Enrollment Trends at USW

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.

30.62% of total students is undergraduate students and 69.38% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 100 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 171 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.97 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in USW than male students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.