Enrollment Trends at Oklahoma State

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 25,342 where 27,278 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

81.99% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.01% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,187 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 161 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Oklahoma State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	25,930	21,177	10,827	10,350	4,753	2,561	2,192
2016-17	25,622 -308	21,101 -76	10,733 -94	10,368 18	4,521 -232	2,387 -174	2,134 -58
2017-18	25,295 -327	20,992 -109	10,674 -59	10,318 -50	4,303 -218	2,167 -220	2,136 2
2018-19	24,690 -605	20,597 -395	10,443 -231	10,154 -164	4,093 -210	2,008 -159	2,085 -51
2019-20	24,079 -611	20,041 -556	10,101 -342	9,940 -214	4,038 -55	1,948 -60	2,090 5
2020-21	24,535 456	20,323 282	9,972 -129	10,351 411	4,212 174	2,001 53	2,211 121
2021-22	24,577 42	20,216 -107	9,682 -290	10,534 183	4,361 149	2,092 91	2,269 58
2022-23	25,372 795	20,786 570	9,968 286	10,818 284	4,586 225	2,251 159	2,335 66
2023-24	26,043 671	21,354 568	10,148 180	11,206 388	4,689 103	2,232 -19	2,457 122
2024-25	27,278 1,235	22,364 1,010	10,552 404	11,812 606	4,914 225	2,322 90	2,592 135
Average	25,342	20,895	10,310	10,585	4,447	2,197	2,250

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 20,895 where 22,364 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 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	21,177	18,347	9,419	8,928	2,830	1,408	1,422
2016-17	21,101	18,414	9,325	9,089	2,687	1,408	1,279
2017-18	20,992	18,221	9,265	8,956	2,771	1,409	1,362
2018-19	20,597	17,722	8,968	8,754	2,875	1,475	1,400
2019-20	20,041	17,291	8,727	8,564	2,750	1,374	1,376
2020-21	20,323	17,624	8,686	8,938	2,699	1,286	1,413
2021-22	20,216	17,765	8,605	9,160	2,451	1,077	1,374
2022-23	20,786	18,265	8,765	9,500	2,521	1,203	1,318
2023-24	21,354	18,930	9,051	9,879	2,424	1,097	1,327
2024-25	22,364	20,024	9,464	10,560	2,340	1,088	1,252
Average	20,895	20,895	9,028	9,233	20,895	1,283	1,352

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,447 where 4,914 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 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,753	1,857	913	944	2,896	1,648	1,248
2016-17	4,521	1,815	891	924	2,706	1,496	1,210
2017-18	4,303	1,712	761	951	2,591	1,406	1,185
2018-19	4,093	1,665	677	988	2,428	1,331	1,097
2019-20	4,038	1,593	618	975	2,445	1,330	1,115
2020-21	4,212	1,640	616	1,024	2,572	1,385	1,187
2021-22	4,361	1,806	727	1,079	2,555	1,365	1,190
2022-23	4,586	1,954	805	1,149	2,632	1,446	1,186
2023-24	4,689	1,900	768	1,132	2,789	1,464	1,325
2024-25	4,914	1,963	773	1,190	2,951	1,549	1,402
Average	4,447	4,447	755	1,036	4,447	1,442	1,215

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.82%. The percentage was 66.76% 10 years ago and Oklahoma State still has a high percentage of white students. 2.06% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.03% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.59% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.76% to 62.82%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.72% to 2.06%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.51% to 4.03%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.82% to 9.59%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5796 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5401 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	1,140	447	1,170	1,510	29	17,311	2,092
2016-17	1,069	451	1,162	1,653	32	16,975	2,150
2017-18	1,060	456	1,115	1,790	28	16,630	2,287
2018-19	1,002	476	1,046	1,831	25	16,309	2,208
2019-20	1,012	500	985	1,833	22	16,028	2,077
2020-21	996	510	1,020	1,965	23	16,326	2,312
2021-22	1,014	519	1,021	2,060	21	16,222	2,308
2022-23	1,095	544	1,027	2,179	25	16,489	2,498
2023-24	1,171	573	1,054	2,335	33	16,578	2,719
2024-25	1,235	563	1,099	2,616	37	17,137	3,042
Average	1,079	504	1,070	1,977	28	16,601	2,369