Enrollment Trends at WSCC

The student population at University of Western States is 959 (2 undergraduate and 959 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 120 (14.30%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at WSCC is 0.21% which is decreased by 109 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 231 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 46 male students for every 100 female students, down from 84 in 2015.
587 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 86.94% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,035 where 959 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,195 students in 2021 and was lowest at 839 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 839 to 959 students, a net gain of 120 (14.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	839	111	43	68	728	340	388
2016-17	922 83	56 -55	21 -22	35 -33	866 138	364 24	502 114
2017-18	1,050 128	48 -8	14 -7	34 -1	1,002 136	420 56	582 80
2018-19	1,076 26	42 -6	11 -3	31 -3	1,034 32	447 27	587 5
2019-20	1,097 21	31 -11	16 5	15 -16	1,066 32	438 -9	628 41
2020-21	1,195 98	41 10	14 -2	27 12	1,154 88	472 34	682 54
2021-22	1,141 -54	11 -30	5 -9	6 -21	1,130 -24	430 -42	700 18
2022-23	1,096 -45	2 -9	2 -3	0 -6	1,094 -36	374 -56	720 20
2023-24	979 -117	0 -2	0 -2	0	979 -115	325 -49	654 -66
2024-25	959 -20	0	0	0	959 -20	300 -25	659 5
Average	1,035	34	13	22	1,001	391	610

University of Western States Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 34 where 0 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 Western States since 2015.

Year	Total	Men
2015-16	111	0	111	43	68
2016-17	56	0	56	21	35
2017-18	48	0	48	14	34
2018-19	42	0	42	11	31
2019-20	31	0	31	16	15
2020-21	41	0	41	14	27
2021-22	11	0	11	5	6
2022-23	2	0	2	2	0
2023-24	0	0	0	0	0
2024-25	0	0	0	0	0
Average	34	34	34	13	22

University of Western States Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,001 where 959 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 Western States since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	728	462	279	183	266	61	205
2016-17	866	793	354	439	73	10	63
2017-18	1,002	888	398	490	114	22	92
2018-19	1,034	576	338	238	458	109	349
2019-20	1,066	572	324	248	494	114	380
2020-21	1,154	609	314	295	545	158	387
2021-22	1,130	582	294	288	548	136	412
2022-23	1,094	517	241	276	577	133	444
2023-24	979	390	189	201	589	136	453
2024-25	959	423	181	242	536	119	417
Average	1,001	1,001	291	290	1,001	100	320

University of Western States Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.28% and the percentage of black students is 6.05% at University of Western States. 4.38% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.57% to 48.28%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.96% to 4.38%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.55% to 6.05%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.38% to 5.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7561 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.4155 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 Western States 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	3	50	13	20	0	634	80
2016-17	5	20	14	18	3	562	72
2017-18	5	19	24	25	2	523	82
2018-19	5	37	24	22	2	504	87
2019-20	5	35	31	32	3	551	82
2020-21	4	47	39	34	3	634	104
2021-22	3	41	54	35	2	630	91
2022-23	2	43	50	31	2	581	79
2023-24	1	33	48	37	3	503	61
2024-25	0	42	58	57	2	463	39
Average	3	37	36	31	2	559	78

University of Western States Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

587 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 61% of total students. The number of online students has increased 86.94% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Western States from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	839	314	0	525
2016-17	922	472	0	450
2017-18	1,050	540	0	510
2018-19	1,076	529	0	547
2019-20	1,097	570	0	527
2020-21	1,195	679	144	372
2021-22	1,141	646	5	490
2022-23	1,096	618	29	449
2023-24	979	567	0	412
2024-25	959	587	320	52
Average	1,035	552	50	433

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Enrollment Trends at WSCC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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