Enrollment Trends at U of Northern Colorado

The student population at University of Northern Colorado is 9,380 (6,728 undergraduate and 2,652 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,330 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Northern Colorado is 71.73% which is decreased by 3,219 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 111 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.23 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,594 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -10.20% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,102 where 9,380 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.73% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.27% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,219 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 111 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.23 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in U of Northern Colorado than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,710	9,947	3,686	6,261	2,763	760	2,003
2014-15	12,050 -660	9,469 -478	3,460 -226	6,009 -252	2,581 -182	682 -78	1,899 -104
2015-16	12,216 166	9,430 -39	3,491 31	5,939 -70	2,786 205	705 23	2,081 182
2016-17	13,087 871	10,011 581	3,626 135	6,385 446	3,076 290	710 5	2,366 285
2017-18	13,399 312	10,092 81	3,554 -72	6,538 153	3,307 231	761 51	2,546 180
2018-19	13,437 38	10,232 140	3,586 32	6,646 108	3,205 -102	741 -20	2,464 -82
2019-20	12,930 -507	9,810 -422	3,295 -291	6,515 -131	3,120 -85	768 27	2,352 -112
2020-21	11,460 -1,470	8,494 -1,316	2,793 -502	5,701 -814	2,966 -154	722 -46	2,244 -108
2021-22	10,348 -1,112	7,357 -1,137	2,423 -370	4,934 -767	2,991 25	733 11	2,258 14
2022-23	9,380 -968	6,728 -629	2,268 -155	4,460 -474	2,652 -339	634 -99	2,018 -240
Average	12,102	9,157	3,218	5,939	2,945	722	2,223

University of Northern Colorado Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,157 where 6,728 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 Northern Colorado since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,947	8,733	3,296	5,437	1,214	390	824
2014-15	9,469	8,339	3,077	5,262	1,130	383	747
2015-16	9,430	8,196	3,065	5,131	1,234	426	808
2016-17	10,011	8,348	3,069	5,279	1,663	557	1,106
2017-18	10,092	8,328	2,944	5,384	1,764	610	1,154
2018-19	10,232	8,064	2,892	5,172	2,168	694	1,474
2019-20	9,810	7,752	2,655	5,097	2,058	640	1,418
2020-21	8,494	6,726	2,228	4,498	1,768	565	1,203
2021-22	7,357	5,948	1,976	3,972	1,409	447	962
2022-23	6,728	5,377	1,811	3,566	1,351	457	894
Average	9,157	9,157	2,701	4,880	9,157	517	1,059

University of Northern Colorado Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,945 where 2,652 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 Northern Colorado since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,763	1,002	341	661	1,761	419	1,342
2014-15	2,581	932	289	643	1,649	393	1,256
2015-16	2,786	967	313	654	1,819	392	1,427
2016-17	3,076	1,007	296	711	2,069	414	1,655
2017-18	3,307	1,039	298	741	2,268	463	1,805
2018-19	3,205	1,039	302	737	2,166	439	1,727
2019-20	3,120	940	299	641	2,180	469	1,711
2020-21	2,966	979	291	688	1,987	431	1,556
2021-22	2,991	932	288	644	2,059	445	1,614
2022-23	2,652	819	238	581	1,833	396	1,437
Average	2,945	2,945	296	670	2,945	426	1,553

University of Northern Colorado Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.80%. The percentage was 61.43% 10 years ago and U of Northern Colorado still has a high percentage of white students. 2.22% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.98% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Northern Colorado 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	44	203	419	1,778	27	7,808	372
2014-15	38	188	437	1,772	22	7,189	377
2015-16	40	204	444	1,873	22	7,244	395
2016-17	43	254	442	2,140	24	7,870	484
2017-18	50	254	517	2,275	16	8,275	508
2018-19	49	286	467	2,381	23	8,300	506
2019-20	53	270	475	2,600	24	8,448	505
2020-21	31	243	455	2,313	24	7,655	465
2021-22	33	218	431	2,180	17	6,797	428
2022-23	31	208	373	2,119	13	5,984	386
Average	41	233	446	2,143	21	7,557	443

University of Northern Colorado Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,594 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -10.20% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Northern Colorado from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,050	1,775	63	10,212
2015-16	12,216	947	2,112	9,157
2016-17	13,087	1,036	2,159	9,892
2017-18	13,399	1,301	2,018	10,080
2018-19	13,437	1,652	2,209	9,576
2019-20	12,930	1,808	2,330	8,792
2020-21	11,460	2,824	6,738	1,898
2021-22	10,348	1,837	3,583	4,928
2022-23	9,380	1,594	3,314	4,472
Average	12,034	1,642	2,725	7,667

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