Enrollment Trends for Washington Colleges

There are 72 active four-years colleges and universities in Washington - 42 public and 30 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 290,387 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Washington including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 11.29% from 327,357 to 290,387. The undergraduate population decreased by 13.8% and the graduate population increased by 9.61% in last 10 years at Washington Colleges.

By gender, there are 163,351 female students and 127,036 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.29 to 1. The female students decreased by 8.82% and male students decreased by 14.28% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 320,902, and 290,387 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 86.75% are undergraduate students and 13.25% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 40,343, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 3,373.

The female to male ratio is 1.29 to 1, meaning that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Washington Colleges than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	327,357	292,243	133,317	158,926	35,114	14,886	20,228
2013-14	327,089 -268	291,954 -289	133,138 -179	158,816 -110	35,135 21	14,958 72	20,177 -51
2014-15	330,344 3,255	294,623 2,669	134,528 1,390	160,095 1,279	35,721 586	15,015 57	20,706 529
2015-16	329,674 -670	293,307 -1,316	133,860 -668	159,447 -648	36,367 646	15,308 293	21,059 353
2016-17	331,442 1,768	294,622 1,315	134,248 388	160,374 927	36,820 453	15,325 17	21,495 436
2017-18	332,207 765	295,528 906	133,801 -447	161,727 1,353	36,679 -141	15,256 -69	21,423 -72
2018-19	332,274 67	295,017 -511	132,434 -1,367	162,583 856	37,257 578	15,170 -86	22,087 664
2019-20	327,734 -4,540	290,438 -4,579	129,025 -3,409	161,413 -1,170	37,296 39	15,061 -109	22,235 148
2020-21	306,237 -21,497	267,393 -23,045	115,831 -13,194	151,562 -9,851	38,844 1,548	15,348 287	23,496 1,261
2021-22	295,180 -11,057	255,815 -11,578	110,713 -5,118	145,102 -6,460	39,365 521	15,220 -128	24,145 649
2022-23	290,387 -4,793	251,900 -3,915	112,159 1,446	139,741 -5,361	38,487 -878	14,877 -343	23,610 -535
Average	320,902	283,895	127,550	156,344	37,008	15,129	21,878

Washington Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 283,895. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 40,343 from 292,243 to 251,900.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	292,243	204,399	95,387	109,012	87,844	37,930	49,914
2013-14	291,954	206,247	96,102	110,145	85,707	37,036	48,671
2014-15	294,623	206,270	95,732	110,538	88,353	38,796	49,557
2015-16	293,307	204,727	94,701	110,026	88,580	39,159	49,421
2016-17	294,622	206,797	95,496	111,301	87,825	38,752	49,073
2017-18	295,528	208,526	95,523	113,003	87,002	38,278	48,724
2018-19	295,017	208,088	94,284	113,804	86,929	38,150	48,779
2019-20	290,438	205,435	92,147	113,288	85,003	36,878	48,125
2020-21	267,393	193,031	83,652	109,379	74,362	32,179	42,183
2021-22	255,815	181,257	78,600	102,657	74,558	32,113	42,445
2022-23	251,900	176,621	77,092	99,529	75,279	35,067	40,212
Average	283,895	283,895	90,792	109,335	283,895	36,758	47,009

Washington Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 37,008. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 3,373 from 35,114 to 38,487.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	35,114	22,981	9,917	13,064	12,133	4,969	7,164
2013-14	35,135	23,510	10,132	13,378	11,625	4,826	6,799
2014-15	35,721	23,970	10,295	13,675	11,751	4,720	7,031
2015-16	36,367	24,794	10,624	14,170	11,573	4,684	6,889
2016-17	36,820	24,602	10,389	14,213	12,218	4,936	7,282
2017-18	36,679	24,632	10,319	14,313	12,047	4,937	7,110
2018-19	37,257	25,372	10,376	14,996	11,885	4,794	7,091
2019-20	37,296	25,512	10,300	15,212	11,784	4,761	7,023
2020-21	38,844	25,572	10,034	15,538	13,272	5,314	7,958
2021-22	39,365	27,818	10,548	17,270	11,547	4,672	6,875
2022-23	38,487	27,602	10,556	17,046	10,885	4,321	6,564
Average	37,008	37,008	10,317	14,807	37,008	4,812	7,071

Washington Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.96% and the percentage of black students is 4.96% at Washington Colleges. 11.54% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Washington 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	4,067	27,170	13,448	28,291	1,727	194,124	15,404
2013-14	3,682	27,588	13,079	30,914	1,757	189,459	17,502
2014-15	3,491	27,906	13,062	33,533	1,931	185,727	19,256
2015-16	3,362	29,055	12,902	34,671	1,794	180,472	20,235
2016-17	3,521	29,790	13,201	36,734	1,929	175,645	20,887
2017-18	3,428	30,126	13,170	38,906	1,922	171,304	22,289
2018-19	3,225	31,291	13,480	40,952	2,012	167,551	23,189
2019-20	2,997	32,079	13,656	42,676	1,952	161,991	23,973
2020-21	2,649	32,557	13,271	41,549	1,840	150,868	23,464
2021-22	2,639	33,451	13,667	40,910	1,793	142,674	21,288
2022-23	2,645	33,498	14,417	42,938	1,744	136,375	20,991
Average	3,246	30,410	13,396	37,461	1,855	168,745	20,771

Washington Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

60,034 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 143.19% since 2013.

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	327,357	24,686	34,235	268,436
2013-14	327,089	26,376	41,905	258,808
2014-15	330,344	27,348	40,814	262,182
2015-16	329,674	29,228	42,028	258,418
2016-17	331,442	30,432	43,988	257,022
2017-18	332,207	30,868	47,432	253,907
2018-19	332,274	34,834	54,706	242,734
2019-20	327,734	35,347	55,684	236,703
2020-21	306,319	143,338	45,620	117,361
2021-22	295,180	80,590	62,056	152,534
2022-23	290,387	60,034	66,055	164,298
Average	320,910	47,553	48,593	224,764

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