University of New Mexico-Main Campus Student Population and Demographics

UNM Student Population

There are 23,124 students including 17,450 undergraduate and 5,674 graduate students at University of New Mexico-Main Campus for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 17,188 full-time and 5,936 part-time students with gender distribution of 9,917 male and 13,207 female students.

University of New Mexico-Main Campus is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,640 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of New Mexico-Main Campus has a total enrollment of 23,124 with a gender distribution of 42.89% male (9,917 students) and 57.11% female (13,207 students). There are 7,468 male and 9,982 female students in undergraduate school and 2,449 male and 3,225 female students are attending graduate school at University of New Mexico-Main Campus.

Student Population By Gender
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,124	9,917	13,207
Undergraduate	17,450	7,468	9,982
Graduate	5,674	2,449	3,225
Full-time	17,188	7,394	9,794
Part-time	5,936	2,523	3,413

[Chart] University of New Mexico-Main Campus 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of New Mexico-Main Campus has 17,188 full-time and 5,936 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 14,261 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,189 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,927 students are full-time and 2,747 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	23,124	17,188	5,936
Undergraduate	17,450	14,261	3,189
Graduate	5,674	2,927	2,747
Men	9,917	7,394	2,523
Women	13,207	9,794	3,413

[Chart] University of New Mexico-Main Campus Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of New Mexico-Main Campus, 3,640 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,446 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 23,124 students.

In undergraduate schools, 10,495 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,591 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,124	17,450	5,674
Online Exclusively	3,640	2,420	1,220
In Some Online Classes	9,446	8,075	1,371
Not In Online Classes	10,038	6,955	3,083

[Chart] University of New Mexico-Main Campus Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of New Mexico-Main Campus. There are 1,226 American Indian/Native American, 6,928 White, 690 Black/African American, 968 Asian, 10,789 Hispanic, 38 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 646 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,124	9,917	13,207
American Indian/Native American	1,226	425	801
Asian	968	418	550
Black/African American	690	331	359
Hispanic	10,789	4,304	6,485
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	38	13	25
White	6,928	3,146	3,782
Two More	934	424	510
Race Un-Known	422	222	200

[Chart] University of New Mexico-Main CampusRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of New Mexico-Main Campus.

Age Distribution
University of New Mexico-Main Campus
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,124	17,450	5,674
Under 18	893	893	0
Age 18-19	5,939	5,935	4
Age 20-21	4,767	4,618	149
Age 22-24	3,667	2,376	1,291
Age 25-29	3,032	1,437	1,595
Age 30-34	1,711	785	926
Age 35-39	1,160	552	608
Age 40-49	1,211	593	618
Age 50-64	564	218	346
Over 64	180	43	137
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of New Mexico-Main Campus 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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