Enrollment Trends at UCO

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.

85.85% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.15% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 4,290 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 66 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.66 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UCO than male students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.