Enrollment Trends at USW

The student population at University of the Southwest is 1,130 (346 undergraduate and 784 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 71 (6.70%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at USW is 30.62% which is decreased by 100 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 171 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 51 male students for every 100 female students, down from 63 in 2015.
838 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 17.37% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,020 where 1,130 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,130 students in 2025 and was lowest at 875 in 2020. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,059 to 1,130 students, a net gain of 71 (6.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,059	446	245	201	613	166	447
2016-17	1,088 29	530 84	290 45	240 39	558 -55	152 -14	406 -41
2017-18	1,026 -62	509 -21	248 -42	261 21	517 -41	128 -24	389 -17
2018-19	951 -75	416 -93	257 9	159 -102	535 18	128	407 18
2019-20	875 -76	331 -85	184 -73	147 -12	544 9	151 23	393 -14
2020-21	904 29	370 39	204 20	166 19	534 -10	168 17	366 -27
2021-22	1,064 160	414 44	232 28	182 16	650 116	183 15	467 101
2022-23	1,066 2	369 -45	208 -24	161 -21	697 47	195 12	502 35
2023-24	1,034 -32	337 -32	171 -37	166 5	697	191 -4	506 4
2024-25	1,130 96	346 9	182 11	164 -2	784 87	198 7	586 80
Average	1,020	407	222	185	613	166	447

University of the Southwest Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 407 where 346 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 the Southwest since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	446	301	174	127	145	71	74
2016-17	530	416	224	192	114	66	48
2017-18	509	417	196	221	92	52	40
2018-19	416	343	219	124	73	38	35
2019-20	331	278	152	126	53	32	21
2020-21	370	300	170	130	70	34	36
2021-22	414	356	194	162	58	38	20
2022-23	369	329	183	146	40	25	15
2023-24	337	317	162	155	20	9	11
2024-25	346	321	172	149	25	10	15
Average	407	407	185	153	407	38	32

University of the Southwest Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 613 where 784 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 the Southwest since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	613	101	31	70	512	135	377
2016-17	558	75	19	56	483	133	350
2017-18	517	390	94	296	127	34	93
2018-19	535	417	97	320	118	31	87
2019-20	544	8	2	6	536	149	387
2020-21	534	135	46	89	399	122	277
2021-22	650	152	51	101	498	132	366
2022-23	697	170	46	124	527	149	378
2023-24	697	190	61	129	507	130	377
2024-25	784	222	50	172	562	148	414
Average	613	613	50	136	613	116	311

University of the Southwest Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.13% and the percentage of black students is 13.19% at University of the Southwest. 2.92% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 38.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 32.77% to 35.13%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.23% to 2.92%. Black student enrollment decreased from 21.25% to 13.19%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 24.08% to 38.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7126 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7887 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of the Southwest 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	28	13	225	255	3	347	0
2016-17	39	12	176	303	2	356	0
2017-18	43	17	151	249	8	391	0
2018-19	30	18	156	234	6	362	0
2019-20	22	16	134	288	3	342	0
2020-21	20	29	133	320	2	345	3
2021-22	21	20	142	380	4	421	4
2022-23	20	21	157	375	1	429	9
2023-24	17	16	149	375	4	424	13
2024-25	14	33	149	431	2	397	9
Average	25	20	157	321	4	381	4

University of the Southwest Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

838 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 74% of total students. The number of online students has increased 17.37% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of the Southwest from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,059	714	121	224
2016-17	1,088	660	229	199
2017-18	1,026	621	189	216
2018-19	951	617	271	63
2019-20	875	544	331	0
2020-21	904	534	370	0
2021-22	1,064	650	414	0
2022-23	1,066	697	369	0
2023-24	1,034	744	247	43
2024-25	1,130	838	277	15
Average	1,020	662	282	76

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