Enrollment Trends at Walla Walla

The student population at Walla Walla University is 1,426 (1,313 undergraduate and 113 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 414 (22.50%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Walla Walla is 92.08% which is decreased by 343 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 71 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 96 male students for every 100 female students, up from 88 in 2015.
16 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 220.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,682 where 1,426 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,894 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,397 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,840 to 1,426 students, a net loss of 414 (22.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,840	1,656	826	830	184	35	149
2016-17	1,894 54	1,700 44	858 32	842 12	194 10	48 13	146 -3
2017-18	1,825 -69	1,649 -51	832 -26	817 -25	176 -18	31 -17	145 -1
2018-19	1,854 29	1,653 4	820 -12	833 16	201 25	46 15	155 10
2019-20	1,831 -23	1,650 -3	836 16	814 -19	181 -20	47 1	134 -21
2020-21	1,737 -94	1,545 -105	786 -50	759 -55	192 11	36 -11	156 22
2021-22	1,584 -153	1,402 -143	715 -71	687 -72	182 -10	42 6	140 -16
2022-23	1,432 -152	1,300 -102	670 -45	630 -57	132 -50	28 -14	104 -36
2023-24	1,397 -35	1,266 -34	652 -18	614 -16	131 -1	25 -3	106 2
2024-25	1,426 29	1,313 47	675 23	638 24	113 -18	24 -1	89 -17
Average	1,682	1,513	767	746	169	36	132

Walla Walla University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,513 where 1,313 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 Walla Walla University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,656	1,556	787	769	100	39	61
2016-17	1,700	1,585	795	790	115	63	52
2017-18	1,649	1,556	794	762	93	38	55
2018-19	1,653	1,563	784	779	90	36	54
2019-20	1,650	1,528	782	746	122	54	68
2020-21	1,545	1,397	720	677	148	66	82
2021-22	1,402	1,236	627	609	166	88	78
2022-23	1,300	1,174	605	569	126	65	61
2023-24	1,266	1,165	609	556	101	43	58
2024-25	1,313	1,222	628	594	91	47	44
Average	1,513	1,513	713	685	1,513	54	61

Walla Walla University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 169 where 113 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 Walla Walla University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	184	166	31	135	18	4	14
2016-17	194	169	40	129	25	8	17
2017-18	176	162	26	136	14	5	9
2018-19	201	189	44	145	12	2	10
2019-20	181	125	29	96	56	18	38
2020-21	192	157	26	131	35	10	25
2021-22	182	160	31	129	22	11	11
2022-23	132	115	23	92	17	5	12
2023-24	131	96	19	77	35	6	29
2024-25	113	76	15	61	37	9	28
Average	169	169	28	113	169	8	19

Walla Walla University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.70% and the percentage of black students is 3.86% at Walla Walla University. 5.05% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 23.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.89% to 46.70%. Asian enrollment declined from 6.36% to 5.05%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.88% to 3.86%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.08% to 23.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7155 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.4866 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Walla Walla University 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	117	53	259	15	1,286	12
2016-17	28	101	54	272	13	1,247	10
2017-18	19	156	52	280	18	1,193	8
2018-19	20	110	46	242	12	1,311	2
2019-20	10	85	42	330	4	1,082	135
2020-21	8	95	39	328	5	981	153
2021-22	7	65	47	317	7	838	163
2022-23	5	73	44	309	6	759	128
2023-24	3	70	46	319	14	693	127
2024-25	5	72	55	337	15	666	114
Average	12	94	48	299	11	1,006	85

Walla Walla University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

16 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 220.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Walla Walla University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,840	5	104	1,731
2016-17	1,894	2	144	1,748
2017-18	1,825	6	114	1,705
2018-19	1,854	12	115	1,727
2019-20	1,831	0	220	1,611
2020-21	1,737	243	1,373	121
2021-22	1,584	99	383	1,102
2022-23	1,432	23	169	1,240
2023-24	1,397	5	131	1,261
2024-25	1,426	16	186	1,224
Average	1,682	41	294	1,347

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Enrollment Trends at Walla Walla

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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