Enrollment Trends at U of West Alabama

The student population at University of West Alabama is 5,860 (2,427 undergraduate and 3,433 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 917 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of West Alabama is 41.42% which is increased by 332 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 585 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 3.06 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

4,362 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 118.21% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,915 where 5,860 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

41.42% of total students is undergraduate students and 58.58% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 332 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 585 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.06 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in U of West Alabama than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of West Alabama since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,943	2,095	844	1,251	2,848	379	2,469
2013-14	4,427 -516	1,999 -96	857 13	1,142 -109	2,428 -420	362 -17	2,066 -403
2014-15	3,989 -438	1,922 -77	848 -9	1,074 -68	2,067 -361	340 -22	1,727 -339
2015-16	4,032 43	1,915 -7	853 5	1,062 -12	2,117 50	362 22	1,755 28
2016-17	3,986 -46	1,978 63	891 38	1,087 25	2,008 -109	379 17	1,629 -126
2017-18	4,646 660	2,111 133	942 51	1,169 82	2,535 527	488 109	2,047 418
2018-19	5,200 554	2,154 43	899 -43	1,255 86	3,046 511	565 77	2,481 434
2019-20	5,653 453	2,239 85	882 -17	1,357 102	3,414 368	664 99	2,750 269
2020-21	5,734 81	2,248 9	767 -115	1,481 124	3,486 72	679 15	2,807 57
2021-22	5,594 -140	2,322 74	710 -57	1,612 131	3,272 -214	655 -24	2,617 -190
2022-23	5,860 266	2,427 105	725 15	1,702 90	3,433 161	717 62	2,716 99
Average	4,915	2,128	838	1,290	2,787	508	2,279

University of West Alabama Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,128 where 2,427 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 West Alabama since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,095	1,782	747	1,035	313	97	216
2013-14	1,999	1,696	749	947	303	108	195
2014-15	1,922	1,694	775	919	228	73	155
2015-16	1,915	1,704	789	915	211	64	147
2016-17	1,978	1,722	781	941	256	110	146
2017-18	2,111	1,843	806	1,037	268	136	132
2018-19	2,154	1,836	747	1,089	318	152	166
2019-20	2,239	1,883	722	1,161	356	160	196
2020-21	2,248	1,775	561	1,214	473	206	267
2021-22	2,322	1,754	508	1,246	568	202	366
2022-23	2,427	1,901	536	1,365	526	189	337
Average	2,128	2,128	702	1,079	2,128	136	211

University of West Alabama Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,787 where 3,433 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 West Alabama since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,848	2,563	328	2,235	285	51	234
2013-14	2,428	2,194	310	1,884	234	52	182
2014-15	2,067	1,887	297	1,590	180	43	137
2015-16	2,117	1,952	324	1,628	165	38	127
2016-17	2,008	1,848	327	1,521	160	52	108
2017-18	2,535	2,392	442	1,950	143	46	97
2018-19	3,046	2,919	525	2,394	127	40	87
2019-20	3,414	3,282	615	2,667	132	49	83
2020-21	3,486	3,220	591	2,629	266	88	178
2021-22	3,272	2,997	577	2,420	275	78	197
2022-23	3,433	3,085	622	2,463	348	95	253
Average	2,787	2,787	451	2,126	2,787	57	153

University of West Alabama Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.10% and the percentage of black students is 32.34% at University of West Alabama. 0.17% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of West Alabama 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	33	10	2,624	40	7	1,943	16
2013-14	24	25	2,173	60	2	1,815	33
2014-15	18	6	1,769	59	2	1,771	39
2015-16	18	8	1,613	55	4	1,953	65
2016-17	20	9	1,515	54	3	1,972	58
2017-18	24	6	1,773	58	2	2,360	93
2018-19	26	11	1,944	65	4	2,647	97
2019-20	41	14	2,052	75	6	2,843	100
2020-21	60	10	2,069	95	3	2,769	102
2021-22	53	13	1,876	104	4	2,702	86
2022-23	46	10	1,895	154	2	2,877	104
Average	33	11	1,937	74	4	2,332	72

University of West Alabama Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,362 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 75% of total students. The number of online students has increased 118.21% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of West Alabama from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,989	1,999	53	1,937
2015-16	4,032	2,059	85	1,888
2016-17	3,986	1,990	224	1,772
2017-18	4,646	2,299	185	2,162
2018-19	5,200	3,374	340	1,486
2019-20	5,653	4,018	321	1,314
2020-21	5,734	4,165	546	1,023
2021-22	5,594	4,118	502	974
2022-23	5,860	4,362	477	1,021
Average	4,966	3,154	304	1,509

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