University of West Florida Student Population

How many students at UWF? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 14,822 students have enrolled in University of West Florida with 9,970 undergraduate and 4,852 graduate students.

By gender, 5,750 male and 9,072 female students are attending the school.

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

7,238 students are enrolled exclusively, and 5,222 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 Florida has a total of 14,822 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 9,970 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,852 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 5,750 male and 9,072 female students (the male-female ratio is 39:61) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,403 White, 1,640 Black, and 509 Asian students out of a total of 14,822 are attending at University of West Florida. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

University of West Florida is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 64% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, UWF has 31 students under 18 years old and 27 students over 65 years old. There are 7,352 students under 25 years old, and 5,819 students over 25 years old out of 14,371 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 31 students are younger than 18 and 8 students are older than 65. UWF has 6,520 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,522 students aged 25 and over.

It has 832 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,297 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

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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 Florida, 7,238 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,222 students are enrolled in some online courses.

6,009 students who live in Florida or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,229 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,970 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,169 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.73%.816 students have transferred in as full-time status and 353 students transferred in as part-time status.