Enrollment Trends at UWest

The student population at University of the West is 138 (43 undergraduate and 95 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 186 (57.41%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UWest is 31.16% which is decreased by 102 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 84 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 86 male students for every 100 female students, up from 83 in 2015.
17 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -92.86% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 245 where 138 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 7 decreases. It peaked at 354 students in 2018 and was lowest at 138 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 324 to 138 students, a net loss of 186 (57.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	324	145	51	94	179	96	83
2016-17	324	158 13	62 11	96 2	166 -13	84 -12	82 -1
2017-18	354 30	185 27	78 16	107 11	169 3	88 4	81 -1
2018-19	291 -63	140 -45	61 -17	79 -28	151 -18	76 -12	75 -6
2019-20	284 -7	153 13	60 -1	93 14	131 -20	56 -20	75
2020-21	238 -46	114 -39	39 -21	75 -18	124 -7	54 -2	70 -5
2021-22	180 -58	77 -37	28 -11	49 -26	103 -21	48 -6	55 -15
2022-23	164 -16	62 -15	24 -4	38 -11	102 -1	53 5	49 -6
2023-24	154 -10	53 -9	20 -4	33 -5	101 -1	60 7	41 -8
2024-25	138 -16	43 -10	12 -8	31 -2	95 -6	52 -8	43 2
Average	245	113	44	70	132	67	65

University of the West Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 113 where 43 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 West since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	145	131	47	84	14	4	10
2016-17	158	152	59	93	6	3	3
2017-18	185	148	61	87	37	17	20
2018-19	140	112	48	64	28	13	15
2019-20	153	144	56	88	9	4	5
2020-21	114	104	37	67	10	2	8
2021-22	77	60	21	39	17	7	10
2022-23	62	60	24	36	2	0	2
2023-24	53	47	18	29	6	2	4
2024-25	43	42	12	30	1	0	1
Average	113	113	38	62	113	5	8

University of the West Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 132 where 95 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 West since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	179	121	61	60	58	35	23
2016-17	166	112	49	63	54	35	19
2017-18	169	111	59	52	58	29	29
2018-19	151	116	59	57	35	17	18
2019-20	131	103	46	57	28	10	18
2020-21	124	91	35	56	33	19	14
2021-22	103	87	42	45	16	6	10
2022-23	102	89	44	45	13	9	4
2023-24	101	89	51	38	12	9	3
2024-25	95	85	46	39	10	6	4
Average	132	132	49	51	132	18	14

University of the West Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 14.49% and the percentage of black students is 3.62% at University of the West. 20.29% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.87% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 12.04% to 14.49%. Asian enrollment grew from 16.05% to 20.29%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.23% to 3.62%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 15.43% to 10.87%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9246 which indicates that highly diverse. This decreased from 0.9355 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 West 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	2	52	4	50	0	39	5
2016-17	1	41	3	58	0	36	5
2017-18	1	45	4	83	0	41	3
2018-19	2	33	3	62	0	41	2
2019-20	3	36	5	51	0	30	1
2020-21	3	37	7	40	1	26	2
2021-22	2	37	9	36	1	18	4
2022-23	0	35	10	23	1	17	4
2023-24	0	32	6	22	1	17	3
2024-25	0	28	5	15	1	20	1
Average	1	38	6	44	1	29	3

University of the West Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

17 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -92.86% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of the West from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	324	0	0	324
2016-17	324	0	0	324
2017-18	354	0	0	354
2018-19	291	0	0	291
2019-20	284	0	0	284
2020-21	238	238	0	0
2021-22	180	0	0	180
2022-23	164	0	0	164
2023-24	154	9	47	98
2024-25	138	17	44	77
Average	245	26	9	210

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Enrollment Trends at UWest

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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