University of Nevada-Reno Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.92%. The percentage was 64.79% 10 years ago and U of Nevada-Reno still has a high percentage of white students. 8.26% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.68% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Nevada-Reno 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	139	1,216	610	2,764	90	12,165	1,030
2014-15	143	1,342	676	3,283	88	12,414	1,141
2015-16	150	1,493	711	3,576	109	12,594	1,197
2016-17	158	1,519	677	3,954	123	12,591	1,250
2017-18	153	1,643	693	4,165	114	12,462	1,350
2018-19	146	1,669	696	4,186	113	12,220	1,388
2019-20	141	1,664	688	4,292	104	11,572	1,454
2020-21	118	1,689	685	4,413	87	11,319	1,539
2021-22	128	1,689	800	4,651	90	11,010	1,664
2022-23	123	1,730	771	4,778	78	10,666	1,709
Average	140	1,565	701	4,006	100	11,901	1,372

University of Nevada-Reno Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,492 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 213.45% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Nevada-Reno from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	19,934	476	2,987	16,471
2015-16	20,898	546	3,606	16,746
2016-17	21,353	616	4,071	16,666
2017-18	21,657	820	3,872	16,965
2018-19	21,463	955	3,706	16,802
2019-20	20,993	1,066	3,952	15,975
2020-21	20,722	1,299	4,299	15,124
2021-22	21,034	1,586	4,563	14,885
2022-23	20,945	1,492	4,895	14,558
Average	21,000	984	3,995	16,021

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