University of Nebraska-Lincoln Student Population and Demographics

Nebraska-Lincoln Student Population

There are 24,393 students including 19,701 undergraduate and 4,692 graduate students at University of Nebraska-Lincoln for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 21,499 full-time and 2,894 part-time students with gender distribution of 12,079 male and 12,314 female students.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,697 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Nebraska-Lincoln has a total enrollment of 24,393 with a gender distribution of 49.52% male (12,079 students) and 50.48% female (12,314 students). There are 9,847 male and 9,854 female students in undergraduate school and 2,232 male and 2,460 female students are attending graduate school at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Student Population By Gender
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
	Total	Men	Women
Total	24,393	12,079	12,314
Undergraduate	19,701	9,847	9,854
Graduate	4,692	2,232	2,460
Full-time	21,499	10,694	10,805
Part-time	2,894	1,385	1,509

[Chart] University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Nebraska-Lincoln has 21,499 full-time and 2,894 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 18,767 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 934 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,732 students are full-time and 1,960 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	24,393	21,499	2,894
Undergraduate	19,701	18,767	934
Graduate	4,692	2,732	1,960
Men	12,079	10,694	1,385
Women	12,314	10,805	1,509

[Chart] University of Nebraska-Lincoln Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1,697 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 14,051 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 24,393 students.

In undergraduate schools, 13,717 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,031 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	24,393	19,701	4,692
Online Exclusively	1,697	280	1,417
In Some Online Classes	14,051	13,437	614
Not In Online Classes	8,645	5,984	2,661

[Chart] University of Nebraska-Lincoln Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. There are 71 American Indian/Native American, 17,574 White, 694 Black/African American, 938 Asian, 2,184 Hispanic, 19 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 548 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
	Total	Men	Women
Total	24,393	12,079	12,314
American Indian/Native American	71	32	39
Asian	938	455	483
Black/African American	694	371	323
Hispanic	2,184	1,035	1,149
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	13	6
White	17,574	8,674	8,900
Two More	892	387	505
Race Un-Known	358	161	197

[Chart] University of Nebraska-LincolnRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	24,393	19,701	4,692
Under 18	274	274	0
Age 18-19	8,420	8,420	0
Age 20-21	8,146	8,080	66
Age 22-24	3,555	2,263	1,292
Age 25-29	1,826	384	1,442
Age 30-34	922	139	783
Age 35-39	541	74	467
Age 40-49	506	45	461
Age 50-64	176	18	158
Over 64	27	4	23
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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