Enrollment Trends at UWLA

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 216 where 367 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2017 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 367 students in 2025 and was lowest at 199 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 207 to 367 students, a net gain of 160 (77.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of West Los Angeles since 2016.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	207	0	0	0	207	84	123
2017-18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018-19	199	5	0	5	194	77	117
2019-20	204 5	5	3 3	2 -3	199 5	81 4	118 1
2020-21	229 25	3 -2	2 -1	1 -1	226 27	93 12	133 15
2021-22	251 22	1 -2	0 -2	1	250 24	112 19	138 5
2022-23	229 -22	3 2	0	3 2	226 -24	103 -9	123 -15
2023-24	256 27	6 3	2 2	4 1	250 24	121 18	129 6
2024-25	367 111	7 1	2	5 1	360 110	165 44	195 66
Average	216	3	1	2	212	93	120

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 10 years is 3 where 7 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 West Los Angeles since 2016.

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

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018-19	5	0	0	0	5	0	5
2019-20	5	0	0	0	5	3	2
2020-21	3	3	2	1	0	0	0
2021-22	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
2022-23	3	3	0	3	0	0	0
2023-24	6	4	0	4	2	2	0
2024-25	7	5	1	4	2	1	1
Average	3	3	0	1	3	1	1

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 10 years is 212 where 360 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 West Los Angeles since 2016.

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

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	207	68	25	43	139	59	80
2017-18	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018-19	194	66	24	42	128	53	75
2019-20	199	86	32	54	113	49	64
2020-21	226	109	52	57	117	41	76
2021-22	250	115	56	59	135	56	79
2022-23	226	100	53	47	126	50	76
2023-24	250	119	56	63	131	65	66
2024-25	360	189	90	99	171	75	96
Average	212	212	43	52	212	50	68

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.05% and the percentage of black students is 7.63% at University of West Los Angeles. 5.18% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 20.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 52.66% to 43.05%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.35% to 5.18%. Black student enrollment decreased from 11.11% to 7.63%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.43% to 20.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7629 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6815 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 West Los Angeles over the past 10 years (2016-2025).

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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
	2016-17	1	9	23	34	0	109	0
2017-18
2018-19	3	10	26	34	0	94	0
2019-20	3	10	22	31	0	105	0
2020-21	2	13	22	36	0	129	0
2021-22	2	11	26	43	1	137	2
2022-23	0	9	27	45	0	114	2
2023-24	0	13	25	53	0	123	6
2024-25	1	19	28	76	1	158	7
Average	1	10	22	39	0	108	2