Enrollment Trends at Southeastern Oklahoma State

The student population at Southeastern Oklahoma State University is 5,851 (3,224 undergraduate and 2,627 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,097 (55.86%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Southeastern Oklahoma State is 55.10% which is decreased by 39 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,136 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 61 male students for every 100 female students, down from 85 in 2015.
4,096 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 392.31% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,923 where 5,851 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 5,851 students in 2025 and was lowest at 3,725 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,754 to 5,851 students, a net gain of 2,097 (55.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,754	3,263	1,490	1,773	491	240	251
2016-17	3,725 -29	3,163 -100	1,454 -36	1,709 -64	562 71	287 47	275 24
2017-18	4,006 281	3,122 -41	1,468 14	1,654 -55	884 322	417 130	467 192
2018-19	4,542 536	3,144 22	1,449 -19	1,695 41	1,398 514	603 186	795 328
2019-20	5,049 507	3,168 24	1,440 -9	1,728 33	1,881 483	770 167	1,111 316
2020-21	5,607 558	3,274 106	1,469 29	1,805 77	2,333 452	940 170	1,393 282
2021-22	5,420 -187	3,021 -253	1,324 -145	1,697 -108	2,399 66	911 -29	1,488 95
2022-23	5,479 59	3,022 1	1,299 -25	1,723 26	2,457 58	879 -32	1,578 90
2023-24	5,794 315	3,207 185	1,358 59	1,849 126	2,587 130	913 34	1,674 96
2024-25	5,851 57	3,224 17	1,354 -4	1,870 21	2,627 40	858 -55	1,769 95
Average	4,923	3,161	1,411	1,750	1,762	682	1,080

Southeastern Oklahoma State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,161 where 3,224 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 Southeastern Oklahoma State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,263	2,461	1,175	1,286	802	315	487
2016-17	3,163	2,409	1,171	1,238	754	283	471
2017-18	3,122	2,374	1,179	1,195	748	289	459
2018-19	3,144	2,428	1,160	1,268	716	289	427
2019-20	3,168	2,390	1,163	1,227	778	277	501
2020-21	3,274	2,349	1,102	1,247	925	367	558
2021-22	3,021	2,076	961	1,115	945	363	582
2022-23	3,022	1,982	924	1,058	1,040	375	665
2023-24	3,207	2,207	1,018	1,189	1,000	340	660
2024-25	3,224	2,273	1,010	1,263	951	344	607
Average	3,161	3,161	1,086	1,209	3,161	324	542

Southeastern Oklahoma State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,762 where 2,627 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 Southeastern Oklahoma State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	491	195	91	104	296	149	147
2016-17	562	184	96	88	378	191	187
2017-18	884	285	137	148	599	280	319
2018-19	1,398	447	167	280	951	436	515
2019-20	1,881	580	207	373	1,301	563	738
2020-21	2,333	835	329	506	1,498	611	887
2021-22	2,399	779	273	506	1,620	638	982
2022-23	2,457	781	260	521	1,676	619	1,057
2023-24	2,587	805	286	519	1,782	627	1,155
2024-25	2,627	846	271	575	1,781	587	1,194
Average	1,762	1,762	212	362	1,762	470	718

Southeastern Oklahoma State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.90%. The percentage was 54.74% 10 years ago and Southeastern Oklahoma State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.45% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.78% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.87% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 54.74% to 55.90%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.64% to 1.45%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.98% to 7.78%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.85% to 8.87%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6421 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6105 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southeastern Oklahoma State 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	1,090	24	187	182	5	2,055	95
2016-17	924	30	206	205	5	1,990	259
2017-18	556	49	259	233	5	2,088	707
2018-19	562	79	315	292	7	2,479	730
2019-20	562	97	324	338	5	2,806	842
2020-21	615	106	365	429	4	3,074	916
2021-22	536	90	385	397	6	2,980	874
2022-23	566	78	363	450	2	2,946	929
2023-24	593	87	421	495	4	3,126	925
2024-25	576	85	455	519	3	3,271	858
Average	658	73	328	354	5	2,682	714

Southeastern Oklahoma State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,096 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 70% of total students. The number of online students has increased 392.31% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southeastern Oklahoma State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,754	832	1,362	1,560
2016-17	3,725	951	1,377	1,397
2017-18	4,006	1,313	1,417	1,276
2018-19	4,542	2,114	1,352	1,076
2019-20	5,049	2,713	1,334	1,002
2020-21	5,607	3,592	1,500	515
2021-22	5,420	3,631	1,202	587
2022-23	5,479	3,654	1,244	581
2023-24	5,794	3,644	1,383	767
2024-25	5,851	4,096	1,087	668
Average	4,923	2,654	1,326	943

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Enrollment Trends at Southeastern Oklahoma State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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