How many students at UNK? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 6,041 students have enrolled in University of Nebraska at Kearney with 4,269 undergraduate and 1,772 graduate students.

By gender, 2,062 male and 3,979 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

2,358 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,944 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

University of Nebraska at Kearney has a total of 6,041 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,269 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,772 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,062 male and 3,979 female students (the male-female ratio is 34:66) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total6,0414,2691,772
Men2,0621,552510
Women3,9792,7171,262
University of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,633 White, 120 Black, and 54 Asian students out of a total of 6,041 are attending at University of Nebraska at Kearney. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1055
Asian541440
Black1207050
Hispanic737251486
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders963
White4,6331,4993,134
Two or more races17257115
Race Unknown401921
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American642
Asian311021
Black1016140
Hispanic613212401
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders743
White3,1261,0762,050
Two or more races1153877
Race Unknown241410
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American413
Asian23419
Black19910
Hispanic1243985
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders220
White1,5074231,084
Two or more races571938
Race Unknown16511
University of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, UNK has 80 students under 18 years old and 11 students over 65 years old. There are 3,996 students under 25 years old, and 2,045 students over 25 years old out of 6,041 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 80 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. UNK has 3,717 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 552 students aged 25 and over.

It has 279 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,493 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18804832
18-191,496970526
20-211,403885518
22-241,017624393
25-29732503229
30-34486335151
35-3931122487
40-4938029684
50-641258738
Over 651174
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18804832
18-191,496970526
20-211,398882516
22-24743419324
25-2922514382
30-3412810028
35-39917417
40-49846816
50-64231211
Over 65110
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21532
22-2427420569
25-29507360147
30-34358235123
35-3922015070
40-4929622868
50-641027527
Over 651064
University of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Student Population by Age chartUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartUniversity of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2,358 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,944 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,887 students lived in Nebraska or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 471 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students6,0412,3581,944
Undergraduate4,2697771,800
Graduate1,7721,581144
Online Student Population by Locality
Nebraska ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,88745813
Undergraduate683895
Graduate1,2043698
University of Nebraska at Kearney 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,269 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 325 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.61%.258 students have transferred in as full-time status and 67 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time3,414
Transfer-in Full-time258
Regular Part-time530
Transfer-in Part-time67

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