Enrollment Trends at U of Wisconsin-River Falls

The student population at University of Wisconsin-River Falls is 5,188 (4,776 undergraduate and 412 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,255 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Wisconsin-River Falls is 92.06% which is decreased by 1,270 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 15 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.88 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

400 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 135.29% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,940 where 5,188 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

92.06% of total students is undergraduate students and 7.94% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,270 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 15 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.88 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in U of Wisconsin-River Falls than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Wisconsin-River Falls since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,443	6,046	2,403	3,643	397	107	290
2013-14	6,160 -283	5,782 -264	2,286 -117	3,496 -147	378 -19	119 12	259 -31
2014-15	6,198 38	5,740 -42	2,268 -18	3,472 -24	458 80	130 11	328 69
2015-16	5,949 -249	5,503 -237	2,163 -105	3,340 -132	446 -12	133 3	313 -15
2016-17	5,938 -11	5,494 -9	2,129 -34	3,365 25	444 -2	141 8	303 -10
2017-18	6,105 167	5,678 184	2,217 88	3,461 96	427 -17	136 -5	291 -12
2018-19	6,135 30	5,726 48	2,124 -93	3,602 141	409 -18	124 -12	285 -6
2019-20	5,980 -155	5,588 -138	2,005 -119	3,583 -19	392 -17	104 -20	288 3
2020-21	5,855 -125	5,421 -167	1,913 -92	3,508 -75	434 42	126 22	308 20
2021-22	5,394 -461	4,988 -433	1,707 -206	3,281 -227	406 -28	104 -22	302 -6
2022-23	5,188 -206	4,776 -212	1,702 -5	3,074 -207	412 6	99 -5	313 11
Average	5,940	5,522	2,083	3,439	418	120	298

University of Wisconsin-River Falls Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,522 where 4,776 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 Wisconsin-River Falls since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,046	5,526	2,209	3,317	520	194	326
2013-14	5,782	5,249	2,075	3,174	533	211	322
2014-15	5,740	5,209	2,034	3,175	531	234	297
2015-16	5,503	4,942	1,928	3,014	561	235	326
2016-17	5,494	4,833	1,877	2,956	661	252	409
2017-18	5,678	5,014	1,936	3,078	664	281	383
2018-19	5,726	5,232	1,913	3,319	494	211	283
2019-20	5,588	5,052	1,779	3,273	536	226	310
2020-21	5,421	4,800	1,653	3,147	621	260	361
2021-22	4,988	4,313	1,446	2,867	675	261	414
2022-23	4,776	3,998	1,385	2,613	778	317	461
Average	5,522	5,522	1,840	3,085	5,522	244	354

University of Wisconsin-River Falls Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 418 where 412 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 Wisconsin-River Falls since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	397	140	26	114	257	81	176
2013-14	378	126	35	91	252	84	168
2014-15	458	143	43	100	315	87	228
2015-16	446	145	38	107	301	95	206
2016-17	444	151	44	107	293	97	196
2017-18	427	162	47	115	265	89	176
2018-19	409	164	49	115	245	75	170
2019-20	392	147	40	107	245	64	181
2020-21	434	206	66	140	228	60	168
2021-22	406	147	41	106	259	63	196
2022-23	412	193	46	147	219	53	166
Average	418	418	43	114	418	77	185

University of Wisconsin-River Falls Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 87.14%. The percentage was 90.42% 10 years ago and U of Wisconsin-River Falls still has a high percentage of white students. 2.64% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.66% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Wisconsin-River Falls 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	19	158	87	117	5	5,826	101
2013-14	19	156	87	139	5	5,475	114
2014-15	16	142	103	154	4	5,342	130
2015-16	11	163	119	144	2	5,201	137
2016-17	12	141	102	167	3	5,208	154
2017-18	11	161	119	210	6	5,298	149
2018-19	8	182	96	217	5	5,322	169
2019-20	6	176	79	210	3	5,212	148
2020-21	9	162	75	209	1	5,184	151
2021-22	7	156	68	206	1	4,745	142
2022-23	10	137	86	195	3	4,521	131
Average	12	158	93	179	3	5,212	139

University of Wisconsin-River Falls Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

400 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 135.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Wisconsin-River Falls from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,198	170	256	5,772
2015-16	5,949	148	182	5,619
2016-17	5,938	168	508	5,262
2017-18	6,105	217	1,984	3,904
2018-19	6,135	173	1,867	4,095
2019-20	5,980	171	1,775	4,034
2020-21	5,855	3,071	2,632	152
2021-22	5,394	520	3,612	1,262
2022-23	5,188	400	3,181	1,607
Average	5,860	560	1,777	3,523

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