Enrollment Trends at WSCC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,035 where 959 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,195 students in 2021 and was lowest at 839 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 839 to 959 students, a net gain of 120 (14.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Western States since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	839	111	43	68	728	340	388
2016-17	922 83	56 -55	21 -22	35 -33	866 138	364 24	502 114
2017-18	1,050 128	48 -8	14 -7	34 -1	1,002 136	420 56	582 80
2018-19	1,076 26	42 -6	11 -3	31 -3	1,034 32	447 27	587 5
2019-20	1,097 21	31 -11	16 5	15 -16	1,066 32	438 -9	628 41
2020-21	1,195 98	41 10	14 -2	27 12	1,154 88	472 34	682 54
2021-22	1,141 -54	11 -30	5 -9	6 -21	1,130 -24	430 -42	700 18
2022-23	1,096 -45	2 -9	2 -3	0 -6	1,094 -36	374 -56	720 20
2023-24	979 -117	0 -2	0 -2	0	979 -115	325 -49	654 -66
2024-25	959 -20	0	0	0	959 -20	300 -25	659 5
Average	1,035	34	13	22	1,001	391	610

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 34 where 0 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 Western States since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	111	0	0	0	111	43	68
2016-17	56	0	0	0	56	21	35
2017-18	48	0	0	0	48	14	34
2018-19	42	0	0	0	42	11	31
2019-20	31	0	0	0	31	16	15
2020-21	41	0	0	0	41	14	27
2021-22	11	0	0	0	11	5	6
2022-23	2	0	0	0	2	2	0
2023-24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024-25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Average	34	34	0	0	34	13	22

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,001 where 959 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 Western States 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	728	462	279	183	266	61	205
2016-17	866	793	354	439	73	10	63
2017-18	1,002	888	398	490	114	22	92
2018-19	1,034	576	338	238	458	109	349
2019-20	1,066	572	324	248	494	114	380
2020-21	1,154	609	314	295	545	158	387
2021-22	1,130	582	294	288	548	136	412
2022-23	1,094	517	241	276	577	133	444
2023-24	979	390	189	201	589	136	453
2024-25	959	423	181	242	536	119	417
Average	1,001	1,001	291	290	1,001	100	320

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.28% and the percentage of black students is 6.05% at University of Western States. 4.38% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.57% to 48.28%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.96% to 4.38%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.55% to 6.05%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.38% to 5.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7561 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.4155 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 Western States over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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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	3	50	13	20	0	634	80
2016-17	5	20	14	18	3	562	72
2017-18	5	19	24	25	2	523	82
2018-19	5	37	24	22	2	504	87
2019-20	5	35	31	32	3	551	82
2020-21	4	47	39	34	3	634	104
2021-22	3	41	54	35	2	630	91
2022-23	2	43	50	31	2	581	79
2023-24	1	33	48	37	3	503	61
2024-25	0	42	58	57	2	463	39
Average	3	37	36	31	2	559	78