Enrollment Trends at Webster

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,040 where 8,260 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

28.11% of total students is undergraduate students and 71.89% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 938 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 6,058 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.95 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Webster.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,699 where 2,322 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 Webster University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,341 where 5,938 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 Webster University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 30.36% and the percentage of black students is 14.14% at Webster University. 1.89% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 4.13% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 42.24% to 30.36%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.41% to 1.89%. Black student enrollment decreased from 36.77% to 14.14%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 7.02% to 4.13%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8851 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.6805 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Webster University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

2,273 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -40.81% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Webster University from 2015 to 2025.