Enrollment Trends at UWF

The student population at University of West Florida is 14,822 (9,970 undergraduate and 4,852 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,059 (16.13%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UWF is 67.26% which is decreased by 223 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,282 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 63 male students for every 100 female students, down from 70 in 2015.
7,238 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 100.50% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,324 where 14,822 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 14,822 students in 2025 and was lowest at 12,557 in 2020. Overall, enrollment rose from 12,763 to 14,822 students, a net gain of 2,059 (16.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of West Florida since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,763	10,193	4,416	5,777	2,570	857	1,713
2016-17	12,966 203	10,078 -115	4,305 -111	5,773 -4	2,888 318	907 50	1,981 268
2017-18	13,040 74	10,002 -76	4,249 -56	5,753 -20	3,038 150	941 34	2,097 116
2018-19	12,847 -193	9,733 -269	4,197 -52	5,536 -217	3,114 76	925 -16	2,189 92
2019-20	12,557 -290	9,521 -212	4,129 -68	5,392 -144	3,036 -78	887 -38	2,149 -40
2020-21	13,061 504	9,637 116	4,041 -88	5,596 204	3,424 388	1,048 161	2,376 227
2021-22	13,288 227	9,319 -318	3,896 -145	5,423 -173	3,969 545	1,260 212	2,709 333
2022-23	13,521 233	9,291 -28	3,820 -76	5,471 48	4,230 261	1,315 55	2,915 206
2023-24	14,371 850	9,661 370	4,050 230	5,611 140	4,710 480	1,626 311	3,084 169
2024-25	14,822 451	9,970 309	4,210 160	5,760 149	4,852 142	1,540 -86	3,312 228
Average	13,324	9,741	4,131	5,609	3,583	1,131	2,453

University of West Florida Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,741 where 9,970 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 University of West Florida since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,193	7,196	3,170	4,026	2,997	1,246	1,751
2016-17	10,078	7,153	3,142	4,011	2,925	1,163	1,762
2017-18	10,002	6,906	3,052	3,854	3,096	1,197	1,899
2018-19	9,733	6,789	3,045	3,744	2,944	1,152	1,792
2019-20	9,521	6,612	2,980	3,632	2,909	1,149	1,760
2020-21	9,637	6,559	2,831	3,728	3,078	1,210	1,868
2021-22	9,319	6,241	2,736	3,505	3,078	1,160	1,918
2022-23	9,291	6,273	2,671	3,602	3,018	1,149	1,869
2023-24	9,661	6,570	2,877	3,693	3,091	1,173	1,918
2024-25	9,970	6,885	3,023	3,862	3,085	1,187	1,898
Average	9,741	9,741	2,953	3,766	9,741	1,179	1,844

University of West Florida Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,583 where 4,852 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 University of West Florida since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,570	559	165	394	2,011	692	1,319
2016-17	2,888	508	149	359	2,380	758	1,622
2017-18	3,038	521	155	366	2,517	786	1,731
2018-19	3,114	393	128	265	2,721	797	1,924
2019-20	3,036	434	113	321	2,602	774	1,828
2020-21	3,424	463	125	338	2,961	923	2,038
2021-22	3,969	586	183	403	3,383	1,077	2,306
2022-23	4,230	599	162	437	3,631	1,153	2,478
2023-24	4,710	595	164	431	4,115	1,462	2,653
2024-25	4,852	679	161	518	4,173	1,379	2,794
Average	3,583	3,583	151	383	3,583	980	2,069

University of West Florida Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.69%. The percentage was 65.73% 10 years ago and UWF still has a high percentage of white students. 3.43% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.06% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.23% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.73% to 56.69%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.91% to 3.43%. Black student enrollment decreased from 12.78% to 11.06%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.89% to 14.23%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6422 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5410 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of West Florida 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	59	371	1,631	1,134	37	8,389	546
2016-17	73	380	1,618	1,181	37	8,499	570
2017-18	74	409	1,583	1,212	38	8,565	599
2018-19	64	381	1,546	1,242	34	8,406	651
2019-20	64	393	1,452	1,228	36	8,234	636
2020-21	53	491	1,519	1,370	38	8,400	648
2021-22	48	491	1,475	1,510	29	8,281	665
2022-23	45	501	1,481	1,617	30	8,154	730
2023-24	48	502	1,601	1,833	32	8,380	766
2024-25	52	509	1,640	2,109	33	8,403	768
Average	58	443	1,555	1,444	34	8,371	658

University of West Florida Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

7,238 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 49% of total students. The number of online students has increased 100.50% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of West Florida from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	12,763	3,610	3,312	5,841
2016-17	12,966	4,083	3,528	5,355
2017-18	13,040	4,410	3,809	4,821
2018-19	12,847	4,432	3,761	4,654
2019-20	12,557	4,345	3,951	4,261
2020-21	13,061	8,399	4,314	348
2021-22	13,288	6,498	5,244	1,546
2022-23	13,521	5,915	4,773	2,833
2023-24	14,371	7,077	4,897	2,397
2024-25	14,822	7,238	5,222	2,362
Average	13,324	5,601	4,281	3,442

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Enrollment Trends at UWF

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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