Enrollment Trends at Western New Mexico

The student population at Western New Mexico University is 3,531 (2,629 undergraduate and 902 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 177 (5.28%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Western New Mexico is 74.45% which is increased by 161 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 16 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 48 male students for every 100 female students, down from 54 in 2015.
2,131 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 83.23% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,270 where 3,531 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 3,570 students in 2024 and was lowest at 2,896 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,354 to 3,531 students, a net gain of 177 (5.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,354	2,468	943	1,525	886	235	651
2016-17	3,427 73	2,491 23	967 24	1,524 -1	936 50	249 14	687 36
2017-18	3,088 -339	2,167 -324	786 -181	1,381 -143	921 -15	241 -8	680 -7
2018-19	3,248 160	2,245 78	808 22	1,437 56	1,003 82	242 1	761 81
2019-20	3,193 -55	2,214 -31	795 -13	1,419 -18	979 -24	231 -11	748 -13
2020-21	2,896 -297	1,874 -340	622 -173	1,252 -167	1,022 43	222 -9	800 52
2021-22	3,013 117	1,982 108	735 113	1,247 -5	1,031 9	222	809 9
2022-23	3,378 365	2,377 395	868 133	1,509 262	1,001 -30	238 16	763 -46
2023-24	3,570 192	2,602 225	926 58	1,676 167	968 -33	231 -7	737 -26
2024-25	3,531 -39	2,629 27	934 8	1,695 19	902 -66	213 -18	689 -48
Average	3,270	2,305	838	1,467	965	232	733

Western New Mexico University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,305 where 2,629 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 New Mexico University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,468	1,404	573	831	1,064	370	694
2016-17	2,491	1,322	530	792	1,169	437	732
2017-18	2,167	1,266	509	757	901	277	624
2018-19	2,245	1,189	476	713	1,056	332	724
2019-20	2,214	1,102	453	649	1,112	342	770
2020-21	1,874	1,039	405	634	835	217	618
2021-22	1,982	1,067	450	617	915	285	630
2022-23	2,377	1,202	502	700	1,175	366	809
2023-24	2,602	1,261	516	745	1,341	410	931
2024-25	2,629	1,311	525	786	1,318	409	909
Average	2,305	2,305	494	722	2,305	345	744

Western New Mexico University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 965 where 902 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 New Mexico University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	886	320	61	259	566	174	392
2016-17	936	351	66	285	585	183	402
2017-18	921	281	51	230	640	190	450
2018-19	1,003	294	49	245	709	193	516
2019-20	979	269	45	224	710	186	524
2020-21	1,022	301	40	261	721	182	539
2021-22	1,031	325	47	278	706	175	531
2022-23	1,001	323	59	264	678	179	499
2023-24	968	332	62	270	636	169	467
2024-25	902	312	63	249	590	150	440
Average	965	965	54	257	965	178	476

Western New Mexico University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.24% and the percentage of black students is 3.54% at Western New Mexico University. 0.68% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 50.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 31.22% to 28.24%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.88% to 0.68%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.50% to 3.54%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 37.00% to 50.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6632 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7600 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western New Mexico 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	109	63	218	1,241	4	1,047	18
2016-17	99	78	235	1,255	3	994	15
2017-18	105	52	207	1,243	20	940	27
2018-19	97	40	197	1,281	18	1,010	49
2019-20	82	45	171	1,285	12	990	57
2020-21	77	47	156	1,316	10	925	54
2021-22	89	43	161	1,360	14	971	62
2022-23	131	40	147	1,604	16	1,005	82
2023-24	164	31	137	1,726	11	1,049	89
2024-25	142	24	125	1,778	11	997	89
Average	110	46	175	1,409	12	993	54

Western New Mexico University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,131 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 60% of total students. The number of online students has increased 83.23% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western New Mexico University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,354	1,163	902	1,289
2016-17	3,427	1,082	1,005	1,340
2017-18	3,088	1,054	1,010	1,024
2018-19	3,248	1,221	1,080	947
2019-20	3,193	1,112	1,010	1,071
2020-21	2,896	1,534	1,009	353
2021-22	3,013	1,516	950	547
2022-23	3,378	1,194	1,344	840
2023-24	3,570	1,268	1,341	961
2024-25	3,531	2,131	786	614
Average	3,270	1,328	1,044	899

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