Enrollment Trends at Southern Oregon

The student population at Southern Oregon University is 5,113 (4,235 undergraduate and 878 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 975 (16.02%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Southern Oregon is 82.83% which is decreased by 1,186 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 211 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 56 male students for every 100 female students, down from 66 in 2015.
652 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 80.61% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,690 where 5,113 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 6,278 students in 2019 and was lowest at 5,113 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 6,088 to 5,113 students, a net loss of 975 (16%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,088	5,421	2,203	3,218	667	209	458
2016-17	6,243 155	5,607 186	2,233 30	3,374 156	636 -31	174 -35	462 4
2017-18	6,191 -52	5,523 -84	2,175 -58	3,348 -26	668 32	175 1	493 31
2018-19	6,278 87	5,362 -161	1,949 -226	3,413 65	916 248	247 72	669 176
2019-20	6,093 -185	5,088 -274	1,942 -7	3,146 -267	1,005 89	300 53	705 36
2020-21	5,140 -953	4,518 -570	1,750 -192	2,768 -378	622 -383	215 -85	407 -298
2021-22	5,179 39	4,396 -122	1,700 -50	2,696 -72	783 161	237 22	546 139
2022-23	5,204 25	4,285 -111	1,631 -69	2,654 -42	919 136	251 14	668 122
2023-24	5,371 167	4,368 83	1,613 -18	2,755 101	1,003 84	291 40	712 44
2024-25	5,113 -258	4,235 -133	1,594 -19	2,641 -114	878 -125	238 -53	640 -72
Average	5,690	4,880	1,879	3,001	810	234	576

Southern Oregon University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,880 where 4,235 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 Southern Oregon University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,421	3,701	1,561	2,140	1,720	642	1,078
2016-17	5,607	3,670	1,497	2,173	1,937	736	1,201
2017-18	5,523	3,640	1,466	2,174	1,883	709	1,174
2018-19	5,362	3,397	1,317	2,080	1,965	632	1,333
2019-20	5,088	3,184	1,275	1,909	1,904	667	1,237
2020-21	4,518	2,811	1,105	1,706	1,707	645	1,062
2021-22	4,396	2,589	1,057	1,532	1,807	643	1,164
2022-23	4,285	2,432	936	1,496	1,853	695	1,158
2023-24	4,368	2,440	844	1,596	1,928	769	1,159
2024-25	4,235	2,351	859	1,492	1,884	735	1,149
Average	4,880	4,880	1,192	1,830	4,880	687	1,172

Southern Oregon University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 810 where 878 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 Southern Oregon University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	667	253	86	167	414	123	291
2016-17	636	242	75	167	394	99	295
2017-18	668	200	59	141	468	116	352
2018-19	916	216	64	152	700	183	517
2019-20	1,005	219	61	158	786	239	547
2020-21	622	207	62	145	415	153	262
2021-22	783	163	55	108	620	182	438
2022-23	919	149	41	108	770	210	560
2023-24	1,003	203	66	137	800	225	575
2024-25	878	191	53	138	687	185	502
Average	810	810	62	142	810	172	434

Southern Oregon University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 40.52% and the percentage of black students is 1.37% at Southern Oregon University. 1.43% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 9.52% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 50.08% to 40.52%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.59% to 1.43%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.02% to 1.37%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.54% to 9.52%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8214 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7361 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Oregon 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	59	97	123	520	26	3,049	429
2016-17	60	88	114	555	26	3,065	448
2017-18	56	89	115	574	34	3,062	460
2018-19	89	109	125	678	47	3,690	429
2019-20	84	138	112	683	50	3,545	417
2020-21	83	115	100	630	48	3,090	453
2021-22	70	135	87	666	43	2,966	443
2022-23	63	127	94	686	31	2,868	405
2023-24	63	101	75	572	48	2,477	382
2024-25	52	73	70	487	25	2,072	355
Average	68	107	102	605	38	2,988	422

Southern Oregon University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

652 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 80.61% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Oregon University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,088	361	966	4,761
2016-17	6,243	379	1,054	4,810
2017-18	6,191	362	649	5,180
2018-19	6,278	440	1,147	4,691
2019-20	6,093	486	884	4,723
2020-21	5,140	1,798	1,941	1,401
2021-22	5,179	975	1,744	2,460
2022-23	5,204	792	1,405	3,007
2023-24	5,371	796	1,459	3,116
2024-25	5,113	652	1,448	3,013
Average	5,690	704	1,270	3,716

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Enrollment Trends at Southern Oregon

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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