Enrollment Trends at SWOSU

The student population at Southwestern Oklahoma State University is 4,777 (3,941 undergraduate and 836 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 329 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SWOSU is 82.50% which is decreased by 356 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 27 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,845 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 144.69% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,043 where 4,777 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.50% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.50% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 356 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 27 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SWOSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southwestern Oklahoma State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,106	4,297	1,800	2,497	809	358	451
2013-14	4,942 -164	4,162 -135	1,756 -44	2,406 -91	780 -29	322 -36	458 7
2014-15	4,994 52	4,240 78	1,752 -4	2,488 82	754 -26	313 -9	441 -17
2015-16	5,113 119	4,358 118	1,842 90	2,516 28	755 1	287 -26	468 27
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
Average	5,043	4,224	1,716	2,508	819	291	528

Southwestern Oklahoma State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,224 where 3,941 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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,297	3,506	1,554	1,952	791	246	545
2013-14	4,162	3,368	1,482	1,886	794	274	520
2014-15	4,240	3,396	1,499	1,897	844	253	591
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
Average	4,224	4,224	1,448	1,951	4,224	268	557

Southwestern Oklahoma State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 819 where 836 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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	809	522	240	282	287	118	169
2013-14	780	503	215	288	277	107	170
2014-15	754	471	204	267	283	109	174
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
Average	819	819	198	290	819	93	238

Southwestern Oklahoma State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.32%. The percentage was 71.86% 10 years ago and SWOSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.57% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.05% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwestern Oklahoma State 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	262	142	260	311	14	3,669	277
2013-14	202	143	234	340	6	3,470	330
2014-15	210	145	261	350	6	3,383	363
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
Average	204	127	229	458	6	3,324	403

Southwestern Oklahoma State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,845 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 39% of total students. The number of online students has increased 144.69% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southwestern Oklahoma State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,994	754	1,230	3,010
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
Average	5,047	1,132	1,692	2,224

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