How Student Population Changes at WMC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,435 where 1,424 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

The female to male ratio is 2.15 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in WMC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at The University of Montana-Western since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,483	632	851
2013-14	1,455 -28	609 -23	846 -5
2014-15	1,375 -80	597 -12	778 -68
2015-16	1,403 28	577 -20	826 48
2016-17	1,505 102	584 7	921 95
2017-18	1,538 33	564 -20	974 53
2018-19	1,508 -30	536 -28	972 -2
2019-20	1,358 -150	498 -38	860 -112
2020-21	1,334 -24	464 -34	870 10
2021-22	1,399 65	461 -3	938 68
2022-23	1,424 25	452 -9	972 34
Average	1,435	543	892

The University of Montana-Western Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.46%. The percentage was 87.93% 10 years ago and WMC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.21% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.98% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The University of Montana-Western 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	28	10	15	31	23	1,304	12
2013-14	26	10	16	36	10	1,274	23
2014-15	25	13	13	48	5	1,186	15
2015-16	43	10	17	41	3	1,222	32
2016-17	50	10	18	57	4	1,287	36
2017-18	67	10	18	51	8	1,288	38
2018-19	65	6	11	65	10	1,205	33
2019-20	59	7	18	66	10	1,100	52
2020-21	95	5	21	64	12	1,059	41
2021-22	88	5	15	64	8	1,064	50
2022-23	88	3	14	51	8	1,046	49
Average	58	8	16	52	9	1,185	35

The University of Montana-Western Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

309 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 272.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The University of Montana-Western from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,375	83	214	1,078
2015-16	1,403	99	206	1,098
2016-17	1,505	157	198	1,150
2017-18	1,538	257	227	1,054
2018-19	1,508	254	225	1,029
2019-20	1,358	234	160	964
2020-21	1,334	263	720	351
2021-22	1,399	286	153	960
2022-23	1,424	309	100	1,015
Average	1,427	216	245	967

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Enrollment Trends at WMC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes