Enrollment Trends at Westcliff

The student population at Westcliff University is 7,686 (2,363 undergraduate and 5,323 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 6,385 (490.78%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Westcliff is 30.74% which is increased by 1,894 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 4,491 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 134 male students for every 100 female students, up from 133 in 2017.
2,520 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 465.02% since 2017.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 9 years is 4,106 where 7,686 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2018 to 2025, growing from 1,301 to 7,686 students, a gain of 6,385 (490.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Westcliff University since 2017.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2017-18	1,301	469	301	168	832	442	390
2018-19	1,760 459	470 1	290 -11	180 12	1,290 458	684 242	606 216
2019-20	2,608 848	781 311	500 210	281 101	1,827 537	931 247	896 290
2020-21	3,214 606	981 200	602 102	379 98	2,233 406	1,144 213	1,089 193
2021-22	4,123 909	1,300 319	798 196	502 123	2,823 590	1,473 329	1,350 261
2022-23	5,625 1,502	1,817 517	1,128 330	689 187	3,808 985	1,957 484	1,851 501
2023-24	6,532 907	2,037 220	1,301 173	736 47	4,495 687	2,419 462	2,076 225
2024-25	7,686 1,154	2,363 326	1,495 194	868 132	5,323 828	2,912 493	2,411 335
Average	4,106	1,277	802	475	2,829	1,495	1,334

Westcliff University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 9 years is 1,277 where 2,363 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 Westcliff University since 2017.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2017-18	469	460	293	167	9	8	1
2018-19	470	458	285	173	12	5	7
2019-20	781	768	492	276	13	8	5
2020-21	981	924	568	356	57	34	23
2021-22	1,300	1,272	778	494	28	20	8
2022-23	1,817	1,719	1,077	642	98	51	47
2023-24	2,037	1,363	872	491	674	429	245
2024-25	2,363	1,602	1,002	600	761	493	268
Average	1,277	1,277	671	400	1,277	131	76

Westcliff University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 9 years is 2,829 where 5,323 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 Westcliff University since 2017.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2017-18	832	816	437	379	16	5	11
2018-19	1,290	1,269	673	596	21	11	10
2019-20	1,827	1,806	919	887	21	12	9
2020-21	2,233	2,124	1,085	1,039	109	59	50
2021-22	2,823	2,729	1,426	1,303	94	47	47
2022-23	3,808	3,660	1,885	1,775	148	72	76
2023-24	4,495	3,172	1,737	1,435	1,323	682	641
2024-25	5,323	4,170	2,279	1,891	1,153	633	520
Average	2,829	2,829	1,305	1,163	2,829	190	171

Westcliff University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 4.76% and the percentage of black students is 1.95% at Westcliff University. 5.79% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 2.56% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 0.38% to 4.76%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.77% to 5.79%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.46% to 1.95%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.69% to 2.56%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9932 which indicates that highly diverse. This decreased from 0.9997 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Westcliff University over the past 9 years (2017-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2017-18	0	10	19	9	0	5	1
2018-19	2	19	22	15	0	12	15
2019-20	3	36	58	50	2	76	30
2020-21	8	82	94	144	10	220	58
2021-22	9	76	81	124	7	254	55
2022-23	10	96	75	169	12	325	74
2023-24	10	92	80	184	14	297	72
2024-25	9	445	150	197	14	366	76
Average	6	107	72	112	7	194	48

Westcliff University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,520 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 33% of total students. The number of online students has increased 465.02% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Westcliff University from 2017 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2017-18	1,301	446	372	483
2018-19	1,760	864	609	287
2019-20	2,608	1,310	855	443
2020-21	3,214	1,277	706	1,231
2021-22	4,123	1,490	14	2,619
2022-23	5,625	1,900	18	3,707
2023-24	6,532	2,006	369	4,157
2024-25	7,686	2,520	381	4,785
Average	4,106	1,477	416	2,214

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Enrollment Trends at Westcliff

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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