Enrollment Trends at SWOSU

The student population at Southwestern Oklahoma State University is 5,186 (4,347 undergraduate and 839 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 73 (1.43%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SWOSU is 83.82% which is decreased by 11 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 84 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 55 male students for every 100 female students, down from 71 in 2015.
1,882 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 125.12% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,043 where 5,186 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 5,448 students in 2018 and was lowest at 4,648 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 5,113 to 5,186 students, a net gain of 73 (1.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,113	4,358	1,842	2,516	755	287	468
2016-17	5,320 207	4,510 152	1,881 39	2,629 113	810 55	308 21	502 34
2017-18	5,448 128	4,623 113	1,888 7	2,735 106	825 15	288 -20	537 35
2018-19	5,267 -181	4,450 -173	1,791 -97	2,659 -76	817 -8	261 -27	556 19
2019-20	4,961 -306	4,123 -327	1,602 -189	2,521 -138	838 21	269 8	569 13
2020-21	4,898 -63	4,015 -108	1,591 -11	2,424 -97	883 45	278 9	605 36
2021-22	4,648 -250	3,749 -266	1,483 -108	2,266 -158	899 16	273 -5	626 21
2022-23	4,777 129	3,941 192	1,489 6	2,452 186	836 -63	243 -30	593 -33
2023-24	4,811 34	3,995 54	1,515 26	2,480 28	816 -20	210 -33	606 13
2024-25	5,186 375	4,347 352	1,625 110	2,722 242	839 23	212 2	627 21
Average	5,043	4,211	1,671	2,540	832	263	569

Southwestern Oklahoma State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,211 where 4,347 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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,358	3,485	1,576	1,909	873	266	607
2016-17	4,510	3,659	1,615	2,044	851	266	585
2017-18	4,623	3,713	1,575	2,138	910	313	597
2018-19	4,450	3,593	1,500	2,093	857	291	566
2019-20	4,123	3,329	1,359	1,970	794	243	551
2020-21	4,015	3,233	1,327	1,906	782	264	518
2021-22	3,749	3,021	1,231	1,790	728	252	476
2022-23	3,941	3,092	1,212	1,880	849	277	572
2023-24	3,995	2,970	1,184	1,786	1,025	331	694
2024-25	4,347	2,968	1,182	1,786	1,379	443	936
Average	4,211	4,211	1,376	1,930	4,211	295	610

Southwestern Oklahoma State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 832 where 839 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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	755	447	192	255	308	95	213
2016-17	810	499	217	282	311	91	220
2017-18	825	463	190	273	362	98	264
2018-19	817	495	187	308	322	74	248
2019-20	838	490	189	301	348	80	268
2020-21	883	507	187	320	376	91	285
2021-22	899	513	191	322	386	82	304
2022-23	836	458	163	295	378	80	298
2023-24	816	483	155	328	333	55	278
2024-25	839	496	153	343	343	59	284
Average	832	832	182	303	832	81	266

Southwestern Oklahoma State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.26%. The percentage was 67.59% 10 years ago and SWOSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.36% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.44% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.59% to 61.26%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.93% to 1.93%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.32% to 4.36%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.20% to 12.44%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5944 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5282 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwestern 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	223	150	221	368	4	3,456	367
2016-17	202	146	218	455	4	3,475	413
2017-18	228	140	225	547	4	3,427	451
2018-19	209	126	211	525	4	3,369	442
2019-20	176	135	205	535	4	3,175	420
2020-21	176	107	233	501	6	3,163	445
2021-22	170	84	214	525	7	2,999	429
2022-23	184	75	241	577	8	2,977	496
2023-24	187	84	219	614	3	3,016	479
2024-25	189	100	226	645	5	3,177	549
Average	194	115	221	529	5	3,223	449

Southwestern Oklahoma State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,882 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 36% of total students. The number of online students has increased 125.12% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southwestern Oklahoma State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,113	836	1,186	3,091
2016-17	5,320	975	1,347	2,998
2017-18	5,448	1,103	1,477	2,868
2018-19	5,267	1,099	1,529	2,639
2019-20	4,961	999	1,615	2,347
2020-21	4,898	1,211	2,928	759
2021-22	4,648	1,362	1,912	1,374
2022-23	4,777	1,845	2,001	931
2023-24	4,811	1,666	1,931	1,214
2024-25	5,186	1,882	2,145	1,159
Average	5,043	1,298	1,807	1,938

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Enrollment Trends at SWOSU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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