The University of Arizona reported a slight increase in total enrollment for at least the ninth consecutive year, according to recently compiled student census data.
The UA counted a graduate and undergraduate enrollment of 45,918 students for the fall 2019 semester, which was up roughly 1.6% from last year. That included 7,671 first-year undergraduates, the highest since 2016, and 2,487 new undergraduate transfers, the highest since at least 2010.
The total number of undergraduates increased 1.6% to 35,801, while the number of graduate students increased 1.3% to 10,117.
The university counted 4,447 online undergraduate and graduate students, roughly 9.7% of the total enrollment.
A recent Arizona Republic analysis found that Northern Arizona University experienced a decline in undergraduate enrollment for 2019 – a first for a public university in Arizona – joining a nationwide trend as the birth rate has gone down. The total enrollment for NAU was 25,085 at its statewide campuses.
ASU reported a 3.5% increase to 75,272 undergraduate and graduate students across its four campus locations.
