Enrollment Trends at West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 523 where 548 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 3 decreases. It peaked at 617 students in 2022 and was lowest at 377 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 377 to 548 students, a net gain of 171 (45.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies since 2016.

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• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	377	122	255
2017-18	469 92	174 52	295 40
2018-19	470 1	167 -7	303 8
2019-20	580 110	200 33	380 77
2020-21	529 -51	172 -28	357 -23
2021-22	617 88	204 32	413 56
2022-23	591 -26	192 -12	399 -14
2023-24	527 -64	169 -23	358 -41
2024-25	548 21	187 18	361 3
Average	523	176	347

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.85% and the percentage of black students is 5.11% at West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies. 28.65% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 24.27% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 40.05% to 32.85%. Asian enrollment declined from 30.24% to 28.65%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.37% to 5.11%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.69% to 24.27%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7426 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7378 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies over the past 10 years (2016-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2016-17	1	114	24	29	1	151	7
2017-18	1	154	25	42	2	186	7
2018-19	3	156	27	43	2	208	4
2019-20	2	201	37	63	2	241	8
2020-21	0	199	26	77	1	200	15
2021-22	2	220	25	103	0	240	19
2022-23	1	190	25	125	0	210	31
2023-24	1	148	28	122	0	175	45
2024-25	1	157	28	133	1	180	42
Average	1	171	27	82	1	199	20

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.