Enrollment Trends at U of the People

The student population at University of the People is 34,192 (27,220 undergraduate and 6,972 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 29,781 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of the People is 79.61% which is increased by 22,830 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 6,951 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.87 to 1 which means that male students enrolled slightly more than female students.

34,192 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 675.15% since 2016.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 8 years is 21,541 where 34,192 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.61% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.39% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 22,830 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 6,951 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.87 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in U of the People than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of the People since 2016.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	4,411	4,390	2,832	1,558	21	17	4
2017-18	2,138 -2,273	1,632 -2,758	1,036 -1,796	596 -962	506 485	329 312	177 173
2018-19	4,987 2,849	4,384 2,752	2,743 1,707	1,641 1,045	603 97	410 81	193 16
2019-20	5,043 56	4,424 40	2,823 80	1,601 -40	619 16	413 3	206 13
2020-21	43,722 38,679	34,108 29,684	21,586 18,763	12,522 10,921	9,614 8,995	5,430 5,017	4,184 3,978
2021-22	56,292 12,570	44,825 10,717	27,683 6,097	17,142 4,620	11,467 1,853	6,539 1,109	4,928 744
2022-23	34,192 -22,100	27,220 -17,605	14,654 -13,029	12,566 -4,576	6,972 -4,495	3,663 -2,876	3,309 -1,619
Average	21,541	17,283	10,480	6,804	4,257	2,400	1,857

University of the People Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 8 years is 17,283 where 27,220 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 the People since 2016.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	4,390	1,026	704	322	3,364	2,128	1,236
2017-18	1,632	303	210	93	1,329	826	503
2018-19	4,384	3,087	1,955	1,132	1,297	788	509
2019-20	4,424	1,096	721	375	3,328	2,102	1,226
2020-21	34,108	4,032	2,467	1,565	30,076	19,119	10,957
2021-22	44,825	12,721	7,784	4,937	32,104	19,899	12,205
2022-23	27,220	10,954	5,898	5,056	16,266	8,756	7,510
Average	17,283	17,283	2,820	1,926	17,283	7,660	4,878

University of the People Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 8 years is 4,257 where 6,972 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 the People since 2016.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	21	10	8	2	11	9	2
2017-18	506	145	92	53	361	237	124
2018-19	603	601	409	192	2	1	1
2019-20	619	108	68	40	511	345	166
2020-21	9,614	750	432	318	8,864	4,998	3,866
2021-22	11,467	2,837	1,609	1,228	8,630	4,930	3,700
2022-23	6,972	1,485	818	667	5,487	2,845	2,642
Average	4,257	4,257	491	357	4,257	1,909	1,500

University of the People Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 5.02% and the percentage of black students is 3.16% at University of the People. 1.78% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of the People over the past 8 years (2016-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2016-17	114	273	367	449	0	866	165
2017-18	33	291	565	415	14	623	0
2018-19	1	8	11	12	0	28	3
2019-20	1	10	13	15	1	55	3
2020-21	124	4,602	5,985	2,227	153	5,697	12
2021-22	67	769	1,572	1,100	44	2,375	160
2022-23	32	609	1,082	827	29	1,715	119
Average	53	937	1,371	721	34	1,623	66

University of the People Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

34,192 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has increased 675.15% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of the People from 2016 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely
2016-17	4,411	4,411
2017-18	2,138	2,138
2018-19	4,987	4,987
2019-20	5,043	5,043
2020-21	25,927	25,927
2021-22	56,292	56,292
2022-23	34,192	34,192
Average	18,999	18,999

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