Enrollment Trends at Western Colorado

The student population at Western Colorado University is 3,568 (3,148 undergraduate and 420 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 846 (31.08%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Western Colorado is 88.23% which is increased by 734 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 112 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 89 male students for every 100 female students, down from 123 in 2015.
1,449 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,280.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,303 where 3,568 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 4,053 students in 2024 and was lowest at 2,722 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,722 to 3,568 students, a net gain of 846 (31.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,722	2,414	1,383	1,031	308	121	187
2016-17	2,908 186	2,498 84	1,443 60	1,055 24	410 102	127 6	283 96
2017-18	2,814 -94	2,431 -67	1,374 -69	1,057 2	383 -27	133 6	250 -33
2018-19	3,034 220	2,606 175	1,455 81	1,151 94	428 45	154 21	274 24
2019-20	3,487 453	3,073 467	1,644 189	1,429 278	414 -14	154	260 -14
2020-21	3,203 -284	2,749 -324	1,445 -199	1,304 -125	454 40	153 -1	301 41
2021-22	3,689 486	3,241 492	1,665 220	1,576 272	448 -6	140 -13	308 7
2022-23	3,548 -141	3,095 -146	1,581 -84	1,514 -62	453 5	154 14	299 -9
2023-24	4,053 505	3,569 474	1,796 215	1,773 259	484 31	163 9	321 22
2024-25	3,568 -485	3,148 -421	1,560 -236	1,588 -185	420 -64	121 -42	299 -22
Average	3,303	2,882	1,535	1,348	420	142	278

Western Colorado University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,882 where 3,148 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 Western Colorado University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,414	1,877	1,110	767	537	273	264
2016-17	2,498	1,939	1,159	780	559	284	275
2017-18	2,431	1,832	1,075	757	599	299	300
2018-19	2,606	1,883	1,113	770	723	342	381
2019-20	3,073	1,755	1,019	736	1,318	625	693
2020-21	2,749	1,616	935	681	1,133	510	623
2021-22	3,241	1,645	966	679	1,596	699	897
2022-23	3,095	1,582	924	658	1,513	657	856
2023-24	3,569	1,542	888	654	2,027	908	1,119
2024-25	3,148	1,464	835	629	1,684	725	959
Average	2,882	2,882	1,002	711	2,882	532	637

Western Colorado University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 420 where 420 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 Western Colorado University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	308	203	87	116	105	34	71
2016-17	410	278	96	182	132	31	101
2017-18	383	266	102	164	117	31	86
2018-19	428	262	107	155	166	47	119
2019-20	414	307	118	189	107	36	71
2020-21	454	334	119	215	120	34	86
2021-22	448	302	104	198	146	36	110
2022-23	453	315	116	199	138	38	100
2023-24	484	295	115	180	189	48	141
2024-25	420	290	89	201	130	32	98
Average	420	420	105	180	420	37	98

Western Colorado University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.36%. The percentage was 69.25% 10 years ago and Western Colorado still has a high percentage of white students. 1.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.06% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 18.92% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.25% to 59.36%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.81% to 1.93%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.72% to 4.06%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.35% to 18.92%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6084 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5054 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Colorado 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	13	22	74	309	8	1,885	97
2016-17	20	23	82	344	12	2,041	94
2017-18	24	24	72	344	8	1,972	105
2018-19	22	18	65	384	16	1,930	94
2019-20	17	19	153	598	31	2,107	91
2020-21	17	64	144	559	10	1,904	132
2021-22	40	66	158	777	13	2,121	126
2022-23	40	97	168	739	19	2,107	103
2023-24	50	85	179	834	29	2,434	136
2024-25	36	69	145	675	7	2,118	130
Average	28	49	124	556	15	2,062	111

Western Colorado University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,449 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 41% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,280.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western Colorado University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,722	105	213	2,404
2016-17	2,908	119	225	2,564
2017-18	2,814	154	263	2,397
2018-19	3,034	143	275	2,616
2019-20	3,487	432	323	2,732
2020-21	3,203	477	1,040	1,686
2021-22	3,689	774	470	2,445
2022-23	3,548	890	560	2,098
2023-24	4,053	1,142	594	2,317
2024-25	3,568	1,449	424	1,695
Average	3,303	569	439	2,295

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Enrollment Trends at Western Colorado

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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