Enrollment Trends at Willamette

The student population at Willamette University is 2,180 (1,661 undergraduate and 519 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 566 (20.61%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Willamette is 76.19% which is decreased by 462 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 104 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 66 male students for every 100 female students, down from 82 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Willamette University does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,219 where 2,180 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,746 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,785 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,746 to 2,180 students, a net loss of 566 (20.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,746	2,123	914	1,209	623	321	302
2016-17	2,556 -190	1,997 -126	869 -45	1,128 -81	559 -64	279 -42	280 -22
2017-18	2,498 -58	1,948 -49	828 -41	1,120 -8	550 -9	277 -2	273 -7
2018-19	2,363 -135	1,808 -140	764 -64	1,044 -76	555 5	289 12	266 -7
2019-20	2,179 -184	1,624 -184	677 -87	947 -97	555	278 -11	277 11
2020-21	1,866 -313	1,302 -322	555 -122	747 -200	564 9	277 -1	287 10
2021-22	1,785 -81	1,236 -66	521 -34	715 -32	549 -15	270 -7	279 -8
2022-23	1,909 124	1,367 131	554 33	813 98	542 -7	271 1	271 -8
2023-24	2,112 203	1,571 204	614 60	957 144	541 -1	254 -17	287 16
2024-25	2,180 68	1,661 90	625 11	1,036 79	519 -22	238 -16	281 -6
Average	2,219	1,664	692	972	556	275	280

Willamette University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,664 where 1,661 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 Willamette University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,123	1,961	839	1,122	162	75	87
2016-17	1,997	1,860	800	1,060	137	69	68
2017-18	1,948	1,901	804	1,097	47	24	23
2018-19	1,808	1,759	739	1,020	49	25	24
2019-20	1,624	1,565	648	917	59	29	30
2020-21	1,302	1,264	535	729	38	20	18
2021-22	1,236	1,200	501	699	36	20	16
2022-23	1,367	1,337	541	796	30	13	17
2023-24	1,571	1,546	603	943	25	11	14
2024-25	1,661	1,635	617	1,018	26	8	18
Average	1,664	1,664	663	940	1,664	29	32

Willamette University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 556 where 519 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 Willamette University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	623	588	306	282	35	15	20
2016-17	559	543	273	270	16	6	10
2017-18	550	535	272	263	15	5	10
2018-19	555	532	280	252	23	9	14
2019-20	555	534	275	259	21	3	18
2020-21	564	536	269	267	28	8	20
2021-22	549	521	263	258	28	7	21
2022-23	542	513	264	249	29	7	22
2023-24	541	515	241	274	26	13	13
2024-25	519	487	225	262	32	13	19
Average	556	556	267	264	556	9	17

Willamette University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.38%. The percentage was 57.65% 10 years ago and Willamette still has a high percentage of white students. 3.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.20% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 15.32% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 57.65% to 56.38%. Asian enrollment declined from 7.61% to 3.72%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.04% to 2.20%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.01% to 15.32%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6523 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6453 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Willamette 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	18	209	56	275	6	1,583	215
2016-17	14	185	61	284	8	1,533	197
2017-18	15	178	57	257	7	1,420	190
2018-19	15	131	51	292	7	1,372	167
2019-20	15	118	37	276	8	1,291	134
2020-21	15	106	32	265	10	1,152	117
2021-22	14	85	34	244	8	1,097	102
2022-23	15	82	42	261	10	1,203	118
2023-24	12	88	50	284	12	1,269	139
2024-25	10	81	48	334	9	1,229	146
Average	14	126	47	277	9	1,315	153

Willamette University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Willamette

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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