Enrollment Trends at Western Oregon

The student population at Western Oregon University is 3,751 (3,320 undergraduate and 431 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,433 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Western Oregon is 88.51% which is decreased by 2,065 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 368 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.91 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

706 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 134.55% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,184 where 3,751 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.51% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.49% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,065 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 368 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.91 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Western Oregon than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,184	5,385	2,223	3,162	799	243	556
2013-14	6,177 -7	5,263 -122	2,213 -10	3,050 -112	914 115	258 15	656 100
2014-15	6,049 -128	4,986 -277	2,086 -127	2,900 -150	1,063 149	292 34	771 115
2015-16	5,445 -604	4,808 -178	1,914 -172	2,894 -6	637 -426	185 -107	452 -319
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 0	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
Average	5,184	4,536	1,741	2,795	648	196	451

Western Oregon University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,536 where 3,320 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 Oregon University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,385	4,649	1,900	2,749	736	323	413
2013-14	5,263	4,423	1,861	2,562	840	352	488
2014-15	4,986	4,155	1,759	2,396	831	327	504
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
Average	4,536	4,536	1,469	2,382	4,536	272	413

Western Oregon University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 648 where 431 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 Oregon University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	799	237	90	147	562	153	409
2013-14	914	297	108	189	617	150	467
2014-15	1,063	289	101	188	774	191	583
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
Average	648	648	98	178	648	99	274

Western Oregon University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.06%. The percentage was 71.75% 10 years ago and Western Oregon still has a high percentage of white students. 2.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.83% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Oregon 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	111	158	205	601	138	4,437	56
2013-14	118	178	190	581	140	4,359	29
2014-15	122	201	190	469	146	4,205	16
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
Average	80	177	169	728	112	3,379	97

Western Oregon University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

706 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 134.55% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western Oregon University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,049	301	757	4,991
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
Average	4,962	863	1,257	2,842

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