Enrollment Trends at U of Southern Maine

The student population at University of Southern Maine is 7,583 (5,616 undergraduate and 1,967 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,340 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Southern Maine is 74.06% which is decreased by 1,482 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 142 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,932 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 153.54% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,091 where 7,583 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.06% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.94% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,482 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 142 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in U of Southern Maine than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,923	7,098	3,045	4,053	1,825	584	1,241
2014-15	8,428 -495	6,628 -470	2,868 -177	3,760 -293	1,800 -25	558 -26	1,242 1
2015-16	7,739 -689	6,126 -502	2,710 -158	3,416 -344	1,613 -187	491 -67	1,122 -120
2016-17	7,855 116	6,189 63	2,630 -80	3,559 143	1,666 53	492 1	1,174 52
2017-18	7,794 -61	6,110 -79	2,603 -27	3,507 -52	1,684 18	512 20	1,172 -2
2018-19	8,140 346	6,390 280	2,706 103	3,684 177	1,750 66	503 -9	1,247 75
2019-20	8,429 289	6,675 285	2,847 141	3,828 144	1,754 4	483 -20	1,271 24
2020-21	8,022 -407	6,098 -577	2,454 -393	3,644 -184	1,924 170	518 35	1,406 135
2021-22	7,996 -26	5,956 -142	2,420 -34	3,536 -108	2,040 116	516 -2	1,524 118
2022-23	7,583 -413	5,616 -340	2,315 -105	3,301 -235	1,967 -73	492 -24	1,475 -49
Average	8,091	6,289	2,660	3,629	1,802	515	1,287

University of Southern Maine Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,289 where 5,616 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 Southern Maine since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,098	4,281	1,869	2,412	2,817	1,176	1,641
2014-15	6,628	3,985	1,737	2,248	2,643	1,131	1,512
2015-16	6,126	3,730	1,618	2,112	2,396	1,092	1,304
2016-17	6,189	3,750	1,579	2,171	2,439	1,051	1,388
2017-18	6,110	3,901	1,643	2,258	2,209	960	1,249
2018-19	6,390	4,022	1,674	2,348	2,368	1,032	1,336
2019-20	6,675	4,062	1,670	2,392	2,613	1,177	1,436
2020-21	6,098	3,773	1,489	2,284	2,325	965	1,360
2021-22	5,956	3,567	1,397	2,170	2,389	1,023	1,366
2022-23	5,616	3,467	1,348	2,119	2,149	967	1,182
Average	6,289	6,289	1,602	2,251	6,289	1,057	1,377

University of Southern Maine Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,802 where 1,967 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 Southern Maine since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,825	739	264	475	1,086	320	766
2014-15	1,800	715	247	468	1,085	311	774
2015-16	1,613	713	228	485	900	263	637
2016-17	1,666	646	222	424	1,020	270	750
2017-18	1,684	712	242	470	972	270	702
2018-19	1,750	685	213	472	1,065	290	775
2019-20	1,754	626	209	417	1,128	274	854
2020-21	1,924	662	224	438	1,262	294	968
2021-22	2,040	624	220	404	1,416	296	1,120
2022-23	1,967	608	189	419	1,359	303	1,056
Average	1,802	1,802	226	447	1,802	289	840

University of Southern Maine Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.70%. The percentage was 74.89% 10 years ago and U of Southern Maine still has a high percentage of white students. 2.15% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.92% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Southern Maine 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	77	171	220	145	7	6,682	134
2014-15	76	164	224	147	7	6,388	169
2015-16	72	143	231	150	5	5,898	179
2016-17	62	153	289	174	3	5,813	191
2017-18	56	154	345	205	3	5,801	197
2018-19	63	159	396	218	5	5,977	225
2019-20	60	156	454	229	4	6,097	229
2020-21	70	183	476	266	2	6,291	225
2021-22	63	182	455	294	7	6,304	238
2022-23	54	163	449	318	6	5,968	220
Average	65	163	354	215	5	6,122	201

University of Southern Maine Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,932 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 153.54% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Southern Maine from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,428	762	2,112	5,554
2015-16	7,739	738	2,055	4,946
2016-17	7,855	785	2,051	5,019
2017-18	7,794	779	2,175	4,840
2018-19	8,140	959	2,393	4,788
2019-20	8,429	1,020	2,373	5,036
2020-21	8,022	4,081	2,998	943
2021-22	7,996	2,312	3,116	2,568
2022-23	7,583	1,932	2,811	2,840
Average	7,998	1,485	2,454	4,059

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