Enrollment Trends at UCO

The student population at University of Central Oklahoma is 12,250 (10,739 undergraduate and 1,511 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,961 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UCO is 87.67% which is decreased by 4,640 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 321 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.69 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,782 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 178.44% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 15,494 where 12,250 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.67% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.33% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 4,640 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 321 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.69 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 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	17,211	15,379	6,718	8,661	1,832	534	1,298
2013-14	17,220 9	15,218 -161	6,588 -130	8,630 -31	2,002 170	583 49	1,419 121
2014-15	16,840 -380	14,998 -220	6,369 -219	8,629 -1	1,842 -160	524 -59	1,318 -101
2015-16	16,910 70	15,067 69	6,286 -83	8,781 152	1,843 1	573 49	1,270 -48
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
Average	15,494	13,806	5,658	8,149	1,688	508	1,180

University of Central Oklahoma Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 13,806 where 10,739 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Central Oklahoma since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15,379	11,010	4,914	6,096	4,369	1,804	2,565
2013-14	15,218	10,962	4,775	6,187	4,256	1,813	2,443
2014-15	14,998	10,726	4,588	6,138	4,272	1,781	2,491
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
Average	13,806	13,806	4,078	5,909	13,806	1,579	2,240

University of Central Oklahoma Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,688 where 1,511 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Central Oklahoma since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,832	711	230	481	1,121	304	817
2013-14	2,002	682	193	489	1,320	390	930
2014-15	1,842	657	211	446	1,185	313	872
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
Average	1,688	1,688	211	412	1,688	297	768

University of Central Oklahoma Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.53%. The percentage was 60.26% 10 years ago and UCO still has a high percentage of white students. 4.30% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.16% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Central Oklahoma 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	666	522	1,611	1,124	27	10,372	988
2013-14	677	517	1,545	1,213	29	10,237	1,136
2014-15	638	510	1,552	1,257	28	9,762	1,257
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
Average	567	540	1,382	1,518	24	8,712	1,361

University of Central Oklahoma Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,782 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 178.44% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Central Oklahoma from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	16,840	640	3,713	12,487
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
Average	15,111	1,096	4,514	9,501

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