Enrollment Trends at Southern Oregon

The student population at Southern Oregon University is 5,204 (4,285 undergraduate and 919 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,061 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Southern Oregon is 82.34% which is decreased by 1,498 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 437 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.77 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

792 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 89.02% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,875 where 5,204 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.34% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.66% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,498 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 437 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.77 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Southern Oregon than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,265	5,783	2,512	3,271	482	172	310
2013-14	5,992 -273	5,500 -283	2,397 -115	3,103 -168	492 10	182 10	310 0
2014-15	5,954 -38	5,406 -94	2,310 -87	3,096 -7	548 56	173 -9	375 65
2015-16	6,088 134	5,421 15	2,203 -107	3,218 122	667 119	209 36	458 83
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
Average	5,875	5,172	2,073	3,099	703	212	491

Southern Oregon University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,172 where 4,285 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 Southern Oregon University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,783	3,777	1,729	2,048	2,006	783	1,223
2013-14	5,500	3,631	1,646	1,985	1,869	751	1,118
2014-15	5,406	3,581	1,566	2,015	1,825	744	1,081
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
Average	5,172	5,172	1,378	1,933	5,172	695	1,166

Southern Oregon University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 703 where 919 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 Southern Oregon University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	482	217	70	147	265	102	163
2013-14	492	202	70	132	290	112	178
2014-15	548	219	66	153	329	107	222
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
Average	703	703	64	143	703	148	348

Southern Oregon University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.11%. The percentage was 58.69% 10 years ago and Southern Oregon still has a high percentage of white students. 2.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.81% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Oregon 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	94	112	102	426	38	3,677	179
2013-14	84	115	106	453	20	3,322	208
2014-15	71	124	116	477	26	3,206	274
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
Average	74	114	109	577	35	3,231	377

Southern Oregon University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

792 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 89.02% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Oregon University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,954	419	840	4,695
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
Average	5,819	668	1,181	3,970

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