Enrollment Trends for Oklahoma Colleges

There are 32 active four-years colleges and universities in Oklahoma - 17 public and 15 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 132,295 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Oklahoma including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 12.35% from 150,939 to 132,295. The undergraduate population decreased by 16.78% and the graduate population increased by 8.74% in last 10 years at Oklahoma Colleges.

By gender, there are 75,223 female students and 57,072 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.32 to 1. The female students decreased by 7.52% and male students decreased by 18% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 141,522, and 132,295 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 78.47% are undergraduate students and 21.53% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 20,934, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 2,290.

The female to male ratio is 1.32 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Oklahoma Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Oklahoma Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	150,939	124,748	57,670	67,078	26,191	11,929	14,262
2013-14	150,097 -842	124,102 -646	57,213 -457	66,889 -189	25,995 -196	11,856 -73	14,139 -123
2014-15	147,512 -2,585	121,978 -2,124	56,191 -1,022	65,787 -1,102	25,534 -461	11,575 -281	13,959 -180
2015-16	145,709 -1,803	120,240 -1,738	55,165 -1,026	65,075 -712	25,469 -65	11,591 16	13,878 -81
2016-17	145,026 -683	119,528 -712	55,086 -79	64,442 -633	25,498 29	11,607 16	13,891 13
2017-18	142,552 -2,474	117,645 -1,883	54,060 -1,026	63,585 -857	24,907 -591	11,060 -547	13,847 -44
2018-19	139,326 -3,226	114,547 -3,098	51,896 -2,164	62,651 -934	24,779 -128	10,715 -345	14,064 217
2019-20	136,258 -3,068	110,939 -3,608	49,510 -2,386	61,429 -1,222	25,319 540	10,700 -15	14,619 555
2020-21	134,727 -1,531	108,277 -2,662	47,670 -1,840	60,607 -822	26,450 1,131	11,059 359	15,391 772
2021-22	132,301 -2,426	104,614 -3,663	45,840 -1,830	58,774 -1,833	27,687 1,237	11,279 220	16,408 1,017
2022-23	132,295 -6	103,814 -800	45,584 -256	58,230 -544	28,481 794	11,488 209	16,993 585
Average	141,522	115,494	52,353	63,141	26,028	11,351	14,677

Oklahoma Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 115,494. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 20,934 from 124,748 to 103,814.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Oklahoma Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	124,748	95,954	45,719	50,235	28,794	11,951	16,843
2013-14	124,102	95,185	45,177	50,008	28,917	12,036	16,881
2014-15	121,978	94,363	44,687	49,676	27,615	11,504	16,111
2015-16	120,240	93,940	44,381	49,559	26,300	10,784	15,516
2016-17	119,528	94,782	44,684	50,098	24,746	10,402	14,344
2017-18	117,645	92,458	43,810	48,648	25,187	10,250	14,937
2018-19	114,547	90,330	41,897	48,433	24,217	9,999	14,218
2019-20	110,939	87,303	39,989	47,314	23,636	9,521	14,115
2020-21	108,277	84,943	38,303	46,640	23,334	9,367	13,967
2021-22	104,614	81,855	36,850	45,005	22,759	8,990	13,769
2022-23	103,814	80,637	36,223	44,414	23,177	9,361	13,816
Average	115,494	115,494	41,975	48,185	115,494	10,379	14,956

Oklahoma Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 26,028. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 2,290 from 26,191 to 28,481.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Oklahoma Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	26,191	13,588	6,261	7,327	12,603	5,668	6,935
2013-14	25,995	13,453	6,138	7,315	12,542	5,718	6,824
2014-15	25,534	13,237	6,088	7,149	12,297	5,487	6,810
2015-16	25,469	13,333	6,216	7,117	12,136	5,375	6,761
2016-17	25,498	13,442	6,308	7,134	12,056	5,299	6,757
2017-18	24,907	13,193	5,911	7,282	11,714	5,149	6,565
2018-19	24,779	13,023	5,525	7,498	11,756	5,190	6,566
2019-20	25,319	12,761	5,411	7,350	12,558	5,289	7,269
2020-21	26,450	13,811	5,724	8,087	12,639	5,335	7,304
2021-22	27,687	14,623	5,870	8,753	13,064	5,409	7,655
2022-23	28,481	15,296	6,140	9,156	13,185	5,348	7,837
Average	26,028	26,028	5,963	7,652	26,028	5,388	7,026

Oklahoma Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.07%. The percentage was 61.11% 10 years ago and Oklahoma Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 3.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.52% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oklahoma Colleges over the past 11 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	11,155	3,691	13,469	8,610	196	92,239	8,781
2013-14	10,540	3,967	13,273	9,245	209	90,360	9,470
2014-15	9,596	4,090	12,840	9,759	213	87,168	10,774
2015-16	9,409	4,300	12,384	10,161	241	84,558	11,030
2016-17	8,947	4,438	11,542	11,326	221	82,241	12,385
2017-18	8,327	4,475	11,007	12,050	214	80,556	13,331
2018-19	7,970	4,387	10,092	13,253	201	78,583	12,959
2019-20	8,212	4,450	10,138	13,209	180	77,137	12,431
2020-21	8,038	4,547	10,307	13,427	165	76,268	12,536
2021-22	7,836	4,846	10,310	13,648	169	73,903	11,974
2022-23	8,086	5,048	9,949	14,135	167	72,856	12,328
Average	8,920	4,385	11,392	11,711	198	81,443	11,636

Oklahoma Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

29,531 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 114.38% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Oklahoma Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	150,939	13,775	28,701	108,463
2013-14	150,097	13,549	31,452	105,096
2014-15	147,512	15,126	30,726	101,660
2015-16	145,709	15,794	31,848	98,067
2016-17	145,026	16,299	35,645	93,082
2017-18	142,552	16,338	39,954	86,260
2018-19	139,326	18,154	38,525	82,647
2019-20	136,258	19,111	38,236	78,911
2020-21	134,727	35,302	56,235	43,190
2021-22	132,301	28,652	49,783	53,866
2022-23	132,295	29,531	48,211	54,553
Average	141,522	20,148	39,029	82,345

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