University of West Alabama Student Population

How many students at UWA? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 6,820 students have enrolled in University of West Alabama with 2,983 undergraduate and 3,837 graduate students.

By gender, 1,740 male and 5,080 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

5,126 students are enrolled exclusively, and 591 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

University of West Alabama has a total of 6,820 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 2,983 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,837 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,740 male and 5,080 female students (the male-female ratio is 26:74) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,768 White, 2,360 Black, and 24 Asian students out of a total of 6,820 are attending at University of West Alabama. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of West Alabama is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 57.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UWA has 43 students under 18 years old and 17 students over 65 years old. There are 2,062 students under 25 years old, and 4,610 students over 25 years old out of 6,820 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 43 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. UWA has 1,586 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,397 students aged 25 and over.

It has 476 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,213 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At University of West Alabama, 5,126 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 591 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,345 students who live in Alabama or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 781 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,983 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 636 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 21.32%.605 students have transferred in as full-time status and 31 students transferred in as part-time status.