Enrollment Trends at Western Colorado

The student population at Western Colorado University is 3,548 (3,095 undergraduate and 453 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,247 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Western Colorado is 87.23% which is increased by 989 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 258 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

890 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 249.02% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,972 where 3,548 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.23% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.77% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 989 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 258 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Western Colorado.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Western Colorado University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,301	2,106	1,279	827	195	52	143
2013-14	2,404 103	2,193 87	1,269 -10	924 97	211 16	61 9	150 7
2014-15	2,584 180	2,341 148	1,373 104	968 44	243 32	94 33	149 -1
2015-16	2,722 138	2,414 73	1,383 10	1,031 63	308 65	121 27	187 38
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 0	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
Average	2,972	2,613	1,446	1,167	359	122	237

Western Colorado University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,613 where 3,095 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 Western Colorado University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,106	1,853	1,149	704	253	130	123
2013-14	2,193	1,869	1,115	754	324	154	170
2014-15	2,341	1,855	1,118	737	486	255	231
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
Average	2,613	2,613	1,062	729	2,613	384	438

Western Colorado University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 359 where 453 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 Western Colorado University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	195	110	42	68	85	10	75
2013-14	211	124	49	75	87	12	75
2014-15	243	165	71	94	78	23	55
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
Average	359	359	92	150	359	30	86

Western Colorado University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.39%. The percentage was 64.97% 10 years ago and Western Colorado still has a high percentage of white students. 2.73% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.74% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Colorado University 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	7	14	46	152	10	1,495	50
2013-14	6	19	51	190	9	1,550	55
2014-15	15	21	59	237	14	1,761	74
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
Average	20	35	97	421	14	1,898	93

Western Colorado University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

890 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 249.02% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western Colorado University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,584	255	51	2,278
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
Average	3,110	372	380	2,358

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