Western Washington University Student Population Trends

The average student population per year is 15,419 at Western Washington University (14,471 undergraduate and 948 graduate students) over the past 10 years (2011-2020) where 16,142 students have enrolled in the school this year - 15,240 undergraduate and 902 graduate students. For online degree programs, 164 students are enrolled in online degree program exclusively in average and the number of online students has increased 57.04% since 2013.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 15,419 where 16,142 students are attending the school for the academic year 2019-2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Western Washington University since 2020.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2011-12	14,842	13,783	6,084	7,699	1,059	420	639
2012-13	14,833	13,902	6,256	7,646	931	352	579
2013-14	14,950	14,026	6,290	7,736	924	342	582
2014-15	15,060	14,152	6,331	7,821	908	361	547
2015-16	15,332	14,402	6,420	7,982	930	368	562
2016-17	15,574	14,592	6,393	8,199	982	365	617
2017-18	15,915	14,968	6,514	8,454	947	339	608
2018-19	16,121	15,170	6,546	8,624	951	367	584
2019-20	16,142	15,240	6,503	8,737	902	341	561
Average	15,419	14,471	6,371	8,100	948	362	587

Student Population Changes of Western Washington University

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 10 years is 14,471 where 15,240 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2019-2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Western Washington University since 2020.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2011-12	13,783	12,803	5,561	7,242	980	523	457
2012-13	13,902	12,860	5,711	7,149	1,042	545	497
2013-14	14,026	12,942	5,701	7,241	1,084	589	495
2014-15	14,152	13,050	5,716	7,334	1,102	615	487
2015-16	14,402	13,247	5,813	7,434	1,155	607	548
2016-17	14,592	13,413	5,794	7,619	1,179	599	580
2017-18	14,968	13,728	5,889	7,839	1,240	625	615
2018-19	15,170	13,893	5,891	8,002	1,277	655	622
2019-20	15,240	13,887	5,816	8,071	1,353	687	666
Average	14,471	14,471	5,766	7,548	14,471	605	552

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Western Washington University

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 10 years is 948 where 902 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2019-2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Western Washington University since 2020.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2011-12	1,059	597	227	370	462	193	269
2012-13	931	533	191	342	398	161	237
2013-14	924	515	181	334	409	161	248
2014-15	908	515	200	315	393	161	232
2015-16	930	752	300	452	178	68	110
2016-17	982	776	285	491	206	80	126
2017-18	947	755	270	485	192	69	123
2018-19	951	726	273	453	225	94	131
2019-20	902	687	263	424	215	78	137
Average	948	948	243	407	948	118	179

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Western Washington University

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Washington University over the past 10 years (2011-2020).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2011-12	173	916	262	837	26	11,406	770
2012-13	117	912	252	909	26	11,310	940
2013-14	67	924	224	1,006	21	11,293	1,090
2014-15	65	971	224	1,095	28	11,200	1,164
2015-16	62	1,014	258	1,183	36	11,217	1,262
2016-17	61	991	254	1,298	29	11,275	1,300
2017-18	63	1,001	258	1,398	28	11,416	1,330
2018-19	55	996	260	1,495	32	11,429	1,357
2019-20	63	987	257	1,617	28	11,249	1,391
Average	81	968	250	1,204	28	11,311	1,178

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Western Washington University

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

164 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively and the number of online students has increased 57.04% since 2013. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western Washington University from 2012 to 2020.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	14,833	135	390	14,308
2013-14	14,950	165	528	14,257
2014-15	15,060	155	633	14,272
2015-16	15,332	154	835	14,343
2016-17	15,574	206	743	14,625
2017-18	15,915	150	749	15,016
2018-19	16,121	133	692	15,296
2019-20	16,142	212	736	15,194
Average	15,491	164	663	14,664