Enrollment Trends at Western Oregon

The student population at Western Oregon University is 3,722 (3,167 undergraduate and 555 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,723 (31.64%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Western Oregon is 85.09% which is decreased by 1,641 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 82 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, down from 63 in 2015.
818 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 44.52% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,619 where 3,722 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 5,445 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,722 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,445 to 3,722 students, a net loss of 1,723 (31.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,445	4,808	1,914	2,894	637	185	452
2016-17	5,382 -63	4,833 25	1,872 -42	2,961 67	549 -88	146 -39	403 -49
2017-18	5,336 -46	4,759 -74	1,797 -75	2,962 1	577 28	188 42	389 -14
2018-19	5,185 -151	4,576 -183	1,738 -59	2,838 -124	609 32	198 10	411 22
2019-20	4,929 -256	4,343 -233	1,559 -179	2,784 -54	586 -23	192 -6	394 -17
2020-21	4,554 -375	4,008 -335	1,421 -138	2,587 -197	546 -40	192	354 -40
2021-22	4,029 -525	3,615 -393	1,177 -244	2,438 -149	414 -132	125 -67	289 -65
2022-23	3,751 -278	3,320 -295	1,148 -29	2,172 -266	431 17	141 16	290 1
2023-24	3,857 106	3,249 -71	1,168 20	2,081 -91	608 177	159 18	449 159
2024-25	3,722 -135	3,167 -82	1,126 -42	2,041 -40	555 -53	141 -18	414 -35
Average	4,619	4,068	1,492	2,576	551	167	385

Western Oregon University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,068 where 3,167 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 Oregon University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,808	4,089	1,614	2,475	719	300	419
2016-17	4,833	4,081	1,575	2,506	752	297	455
2017-18	4,759	4,065	1,529	2,536	694	268	426
2018-19	4,576	3,884	1,452	2,432	692	286	406
2019-20	4,343	3,677	1,293	2,384	666	266	400
2020-21	4,008	3,421	1,198	2,223	587	223	364
2021-22	3,615	3,049	987	2,062	566	190	376
2022-23	3,320	2,864	987	1,877	456	161	295
2023-24	3,249	2,788	1,027	1,761	461	141	320
2024-25	3,167	2,661	948	1,713	506	178	328
Average	4,068	4,068	1,261	2,197	4,068	231	379

Western Oregon University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 551 where 555 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 Oregon University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	637	278	99	179	359	86	273
2016-17	549	279	95	184	270	51	219
2017-18	577	310	112	198	267	76	191
2018-19	609	287	103	184	322	95	227
2019-20	586	298	102	196	288	90	198
2020-21	546	282	103	179	264	89	175
2021-22	414	225	78	147	189	47	142
2022-23	431	245	83	162	186	58	128
2023-24	608	250	76	174	358	83	275
2024-25	555	287	82	205	268	59	209
Average	551	551	93	181	551	73	204

Western Oregon University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.47%. The percentage was 67.18% 10 years ago and Western Oregon still has a high percentage of white students. 2.85% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.93% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 25.44% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.18% to 57.47%. Asian enrollment declined from 4.00% to 2.85%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.65% to 2.93%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.39% to 25.44%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5989 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5341 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Oregon 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	95	218	199	566	120	3,658	15
2016-17	88	223	196	707	145	3,507	8
2017-18	87	231	184	793	139	3,331	21
2018-19	72	206	176	805	121	3,189	132
2019-20	58	188	150	918	92	3,008	177
2020-21	48	141	148	894	76	2,794	203
2021-22	43	110	113	834	60	2,423	205
2022-23	38	98	106	842	51	2,253	205
2023-24	41	99	117	925	55	2,294	233
2024-25	48	106	109	947	55	2,139	237
Average	62	162	150	823	91	2,860	144

Western Oregon University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

818 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 44.52% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western Oregon University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,445	566	1,105	3,774
2016-17	5,382	341	1,000	4,041
2017-18	5,336	285	1,184	3,867
2018-19	5,185	261	1,155	3,769
2019-20	4,929	322	1,710	2,897
2020-21	4,554	4,203	223	128
2021-22	4,029	780	2,235	1,014
2022-23	3,751	706	1,945	1,100
2023-24	3,857	850	2,053	954
2024-25	3,722	818	1,884	1,020
Average	4,619	913	1,449	2,256

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Enrollment Trends at Western Oregon

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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