Student Population at Western Colorado

By race/ethnicity, 2,118 White, 145 Black, and 69 Asian students out of a total of 3,568 are attending at Western Colorado University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Western Colorado University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 59.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

By age, Western Colorado has 1,546 students under 18 years old and 3 students over 65 years old. There are 3,389 students under 25 years old, and 634 students over 25 years old out of 4,053 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,546 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Western Colorado has 3,309 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 251 students aged 25 and over.

It has 80 graduate students aged under 25 and 383 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Western Colorado University, 1,449 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 424 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,372 students who live in Colorado or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 77 students live in another State or outside of the United States.