Enrollment Trends at USW

The student population at University of the Southwest is 1,066 (369 undergraduate and 697 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 306 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at USW is 34.62% which is increased by 34 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 272 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.65 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

697 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -8.17% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 975 where 1,066 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

34.62% of total students is undergraduate students and 65.38% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 34 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 272 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.65 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 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	760	335	161	174	425	84	341
2013-14	923 163	318 -17	160 -1	158 -16	605 180	152 68	453 112
2014-15	1,009 86	366 48	200 40	166 8	643 38	150 -2	493 40
2015-16	1,059 50	446 80	245 45	201 35	613 -30	166 16	447 -46
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 0	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
Average	975	400	217	183	575	151	424

University of the Southwest Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 400 where 369 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 the Southwest since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	335	251	126	125	84	35	49
2013-14	318	201	108	93	117	52	65
2014-15	366	238	141	97	128	59	69
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
Average	400	400	172	140	400	46	43

University of the Southwest Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 575 where 697 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 the Southwest since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	425	110	20	90	315	64	251
2013-14	605	158	42	116	447	110	337
2014-15	643	119	29	90	524	121	403
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
Average	575	575	43	123	575	107	301

University of the Southwest Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 40.24% and the percentage of black students is 14.73% at University of the Southwest. 1.97% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of the Southwest 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	8	13	151	214	3	278	0
2013-14	25	11	224	193	3	342	0
2014-15	21	10	242	209	4	341	0
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
Average	25	16	172	275	4	359	1

University of the Southwest Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

697 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 66% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -8.17% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of the Southwest from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,009	759	156	94
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
Average	1,005	644	272	88

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