Enrollment Trends at UW

The student population at University of Washington-Seattle Campus is 52,319 (36,213 undergraduate and 16,106 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 8,834 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UW is 69.22% which is increased by 6,738 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,096 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.11 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,207 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 42.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 47,007 where 52,319 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

69.22% of total students is undergraduate students and 30.78% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 6,738 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,096 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.11 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in UW than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Washington-Seattle Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	43,485	29,475	14,247	15,228	14,010	6,614	7,396
2013-14	43,762 277	29,756 281	14,235 -12	15,521 293	14,006 -4	6,706 92	7,300 -96
2014-15	44,784 1,022	30,672 916	14,670 435	16,002 481	14,112 106	6,745 39	7,367 67
2015-16	45,408 624	31,063 391	14,803 133	16,260 258	14,345 233	6,802 57	7,543 176
2016-17	45,591 183	30,933 -130	14,737 -66	16,196 -64	14,658 313	6,848 46	7,810 267
2017-18	46,166 575	31,331 398	14,772 35	16,559 363	14,835 177	6,917 69	7,918 108
2018-19	47,400 1,234	32,099 768	14,955 183	17,144 585	15,301 466	7,034 117	8,267 349
2019-20	47,576 176	32,046 -53	14,645 -310	17,401 257	15,530 229	7,019 -15	8,511 244
2020-21	48,149 573	32,244 198	14,448 -197	17,796 395	15,905 375	7,016 -3	8,889 378
2021-22	52,434 4,285	36,201 3,957	15,687 1,239	20,514 2,718	16,233 328	6,939 -77	9,294 405
2022-23	52,319 -115	36,213 12	17,831 2,144	18,382 -2,132	16,106 -127	7,000 61	9,106 -188
Average	47,007	32,003	15,003	17,000	15,004	6,876	8,127

University of Washington-Seattle Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 32,003 where 36,213 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 Washington-Seattle Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	29,475	26,228	12,498	13,730	3,247	1,749	1,498
2013-14	29,756	27,050	12,831	14,219	2,706	1,404	1,302
2014-15	30,672	27,764	13,243	14,521	2,908	1,427	1,481
2015-16	31,063	28,377	13,460	14,917	2,686	1,343	1,343
2016-17	30,933	28,380	13,458	14,922	2,553	1,279	1,274
2017-18	31,331	28,759	13,511	15,248	2,572	1,261	1,311
2018-19	32,099	29,496	13,656	15,840	2,603	1,299	1,304
2019-20	32,046	29,332	13,348	15,984	2,714	1,297	1,417
2020-21	32,244	29,350	13,103	16,247	2,894	1,345	1,549
2021-22	36,201	29,626	12,849	16,777	6,575	2,838	3,737
2022-23	36,213	29,226	12,560	16,666	6,987	5,271	1,716
Average	32,003	32,003	13,138	15,370	32,003	1,865	1,630

University of Washington-Seattle Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 15,004 where 16,106 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 Washington-Seattle Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	14,010	10,949	5,051	5,898	3,061	1,563	1,498
2013-14	14,006	11,277	5,348	5,929	2,729	1,358	1,371
2014-15	14,112	11,407	5,385	6,022	2,705	1,360	1,345
2015-16	14,345	11,696	5,405	6,291	2,649	1,397	1,252
2016-17	14,658	11,921	5,386	6,535	2,737	1,462	1,275
2017-18	14,835	11,991	5,427	6,564	2,844	1,490	1,354
2018-19	15,301	12,376	5,525	6,851	2,925	1,509	1,416
2019-20	15,530	12,602	5,533	7,069	2,928	1,486	1,442
2020-21	15,905	12,705	5,457	7,248	3,200	1,559	1,641
2021-22	16,233	13,103	5,464	7,639	3,130	1,475	1,655
2022-23	16,106	13,206	5,644	7,562	2,900	1,356	1,544
Average	15,004	15,004	5,420	6,692	15,004	1,456	1,436

University of Washington-Seattle Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 33.37% and the percentage of black students is 3.32% at University of Washington-Seattle Campus. 21.63% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Washington-Seattle Campus 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	363	8,810	1,108	2,669	199	21,262	1,348
2013-14	283	8,706	1,093	2,788	168	20,996	1,933
2014-15	233	8,702	1,093	2,917	160	21,015	2,407
2015-16	220	8,936	1,102	3,059	163	21,046	2,566
2016-17	219	9,256	1,168	3,188	167	20,694	2,705
2017-18	220	9,370	1,333	3,395	161	20,345	2,892
2018-19	214	9,921	1,388	3,572	148	19,942	2,989
2019-20	197	10,157	1,394	3,799	159	19,193	3,055
2020-21	214	10,652	1,517	4,044	163	19,099	3,205
2021-22	208	11,256	1,714	4,295	151	18,930	3,280
2022-23	189	11,316	1,736	4,345	134	17,458	3,196
Average	233	9,735	1,331	3,461	161	19,998	2,689

University of Washington-Seattle Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,207 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 42.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Washington-Seattle Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	44,784	850	2,562	41,372
2015-16	45,408	872	3,509	41,027
2016-17	45,591	1,096	3,044	41,451
2017-18	46,166	793	3,379	41,994
2018-19	47,400	736	3,490	43,174
2019-20	47,576	768	3,163	43,645
2020-21	48,149	864	4,525	42,760
2021-22	52,434	1,336	8,815	42,283
2022-23	52,319	1,207	8,658	42,454
Average	47,759	947	4,572	42,240

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