Southwestern Oklahoma State University Student Population

How many students at SWOSU? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 5,186 students have enrolled in Southwestern Oklahoma State University with 4,347 undergraduate and 839 graduate students.

By gender, 1,837 male and 3,349 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)).

1,882 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,145 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

Southwestern Oklahoma State University has a total of 5,186 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 4,347 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 839 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,837 male and 3,349 female students (the male-female ratio is 35:65) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,177 White, 226 Black, and 100 Asian students out of a total of 5,186 are attending at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Southwestern Oklahoma State University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 59.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, SWOSU has 765 students under 18 years old and 1 students over 65 years old. There are 3,749 students under 25 years old, and 1,437 students over 25 years old out of 5,186 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 765 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. SWOSU has 3,508 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 839 students aged 25 and over.

It has 241 graduate students aged under 25 and 598 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 1,882 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,145 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,801 students who live in Oklahoma or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 81 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,347 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 292 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.72%.219 students have transferred in as full-time status and 73 students transferred in as part-time status.