Enrollment Trends at TWS

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 843 where 892 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 1,055 students in 2016 and was lowest at 706 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,055 to 892 students, a net loss of 163 (15.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Tulsa Welding School-Tulsa since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,055	985	70
2016-17	840 -215	786 -199	54 -16
2017-18	926 86	852 66	74 20
2018-19	753 -173	673 -179	80 6
2019-20	742 -11	665 -8	77 -3
2020-21	785 43	696 31	89 12
2021-22	706 -79	622 -74	84 -5
2022-23	793 87	679 57	114 30
2023-24	934 141	807 128	127 13
2024-25	892 -42	759 -48	133 6
Average	843	752	90

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 40.58% and the percentage of black students is 20.85% at Tulsa Welding School-Tulsa. 1.23% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 36.97% to 40.58%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.28% to 1.23%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.02% to 20.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.25% to 16.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7288 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8279 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Tulsa Welding School-Tulsa over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	168	3	53	87	3	390	29
2016-17	137	2	71	92	2	423	38
2017-18	164	7	89	105	5	473	46
2018-19	118	9	72	112	4	358	28
2019-20	103	5	106	137	4	321	31
2020-21	113	2	102	124	0	385	26
2021-22	115	2	76	114	6	350	10
2022-23	127	10	100	158	5	379	1
2023-24	179	17	149	173	4	407	1
2024-25	165	11	186	151	4	362	0
Average	139	7	100	125	4	385	21

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Tulsa Welding School-Tulsa does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.