Enrollment Trends at UWG

The student population at University of West Georgia is 14,337 (9,103 undergraduate and 5,234 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,503 (11.71%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at UWG is 63.49% which is decreased by 1,650 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3,153 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 46 male students for every 100 female students, down from 54 in 2015.
7,383 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 269.70% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,170 where 14,337 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 14,337 students in 2025 and was lowest at 11,893 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 12,834 to 14,337 students, a net gain of 1,503 (11.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,834	10,753	3,962	6,791	2,081	547	1,534
2016-17	13,308 474	11,155 402	4,058 96	7,097 306	2,153 72	517 -30	1,636 102
2017-18	13,520 212	11,229 74	4,130 72	7,099 2	2,291 138	509 -8	1,782 146
2018-19	13,733 213	11,135 -94	4,076 -54	7,059 -40	2,598 307	542 33	2,056 274
2019-20	13,238 -495	10,411 -724	3,769 -307	6,642 -417	2,827 229	581 39	2,246 190
2020-21	13,419 181	10,331 -80	3,597 -172	6,734 92	3,088 261	668 87	2,420 174
2021-22	12,687 -732	9,538 -793	3,323 -274	6,215 -519	3,149 61	745 77	2,404 -16
2022-23	11,893 -794	8,666 -872	3,074 -249	5,592 -623	3,227 78	751 6	2,476 72
2023-24	12,728 835	8,413 -253	3,033 -41	5,380 -212	4,315 1,088	864 113	3,451 975
2024-25	14,337 1,609	9,103 690	3,414 381	5,689 309	5,234 919	1,113 249	4,121 670
Average	13,170	10,073	3,644	6,430	3,096	684	2,413

University of West Georgia Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,073 where 9,103 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 West Georgia since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,753	8,815	3,248	5,567	1,938	714	1,224
2016-17	11,155	9,084	3,312	5,772	2,071	746	1,325
2017-18	11,229	8,938	3,330	5,608	2,291	800	1,491
2018-19	11,135	8,728	3,217	5,511	2,407	859	1,548
2019-20	10,411	8,090	2,945	5,145	2,321	824	1,497
2020-21	10,331	7,528	2,594	4,934	2,803	1,003	1,800
2021-22	9,538	6,781	2,415	4,366	2,757	908	1,849
2022-23	8,666	6,280	2,275	4,005	2,386	799	1,587
2023-24	8,413	5,868	2,180	3,688	2,545	853	1,692
2024-25	9,103	5,984	2,337	3,647	3,119	1,077	2,042
Average	10,073	10,073	2,785	4,824	10,073	858	1,606

University of West Georgia Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,096 where 5,234 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 West Georgia since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,081	625	169	456	1,456	378	1,078
2016-17	2,153	594	147	447	1,559	370	1,189
2017-18	2,291	640	149	491	1,651	360	1,291
2018-19	2,598	611	129	482	1,987	413	1,574
2019-20	2,827	552	136	416	2,275	445	1,830
2020-21	3,088	652	163	489	2,436	505	1,931
2021-22	3,149	575	182	393	2,574	563	2,011
2022-23	3,227	612	177	435	2,615	574	2,041
2023-24	4,315	688	158	530	3,627	706	2,921
2024-25	5,234	872	193	679	4,362	920	3,442
Average	3,096	3,096	160	482	3,096	523	1,931

University of West Georgia Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.68%. The percentage was 52.97% 10 years ago and UWG still has a high percentage of white students. 1.52% of enrolled students is Asian and 29.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.09% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 52.97% to 52.68%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.03% to 1.52%. Black student enrollment decreased from 35.84% to 29.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.47% to 8.09%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6247 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5881 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 West Georgia 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	19	132	4,600	574	17	6,798	363
2016-17	20	143	4,862	666	16	6,832	418
2017-18	16	153	4,875	774	17	6,888	442
2018-19	24	160	4,822	918	20	6,944	449
2019-20	24	147	4,556	908	11	6,743	460
2020-21	17	157	4,607	960	9	6,817	493
2021-22	21	152	4,035	954	10	6,636	480
2022-23	19	142	3,616	887	10	6,370	474
2023-24	23	165	3,746	974	9	6,888	520
2024-25	20	218	4,278	1,160	13	7,553	630
Average	20	157	4,400	878	13	6,847	473

University of West Georgia Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

7,383 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 52% of total students. The number of online students has increased 269.70% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of West Georgia from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	12,834	1,997	4,028	6,809
2016-17	13,308	2,419	4,171	6,718
2017-18	13,520	2,878	4,417	6,225
2018-19	13,733	3,394	4,693	5,646
2019-20	13,238	3,645	4,650	4,943
2020-21	13,419	5,003	6,471	1,945
2021-22	12,687	4,945	4,689	3,053
2022-23	11,893	4,937	4,547	2,409
2023-24	12,728	6,170	4,372	2,186
2024-25	14,337	7,383	4,003	2,951
Average	13,170	4,277	4,604	4,289

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Enrollment Trends at UWG

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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