Enrollment Trends at UCO

The student population at University of Central Oklahoma is 12,554 (10,777 undergraduate and 1,777 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,356 (25.76%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UCO is 85.85% which is decreased by 4,290 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 66 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 60 male students for every 100 female students, down from 68 in 2015.
1,754 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 144.97% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,387 where 12,554 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 16,910 students in 2016 and was lowest at 12,148 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 16,910 to 12,554 students, a net loss of 4,356 (25.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,910	15,067	6,286	8,781	1,843	573	1,270
2016-17	16,428 -482	14,612 -455	6,035 -251	8,577 -204	1,816 -27	554 -19	1,262 -8
2017-18	15,979 -449	14,343 -269	5,888 -147	8,455 -122	1,636 -180	485 -69	1,151 -111
2018-19	15,393 -586	13,840 -503	5,659 -229	8,181 -274	1,553 -83	486 1	1,067 -84
2019-20	14,821 -572	13,339 -501	5,339 -320	8,000 -181	1,482 -71	439 -47	1,043 -24
2020-21	14,132 -689	12,564 -775	4,835 -504	7,729 -271	1,568 86	469 30	1,099 56
2021-22	13,250 -882	11,771 -793	4,452 -383	7,319 -410	1,479 -89	460 -9	1,019 -80
2022-23	12,250 -1,000	10,739 -1,032	4,067 -385	6,672 -647	1,511 32	481 21	1,030 11
2023-24	12,148 -102	10,454 -285	3,947 -120	6,507 -165	1,694 183	563 82	1,131 101
2024-25	12,554 406	10,777 323	4,120 173	6,657 150	1,777 83	596 33	1,181 50
Average	14,387	12,751	5,063	7,688	1,636	511	1,125

University of Central Oklahoma Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,751 where 10,777 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 Central Oklahoma since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	15,067	10,686	4,482	6,204	4,381	1,804	2,577
2016-17	14,612	10,546	4,367	6,179	4,066	1,668	2,398
2017-18	14,343	10,448	4,275	6,173	3,895	1,613	2,282
2018-19	13,840	10,116	4,087	6,029	3,724	1,572	2,152
2019-20	13,339	9,732	3,840	5,892	3,607	1,499	2,108
2020-21	12,564	9,200	3,420	5,780	3,364	1,415	1,949
2021-22	11,771	8,590	3,192	5,398	3,181	1,260	1,921
2022-23	10,739	7,845	2,922	4,923	2,894	1,145	1,749
2023-24	10,454	7,866	2,916	4,950	2,588	1,031	1,557
2024-25	10,777	8,011	2,974	5,037	2,766	1,146	1,620
Average	12,751	12,751	3,648	5,657	12,751	1,415	2,031

University of Central Oklahoma Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,636 where 1,777 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 Central Oklahoma since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,843	670	239	431	1,173	334	839
2016-17	1,816	632	224	408	1,184	330	854
2017-18	1,636	649	232	417	987	253	734
2018-19	1,553	571	195	376	982	291	691
2019-20	1,482	541	191	350	941	248	693
2020-21	1,568	552	182	370	1,016	287	729
2021-22	1,479	547	197	350	932	263	669
2022-23	1,511	634	223	411	877	258	619
2023-24	1,694	815	338	477	879	225	654
2024-25	1,777	918	366	552	859	230	629
Average	1,636	1,636	239	414	1,636	272	711

University of Central Oklahoma Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.78%. The percentage was 57.21% 10 years ago and UCO still has a high percentage of white students. 4.29% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.69% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.89% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 57.21% to 50.78%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.21% to 4.29%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.88% to 7.69%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.48% to 13.89%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7006 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6486 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 Central Oklahoma 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	608	543	1,502	1,434	27	9,675	1,376
2016-17	598	519	1,473	1,519	27	9,317	1,478
2017-18	600	553	1,473	1,565	28	8,966	1,548
2018-19	558	544	1,394	1,710	25	8,443	1,480
2019-20	499	551	1,263	1,741	22	8,026	1,462
2020-21	488	582	1,241	1,771	19	7,575	1,484
2021-22	465	575	1,150	1,751	19	7,023	1,408
2022-23	438	527	1,000	1,609	17	6,435	1,357
2023-24	431	528	958	1,666	13	6,272	1,325
2024-25	456	538	965	1,744	21	6,375	1,443
Average	514	546	1,242	1,651	22	7,811	1,436

University of Central Oklahoma Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,754 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 144.97% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Central Oklahoma from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	16,910	716	4,046	12,148
2016-17	16,428	659	4,136	11,633
2017-18	15,979	854	4,249	10,876
2018-19	15,393	983	4,400	10,010
2019-20	14,821	1,029	4,551	9,241
2020-21	14,132	1,410	5,164	7,558
2021-22	13,250	1,795	5,223	6,232
2022-23	12,250	1,782	5,144	5,324
2023-24	12,148	1,771	5,084	5,293
2024-25	12,554	1,754	5,328	5,472
Average	14,387	1,275	4,733	8,379

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Enrollment Trends at UCO

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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