Enrollment Trends at UW

The student population at University of Wyoming is 11,100 (8,518 undergraduate and 2,582 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,803 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UW is 76.74% which is decreased by 1,676 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 127 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.18 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,066 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 31.34% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 12,274 where 11,100 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.74% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.26% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,676 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 127 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.18 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 Wyoming since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,903	10,194	4,862	5,332	2,709	1,303	1,406
2013-14	12,778 -125	10,117 -77	4,804 -58	5,313 -19	2,661 -48	1,261 -42	1,400 -6
2014-15	12,820 42	10,124 7	4,858 54	5,266 -47	2,696 35	1,301 40	1,395 -5
2015-16	12,648 -172	10,045 -79	4,869 11	5,176 -90	2,603 -93	1,263 -38	1,340 -55
2016-17	12,366 -282	9,788 -257	4,825 -44	4,963 -213	2,578 -25	1,224 -39	1,354 14
2017-18	12,397 31	9,791 3	4,887 62	4,904 -59	2,606 28	1,235 11	1,371 17
2018-19	12,450 53	9,998 207	4,929 42	5,069 165	2,452 -154	1,154 -81	1,298 -73
2019-20	12,249 -201	9,807 -191	4,763 -166	5,044 -25	2,442 -10	1,151 -3	1,291 -7
2020-21	11,829 -420	9,342 -465	4,439 -324	4,903 -141	2,487 45	1,107 -44	1,380 89
2021-22	11,479 -350	8,869 -473	4,194 -245	4,675 -228	2,610 123	1,135 28	1,475 95
2022-23	11,100 -379	8,518 -351	3,983 -211	4,535 -140	2,582 -28	1,112 -23	1,470 -5
Average	12,274	9,690	4,674	5,016	2,584	1,204	1,380

University of Wyoming Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,690 where 8,518 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 Wyoming since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,194	8,311	4,224	4,087	1,883	638	1,245
2013-14	10,117	8,255	4,155	4,100	1,862	649	1,213
2014-15	10,124	8,272	4,222	4,050	1,852	636	1,216
2015-16	10,045	8,394	4,213	4,181	1,651	656	995
2016-17	9,788	8,102	4,127	3,975	1,686	698	988
2017-18	9,791	8,281	4,236	4,045	1,510	651	859
2018-19	9,998	8,457	4,304	4,153	1,541	625	916
2019-20	9,807	8,332	4,157	4,175	1,475	606	869
2020-21	9,342	7,783	3,790	3,993	1,559	649	910
2021-22	8,869	7,376	3,599	3,777	1,493	595	898
2022-23	8,518	7,062	3,392	3,670	1,456	591	865
Average	9,690	9,690	4,038	4,019	9,690	636	998

University of Wyoming Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,584 where 2,582 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 Wyoming since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,709	1,583	826	757	1,126	477	649
2013-14	2,661	1,488	747	741	1,173	514	659
2014-15	2,696	1,552	796	756	1,144	505	639
2015-16	2,603	1,555	810	745	1,048	453	595
2016-17	2,578	1,571	774	797	1,007	450	557
2017-18	2,606	1,522	751	771	1,084	484	600
2018-19	2,452	1,498	735	763	954	419	535
2019-20	2,442	1,533	757	776	909	394	515
2020-21	2,487	1,564	755	809	923	352	571
2021-22	2,610	1,610	744	866	1,000	391	609
2022-23	2,582	1,581	721	860	1,001	391	610
Average	2,584	2,584	765	786	2,584	439	594

University of Wyoming Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.51%. The percentage was 77.40% 10 years ago and UW still has a high percentage of white students. 1.34% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.98% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Wyoming 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	91	141	157	624	25	9,987	223
2013-14	84	151	138	684	34	9,675	249
2014-15	72	171	121	749	33	9,506	305
2015-16	81	155	118	764	27	9,279	366
2016-17	77	145	124	795	22	8,830	404
2017-18	64	141	128	792	18	8,693	459
2018-19	66	146	118	775	16	8,779	505
2019-20	73	147	129	716	11	8,814	482
2020-21	90	143	132	660	13	8,826	461
2021-22	77	149	132	831	8	8,613	429
2022-23	65	149	109	889	10	8,382	418
Average	76	149	128	753	20	9,035	391

University of Wyoming Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,066 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 31.34% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Wyoming from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,820	1,573	2,048	9,199
2015-16	12,648	1,456	2,184	9,008
2016-17	12,366	1,496	2,295	8,575
2017-18	12,397	1,731	2,867	7,799
2018-19	12,450	1,666	3,158	7,626
2019-20	12,249	1,688	3,370	7,191
2020-21	11,829	4,576	6,395	858
2021-22	11,479	2,410	5,894	3,175
2022-23	11,100	2,066	5,286	3,748
Average	12,149	2,074	3,722	6,353

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