Enrollment Trends at GWU

The student population at George Washington University is 25,939 (11,482 undergraduate and 14,457 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 286 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at GWU is 44.27% which is increased by 1,018 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 732 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.65 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

4,979 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 70.86% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 26,661 where 25,939 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

44.27% of total students is undergraduate students and 55.73% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,018 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 732 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.65 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in GWU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at George Washington University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	25,653	10,464	4,693	5,771	15,189	6,606	8,583
2013-14	25,264 -389	10,357 -107	4,627 -66	5,730 -41	14,907 -282	6,488 -118	8,419 -164
2014-15	25,613 349	10,740 383	4,724 97	6,016 286	14,873 -34	6,286 -202	8,587 168
2015-16	26,212 599	11,157 417	4,859 135	6,298 282	15,055 182	6,264 -22	8,791 204
2016-17	27,159 947	11,504 347	4,930 71	6,574 276	15,655 600	6,337 73	9,318 527
2017-18	27,973 814	11,999 495	4,845 -85	7,154 580	15,974 319	6,495 158	9,479 161
2018-19	28,172 199	12,546 547	4,876 31	7,670 516	15,626 -348	6,356 -139	9,270 -209
2019-20	27,814 -358	12,484 -62	4,752 -124	7,732 62	15,330 -296	6,172 -184	9,158 -112
2020-21	27,017 -797	11,763 -721	4,293 -459	7,470 -262	15,254 -76	5,926 -246	9,328 170
2021-22	26,457 -560	11,502 -261	4,172 -121	7,330 -140	14,955 -299	5,699 -227	9,256 -72
2022-23	25,939 -518	11,482 -20	4,176 4	7,306 -24	14,457 -498	5,598 -101	8,859 -397
Average	26,661	11,454	4,632	6,823	15,207	6,202	9,004

George Washington University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 11,454 where 11,482 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at George Washington University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,464	9,758	4,320	5,438	706	373	333
2013-14	10,357	9,609	4,215	5,394	748	412	336
2014-15	10,740	9,830	4,274	5,556	910	450	460
2015-16	11,157	10,163	4,336	5,827	994	523	471
2016-17	11,504	10,430	4,366	6,064	1,074	564	510
2017-18	11,999	10,893	4,294	6,599	1,106	551	555
2018-19	12,546	11,334	4,325	7,009	1,212	551	661
2019-20	12,484	11,102	4,198	6,904	1,382	554	828
2020-21	11,763	10,141	3,706	6,435	1,622	587	1,035
2021-22	11,502	10,284	3,752	6,532	1,218	420	798
2022-23	11,482	10,332	3,811	6,521	1,150	365	785
Average	11,454	11,454	4,145	6,207	11,454	486	616

George Washington University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 15,207 where 14,457 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at George Washington University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15,189	7,633	3,397	4,236	7,556	3,209	4,347
2013-14	14,907	7,500	3,383	4,117	7,407	3,105	4,302
2014-15	14,873	7,436	3,238	4,198	7,437	3,048	4,389
2015-16	15,055	7,526	3,226	4,300	7,529	3,038	4,491
2016-17	15,655	7,839	3,357	4,482	7,816	2,980	4,836
2017-18	15,974	7,775	3,354	4,421	8,199	3,141	5,058
2018-19	15,626	7,765	3,397	4,368	7,861	2,959	4,902
2019-20	15,330	7,707	3,322	4,385	7,623	2,850	4,773
2020-21	15,254	7,361	3,056	4,305	7,893	2,870	5,023
2021-22	14,955	7,375	2,993	4,382	7,580	2,706	4,874
2022-23	14,457	7,326	3,071	4,255	7,131	2,527	4,604
Average	15,207	15,207	3,254	4,314	15,207	2,948	4,691

George Washington University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.83% and the percentage of black students is 10.05% at George Washington University. 12.32% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at George Washington University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	101	2,215	2,243	1,515	48	14,035	416
2013-14	83	2,119	2,227	1,471	41	13,680	505
2014-15	61	2,254	2,227	1,603	38	13,430	561
2015-16	55	2,489	2,315	1,773	44	13,307	664
2016-17	62	2,600	2,622	1,978	42	13,304	753
2017-18	67	2,718	2,784	2,205	44	13,322	815
2018-19	63	2,900	2,746	2,392	44	13,294	818
2019-20	49	2,894	2,774	2,411	45	12,968	863
2020-21	53	2,955	2,786	2,991	39	12,508	914
2021-22	48	3,040	2,820	2,687	37	12,465	957
2022-23	39	3,195	2,608	2,640	32	11,888	1,017
Average	62	2,671	2,559	2,151	41	13,109	753

George Washington University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,979 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 70.86% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at George Washington University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	25,613	2,914	825	21,874
2015-16	26,212	3,738	1,046	21,428
2016-17	27,159	4,422	1,310	21,427
2017-18	27,973	5,014	1,471	21,488
2018-19	28,172	5,374	1,417	21,381
2019-20	27,814	4,989	1,265	21,560
2020-21	27,017	5,311	1,557	20,149
2021-22	26,457	5,340	1,561	19,556
2022-23	25,939	4,979	1,570	19,390
Average	26,928	4,676	1,336	20,917

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