The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Student Population and Demographics

UTK Student Population

There are 38,728 students including 30,564 undergraduate and 8,164 graduate students at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 34,027 full-time and 4,701 part-time students with gender distribution of 17,837 male and 20,891 female students.

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,176 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has a total enrollment of 38,728 with a gender distribution of 46.06% male (17,837 students) and 53.94% female (20,891 students). There are 14,211 male and 16,353 female students in undergraduate school and 3,626 male and 4,538 female students are attending graduate school at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Student Population By Gender
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
	Total	Men	Women
Total	38,728	17,837	20,891
Undergraduate	30,564	14,211	16,353
Graduate	8,164	3,626	4,538
Full-time	34,027	15,635	18,392
Part-time	4,701	2,202	2,499

[Chart] The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

The University of Tennessee-Knoxville has 34,027 full-time and 4,701 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 29,565 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 999 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 4,462 students are full-time and 3,702 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	38,728	34,027	4,701
Undergraduate	30,564	29,565	999
Graduate	8,164	4,462	3,702
Men	17,837	15,635	2,202
Women	20,891	18,392	2,499

[Chart] The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, 3,176 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12,105 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 38,728 students.

In undergraduate schools, 12,054 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,227 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	38,728	30,564	8,164
Online Exclusively	3,176	440	2,736
In Some Online Classes	12,105	11,614	491
Not In Online Classes	23,447	18,510	4,937

[Chart] The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville. There are 55 American Indian/Native American, 29,282 White, 1,675 Black/African American, 1,396 Asian, 2,525 Hispanic, 15 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,136 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
	Total	Men	Women
Total	38,728	17,837	20,891
American Indian/Native American	55	21	34
Asian	1,396	653	743
Black/African American	1,675	765	910
Hispanic	2,525	1,116	1,409
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	9	6
White	29,282	13,269	16,013
Two More	1,848	875	973
Race Un-Known	507	261	246

[Chart] The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at The University of Tennessee-Knoxville.

Age Distribution
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	38,728	30,564	8,164
Under 18	308	308	0
Age 18-19	12,868	12,868	0
Age 20-21	13,274	13,105	169
Age 22-24	5,761	3,103	2,658
Age 25-29	3,053	598	2,455
Age 30-34	1,435	238	1,197
Age 35-39	776	142	634
Age 40-49	849	127	722
Age 50-64	347	49	298
Over 64	57	26	31
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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