Student Population at Western Oregon

By race/ethnicity, 2,139 White, 109 Black, and 106 Asian students out of a total of 3,722 are attending at Western Oregon University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Western Oregon University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 59.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

By age, Western Oregon has 25 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 2,680 students under 25 years old, and 1,042 students over 25 years old out of 3,722 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 25 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. Western Oregon has 2,562 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 605 students aged 25 and over.

It has 118 graduate students aged under 25 and 437 students aged 25 and over.

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 Oregon University, 818 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,884 students are enrolled in some online courses.

687 students who live in Oregon or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 131 students live in another State or outside of the United States.