Enrollment Trends at UWT

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,036 where 4,965 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

84.73% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.27% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 286 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 80 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.94 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in UWT.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Washington-Tacoma 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	4,599	3,921	1,883	2,038	678	246	432
2016-17	4,987 388	4,285 364	2,052 169	2,233 195	702 24	255 9	447 15
2017-18	5,162 175	4,436 151	2,135 83	2,301 68	726 24	275 20	451 4
2018-19	5,354 192	4,554 118	2,229 94	2,325 24	800 74	270 -5	530 79
2019-20	5,329 -25	4,588 34	2,216 -13	2,372 47	741 -59	266 -4	475 -55
2020-21	5,364 35	4,567 -21	2,201 -15	2,366 -6	797 56	294 28	503 28
2021-22	5,027 -337	4,327 -240	2,112 -89	2,215 -151	700 -97	271 -23	429 -74
2022-23	4,794 -233	4,083 -244	2,111 -1	1,972 -243	711 11	297 26	414 -15
2023-24	4,777 -17	4,014 -69	2,097 -14	1,917 -55	763 52	279 -18	484 70
2024-25	4,965 188	4,207 193	2,226 129	1,981 64	758 -5	338 59	420 -64
Average	5,036	4,298	2,126	2,172	738	279	459

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,298 where 4,207 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 University of Washington-Tacoma 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	3,921	3,477	1,660	1,817	444	223	221
2016-17	4,285	3,761	1,806	1,955	524	246	278
2017-18	4,436	3,945	1,903	2,042	491	232	259
2018-19	4,554	4,005	1,953	2,052	549	276	273
2019-20	4,588	4,066	1,962	2,104	522	254	268
2020-21	4,567	4,034	1,922	2,112	533	279	254
2021-22	4,327	3,825	1,854	1,971	502	258	244
2022-23	4,083	3,593	1,862	1,731	490	249	241
2023-24	4,014	3,546	1,839	1,707	468	258	210
2024-25	4,207	3,750	1,979	1,771	457	247	210
Average	4,298	4,298	1,874	1,926	4,298	252	246

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 738 where 758 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 University of Washington-Tacoma 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	678	406	186	220	272	60	212
2016-17	702	386	155	231	316	100	216
2017-18	726	445	195	250	281	80	201
2018-19	800	467	190	277	333	80	253
2019-20	741	487	201	286	254	65	189
2020-21	797	482	208	274	315	86	229
2021-22	700	445	187	258	255	84	171
2022-23	711	503	227	276	208	70	138
2023-24	763	492	196	296	271	83	188
2024-25	758	508	253	255	250	85	165
Average	738	738	200	262	738	79	196

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 33.80% and the percentage of black students is 11.40% at University of Washington-Tacoma Campus. 20.95% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.11% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.05% to 33.80%. Asian enrollment grew from 17.18% to 20.95%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.24% to 11.40%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.05% to 15.11%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7975 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7525 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Washington-Tacoma 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	43	790	333	508	65	2,026	363
2016-17	35	898	367	635	64	2,146	411
2017-18	38	915	434	718	63	2,180	429
2018-19	42	978	482	751	60	2,216	446
2019-20	39	1,020	474	763	66	2,130	438
2020-21	42	1,068	504	808	72	2,069	456
2021-22	33	1,053	500	733	71	1,876	443
2022-23	43	1,071	506	691	55	1,680	426
2023-24	51	1,021	502	709	45	1,668	416
2024-25	49	1,040	566	750	56	1,678	453
Average	42	985	467	707	62	1,967	428