How many students at UNM? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 21,953 students have enrolled in University of New Mexico-Main Campus with 16,375 undergraduate and 5,578 graduate students.
By gender, 9,289 male and 12,664 female students are attending the school.
It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).
3,883 students are enrolled exclusively, and 8,332 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 New Mexico-Main Campus has a total of 21,953 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 16,375 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,578 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 9,289 male and 12,664 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
| Total | Undergraduate | Graduate |
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| Total | 21,953 | 16,375 | 5,578 |
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| Men | 9,289 | 6,848 | 2,441 |
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| Women | 12,664 | 9,527 | 3,137 |
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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity
By race/ethnicity, 6,841 White, 613 Black, and 944 Asian students out of a total of 21,953 are attending at University of New Mexico-Main Campus. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 1,281 | 389 | 892 |
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| Asian | 944 | 403 | 541 |
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| Black | 613 | 330 | 283 |
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| Hispanic | 9,978 | 4,028 | 5,950 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 35 | 15 | 20 |
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| White | 6,841 | 3,002 | 3,839 |
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| Two or more races | 828 | 343 | 485 |
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| Race Unknown | 370 | 181 | 189 |
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Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 1,024 | 315 | 709 |
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| Asian | 678 | 300 | 378 |
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| Black | 489 | 263 | 226 |
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| Hispanic | 8,149 | 3,280 | 4,869 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 28 | 14 | 14 |
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| White | 4,748 | 2,093 | 2,655 |
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| Two or more races | 654 | 276 | 378 |
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| Race Unknown | 216 | 107 | 109 |
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Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
| Race | Total | Men | Women |
| American Indian or Native American | 257 | 74 | 183 |
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| Asian | 266 | 103 | 163 |
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| Black | 124 | 67 | 57 |
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| Hispanic | 1,829 | 748 | 1,081 |
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| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders | 7 | 1 | 6 |
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| White | 2,093 | 909 | 1,184 |
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| Two or more races | 174 | 67 | 107 |
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| Race Unknown | 154 | 74 | 80 |
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Student Age Distribution
By age, UNM has 310 students under 18 years old and 73 students over 65 years old. There are 13,855 students under 25 years old, and 7,633 students over 25 years old out of 21,953 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 310 students are younger than 18 and 41 students are older than 65. UNM has 12,537 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,373 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,318 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,260 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| Under 18 | 310 | 194 | 116 |
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| 18-19 | 5,584 | 3,252 | 2,332 |
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| 20-21 | 4,331 | 2,513 | 1,818 |
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| 22-24 | 3,630 | 1,992 | 1,638 |
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| 25-29 | 2,962 | 1,629 | 1,333 |
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| 30-34 | 1,768 | 994 | 774 |
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| 35-39 | 1,126 | 664 | 462 |
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| 40-49 | 1,174 | 762 | 412 |
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| 50-64 | 530 | 360 | 170 |
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| Over 65 | 73 | 39 | 34 |
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Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| Under 18 | 310 | 194 | 116 |
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| 18-19 | 5,582 | 3,251 | 2,331 |
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| 20-21 | 4,253 | 2,465 | 1,788 |
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| 22-24 | 2,392 | 1,283 | 1,109 |
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| 25-29 | 1,288 | 734 | 554 |
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| 30-34 | 769 | 464 | 305 |
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| 35-39 | 498 | 318 | 180 |
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| 40-49 | 537 | 367 | 170 |
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| 50-64 | 240 | 166 | 74 |
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| Over 65 | 41 | 20 | 21 |
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Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
| Age | Total | Men | Women |
| 18-19 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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| 20-21 | 78 | 48 | 30 |
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| 22-24 | 1,238 | 709 | 529 |
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| 25-29 | 1,674 | 895 | 779 |
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| 30-34 | 999 | 530 | 469 |
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| 35-39 | 628 | 346 | 282 |
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| 40-49 | 637 | 395 | 242 |
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| 50-64 | 290 | 194 | 96 |
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| Over 65 | 32 | 19 | 13 |
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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 New Mexico-Main Campus, 3,883 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,332 students are enrolled in some online courses.
3,556 students lived in New Mexico or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 327 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
| All Students | Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses | Enrolled in Some Online Courses |
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| All Students | 21,953 | 3,883 | 8,332 |
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| Undergraduate | 16,375 | 2,396 | 7,235 |
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| Graduate | 5,578 | 1,487 | 1,097 |
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Online Student Population by Locality
| New Mexico Residents | Other States in U.S. | Outside of U.S. |
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| All Students | 3,556 | 321 | 6 |
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| Undergraduate | 2,192 | 204 | 0 |
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| Graduate | 1,364 | 117 | 6 |
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Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Among 16,375 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,195 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.30%.766 students have transferred in as full-time status and 429 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
| Number of Students |
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| Regular Full-time | 11,276 |
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| Transfer-in Full-time | 766 |
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| Regular Part-time | 3,904 |
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| Transfer-in Part-time | 429 |
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