Enrollment Trends at Southern Oregon

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.

82.83% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.17% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,186 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 211 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.79 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 2015.

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.

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.

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).

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.