Enrollment Trends at OKWU

The student population at Oklahoma Wesleyan University is 880 (765 undergraduate and 115 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 647 (42.37%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at OKWU is 86.93% which is decreased by 464 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 183 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 109 male students for every 100 female students, up from 57 in 2015.
123 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -76.75% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,083 where 880 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 1,527 students in 2016 and was lowest at 848 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,527 to 880 students, a net loss of 647 (42.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Oklahoma Wesleyan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,527	1,229	440	789	298	113	185
2016-17	1,467 -60	1,192 -37	482 42	710 -79	275 -23	112 -1	163 -22
2017-18	1,204 -263	1,006 -186	425 -57	581 -129	198 -77	66 -46	132 -31
2018-19	1,096 -108	911 -95	386 -39	525 -56	185 -13	58 -8	127 -5
2019-20	1,021 -75	864 -47	364 -22	500 -25	157 -28	48 -10	109 -18
2020-21	934 -87	791 -73	372 8	419 -81	143 -14	48	95 -14
2021-22	902 -32	782 -9	404 32	378 -41	120 -23	34 -14	86 -9
2022-23	848 -54	722 -60	402 -2	320 -58	126 6	43 9	83 -3
2023-24	947 99	824 102	420 18	404 84	123 -3	53 10	70 -13
2024-25	880 -67	765 -59	406 -14	359 -45	115 -8	53	62 -8
Average	1,083	909	410	499	174	63	111

Oklahoma Wesleyan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 909 where 765 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Oklahoma Wesleyan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,229	593	286	307	636	154	482
2016-17	1,192	634	338	296	558	144	414
2017-18	1,006	609	321	288	397	104	293
2018-19	911	563	284	279	348	102	246
2019-20	864	546	278	268	318	86	232
2020-21	791	568	305	263	223	67	156
2021-22	782	604	336	268	178	68	110
2022-23	722	605	353	252	117	49	68
2023-24	824	581	323	258	243	97	146
2024-25	765	609	339	270	156	67	89
Average	909	909	316	275	909	94	224

Oklahoma Wesleyan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 174 where 115 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Oklahoma Wesleyan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	298	7	3	4	291	110	181
2016-17	275	1	1	0	274	111	163
2017-18	198	21	8	13	177	58	119
2018-19	185	5	4	1	180	54	126
2019-20	157	1	0	1	156	48	108
2020-21	143	2	2	0	141	46	95
2021-22	120	4	3	1	116	31	85
2022-23	126	37	10	27	89	33	56
2023-24	123	37	13	24	86	40	46
2024-25	115	32	10	22	83	43	40
Average	174	174	5	9	174	57	102

Oklahoma Wesleyan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.16%. The percentage was 59.86% 10 years ago and OKWU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.30% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.86% to 52.16%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.85% to 1.25%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.64% to 8.30%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.57% to 14.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6927 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6201 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oklahoma Wesleyan University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	160	13	132	85	3	914	0
2016-17	131	16	134	67	4	913	0
2017-18	81	4	108	41	4	770	88
2018-19	80	4	83	48	2	686	104
2019-20	80	3	83	50	3	642	86
2020-21	67	2	83	83	2	546	60
2021-22	60	6	67	93	2	489	48
2022-23	57	8	78	77	4	453	54
2023-24	54	13	59	79	2	483	69
2024-25	46	11	73	125	4	459	64
Average	82	8	90	75	3	636	57

Oklahoma Wesleyan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

123 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -76.75% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Oklahoma Wesleyan University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,527	529	0	998
2016-17	1,467	472	0	995
2017-18	1,204	363	0	841
2018-19	1,096	330	0	766
2019-20	1,021	302	27	692
2020-21	934	274	290	370
2021-22	902	236	338	328
2022-23	848	199	298	351
2023-24	947	210	363	374
2024-25	880	123	0	757
Average	1,083	304	132	647

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Enrollment Trends at OKWU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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