Enrollment Trends at Tulsa

The student population at University of Tulsa is 3,914 (2,852 undergraduate and 1,062 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 757 (16.21%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Tulsa is 72.87% which is decreased by 626 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 131 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 100 male students for every 100 female students, down from 134 in 2015.
300 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 35.75% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,145 where 3,914 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 4,671 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,559 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,671 to 3,914 students, a net loss of 757 (16.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,671	3,478	2,008	1,470	1,193	670	523
2016-17	4,563 -108	3,406 -72	1,933 -75	1,473 3	1,157 -36	669 -1	488 -35
2017-18	4,433 -130	3,343 -63	1,870 -63	1,473	1,090 -67	627 -42	463 -25
2018-19	4,365 -68	3,267 -76	1,801 -69	1,466 -7	1,098 8	620 -7	478 15
2019-20	4,379 14	3,268 1	1,752 -49	1,516 50	1,111 13	608 -12	503 25
2020-21	3,960 -419	2,929 -339	1,528 -224	1,401 -115	1,031 -80	558 -50	473 -30
2021-22	3,832 -128	2,728 -201	1,376 -152	1,352 -49	1,104 73	578 20	526 53
2022-23	3,769 -63	2,647 -81	1,285 -91	1,362 10	1,122 18	606 28	516 -10
2023-24	3,559 -210	2,485 -162	1,226 -59	1,259 -103	1,074 -48	614 8	460 -56
2024-25	3,914 355	2,852 367	1,368 142	1,484 225	1,062 -12	586 -28	476 16
Average	4,145	3,040	1,615	1,426	1,104	614	491

University of Tulsa Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,040 where 2,852 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 Tulsa since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,478	3,359	1,946	1,413	119	62	57
2016-17	3,406	3,259	1,856	1,403	147	77	70
2017-18	3,343	3,203	1,787	1,416	140	83	57
2018-19	3,267	3,156	1,736	1,420	111	65	46
2019-20	3,268	3,171	1,686	1,485	97	66	31
2020-21	2,929	2,819	1,468	1,351	110	60	50
2021-22	2,728	2,614	1,323	1,291	114	53	61
2022-23	2,647	2,434	1,165	1,269	213	120	93
2023-24	2,485	2,288	1,122	1,166	197	104	93
2024-25	2,852	2,595	1,257	1,338	257	111	146
Average	3,040	3,040	1,535	1,355	3,040	80	70

University of Tulsa Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,104 where 1,062 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 Tulsa since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,193	812	447	365	381	223	158
2016-17	1,157	782	458	324	375	211	164
2017-18	1,090	731	411	320	359	216	143
2018-19	1,098	761	412	349	337	208	129
2019-20	1,111	779	418	361	332	190	142
2020-21	1,031	738	383	355	293	175	118
2021-22	1,104	794	393	401	310	185	125
2022-23	1,122	854	445	409	268	161	107
2023-24	1,074	861	474	387	213	140	73
2024-25	1,062	878	471	407	184	115	69
Average	1,104	1,104	431	368	1,104	182	123

University of Tulsa Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.11% and the percentage of black students is 6.11% at University of Tulsa. 6.52% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.60% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 54.08% to 48.11%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.32% to 6.52%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.05% to 6.11%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.43% to 10.60%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7419 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7008 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Tulsa 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	203	155	189	207	4	2,526	67
2016-17	180	176	193	219	6	2,513	60
2017-18	170	196	209	251	5	2,444	141
2018-19	155	201	224	283	3	2,401	231
2019-20	169	217	266	319	4	2,347	311
2020-21	133	213	253	305	3	2,137	352
2021-22	122	201	284	350	4	2,038	331
2022-23	112	205	261	406	8	1,950	325
2023-24	111	223	236	394	7	1,764	283
2024-25	140	255	239	415	9	1,883	307
Average	150	204	235	315	5	2,200	241

University of Tulsa Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

300 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 35.75% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Tulsa from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,671	221	17	4,433
2016-17	4,563	182	13	4,368
2017-18	4,433	133	3	4,297
2018-19	4,365	120	11	4,234
2019-20	4,379	141	16	4,222
2020-21	3,960	98	5	3,857
2021-22	3,832	164	1,409	2,259
2022-23	3,769	133	782	2,854
2023-24	3,559	151	247	3,161
2024-25	3,914	300	235	3,379
Average	4,145	164	274	3,706

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Enrollment Trends at Tulsa

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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