Enrollment Trends at OU

The student population at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus is 28,308 (21,282 undergraduate and 7,026 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 801 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at OU is 75.18% which is increased by 173 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 628 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.13 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

4,049 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 111.66% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 27,882 where 28,308 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

75.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 24.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 173 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 628 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.13 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in OU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	27,507	21,109	10,631	10,478	6,398	3,260	3,138
2013-14	27,292 -215	20,985 -124	10,645 14	10,340 -138	6,307 -91	3,169 -91	3,138 0
2014-15	27,261 -31	21,011 26	10,804 159	10,207 -133	6,250 -57	3,134 -35	3,116 -22
2015-16	27,428 167	21,297 286	10,852 48	10,445 238	6,131 -119	3,069 -65	3,062 -54
2016-17	27,918 490	21,609 312	11,051 199	10,558 113	6,309 178	3,128 59	3,181 119
2017-18	28,527 609	22,032 423	11,112 61	10,920 362	6,495 186	3,121 -7	3,374 193
2018-19	28,564 37	22,152 120	11,001 -111	11,151 231	6,412 -83	3,065 -56	3,347 -27
2019-20	28,079 -485	21,768 -384	10,691 -310	11,077 -74	6,311 -101	2,972 -93	3,339 -8
2020-21	27,772 -307	21,383 -385	10,482 -209	10,901 -176	6,389 78	3,002 30	3,387 48
2021-22	28,042 270	21,152 -231	10,314 -168	10,838 -63	6,890 501	3,111 109	3,779 392
2022-23	28,308 266	21,282 130	10,333 19	10,949 111	7,026 136	2,961 -150	4,065 286
Average	27,882	21,435	10,720	10,715	6,447	3,090	3,357

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 21,435 where 21,282 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 Oklahoma-Norman Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,109	18,111	9,039	9,072	2,998	1,592	1,406
2013-14	20,985	17,559	8,846	8,713	3,426	1,799	1,627
2014-15	21,011	18,006	9,178	8,828	3,005	1,626	1,379
2015-16	21,297	18,133	9,137	8,996	3,164	1,715	1,449
2016-17	21,609	18,444	9,339	9,105	3,165	1,712	1,453
2017-18	22,032	19,065	9,538	9,527	2,967	1,574	1,393
2018-19	22,152	19,063	9,353	9,710	3,089	1,648	1,441
2019-20	21,768	18,996	9,236	9,760	2,772	1,455	1,317
2020-21	21,383	18,564	8,994	9,570	2,819	1,488	1,331
2021-22	21,152	18,307	8,948	9,359	2,845	1,366	1,479
2022-23	21,282	18,624	9,018	9,606	2,658	1,315	1,343
Average	21,435	21,435	9,148	9,295	21,435	1,572	1,420

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 6,447 where 7,026 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 Oklahoma-Norman Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,398	3,161	1,624	1,537	3,237	1,636	1,601
2013-14	6,307	3,068	1,534	1,534	3,239	1,635	1,604
2014-15	6,250	3,083	1,577	1,506	3,167	1,557	1,610
2015-16	6,131	2,994	1,543	1,451	3,137	1,526	1,611
2016-17	6,309	3,079	1,556	1,523	3,230	1,572	1,658
2017-18	6,495	3,063	1,506	1,557	3,432	1,615	1,817
2018-19	6,412	2,996	1,430	1,566	3,416	1,635	1,781
2019-20	6,311	2,936	1,439	1,497	3,375	1,533	1,842
2020-21	6,389	3,261	1,526	1,735	3,128	1,476	1,652
2021-22	6,890	3,653	1,618	2,035	3,237	1,493	1,744
2022-23	7,026	3,840	1,599	2,241	3,186	1,362	1,824
Average	6,447	6,447	1,541	1,653	6,447	1,549	1,704

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.25%. The percentage was 61.38% 10 years ago and OU still has a high percentage of white students. 6.16% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.36% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus 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	1,213	1,283	1,600	1,849	55	16,884	1,290
2013-14	1,118	1,305	1,529	2,154	51	16,493	1,532
2014-15	1,078	1,352	1,432	2,196	38	16,363	1,723
2015-16	1,074	1,400	1,466	2,246	46	16,227	1,811
2016-17	1,124	1,481	1,494	2,418	32	16,461	1,958
2017-18	1,170	1,560	1,498	2,569	33	16,716	2,166
2018-19	1,160	1,614	1,460	2,728	29	16,667	2,313
2019-20	1,102	1,639	1,429	2,837	33	16,365	2,344
2020-21	1,014	1,685	1,445	3,013	31	16,347	2,399
2021-22	1,051	1,687	1,501	3,260	34	16,161	2,473
2022-23	1,051	1,743	1,516	3,463	28	15,922	2,552
Average	1,105	1,523	1,488	2,612	37	16,419	2,051

University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,049 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 111.66% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	27,261	1,913	5,243	20,105
2015-16	27,428	2,102	5,515	19,811
2016-17	27,918	2,090	7,014	18,814
2017-18	28,527	2,240	7,363	18,924
2018-19	28,564	2,379	6,868	19,317
2019-20	28,079	2,613	6,640	18,826
2020-21	27,772	3,026	14,775	9,971
2021-22	28,042	3,659	12,433	11,950
2022-23	28,308	4,049	10,513	13,746
Average	27,989	2,675	8,485	16,829

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