How Student Population Changes at Worcester State

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 6,100 where 5,311 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.32% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.68% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 829 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 81 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.77 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Worcester State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Worcester State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,221	5,307	2,108	3,199	914	237	677
2013-14	6,447 226	5,556 249	2,234 126	3,322 123	891 -23	218 -19	673 -4
2014-15	6,350 -97	5,563 7	2,230 -4	3,333 11	787 -104	200 -18	587 -86
2015-16	6,306 -44	5,514 -49	2,238 8	3,276 -57	792 5	178 -22	614 27
2016-17	6,471 165	5,381 -133	2,177 -61	3,204 -72	1,090 298	223 45	867 253
2017-18	6,434 -37	5,495 114	2,263 86	3,232 28	939 -151	228 5	711 -156
2018-19	6,217 -217	5,380 -115	2,167 -96	3,213 -19	837 -102	199 -29	638 -73
2019-20	6,204 -13	5,332 -48	2,049 -118	3,283 70	872 35	187 -12	685 47
2020-21	5,724 -480	4,958 -374	1,912 -137	3,046 -237	766 -106	144 -43	622 -63
2021-22	5,417 -307	4,640 -318	1,783 -129	2,857 -189	777 11	138 -6	639 17
2022-23	5,311 -106	4,478 -162	1,767 -16	2,711 -146	833 56	147 9	686 47
Average	6,100	5,237	2,084	3,152	863	191	673

Student Population Changes of Worcester State University

Worcester State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,237 where 4,478 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Worcester State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,307	3,973	1,619	2,354	1,334	489	845
2013-14	5,556	4,115	1,675	2,440	1,441	559	882
2014-15	5,563	4,157	1,692	2,465	1,406	538	868
2015-16	5,514	4,117	1,692	2,425	1,397	546	851
2016-17	5,381	4,033	1,670	2,363	1,348	507	841
2017-18	5,495	4,153	1,722	2,431	1,342	541	801
2018-19	5,380	4,164	1,660	2,504	1,216	507	709
2019-20	5,332	4,078	1,551	2,527	1,254	498	756
2020-21	4,958	3,871	1,452	2,419	1,087	460	627
2021-22	4,640	3,575	1,370	2,205	1,065	413	652
2022-23	4,478	3,392	1,297	2,095	1,086	470	616
Average	5,237	5,237	1,582	2,384	5,237	503	768

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Worcester State University

Worcester State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 863 where 833 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Worcester State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	914	189	25	164	725	212	513
2013-14	891	153	20	133	738	198	540
2014-15	787	154	25	129	633	175	458
2015-16	792	173	25	148	619	153	466
2016-17	1,090	173	26	147	917	197	720
2017-18	939	164	29	135	775	199	576
2018-19	837	167	30	137	670	169	501
2019-20	872	173	24	149	699	163	536
2020-21	766	168	12	156	598	132	466
2021-22	777	160	11	149	617	127	490
2022-23	833	162	19	143	671	128	543
Average	863	863	22	145	863	168	528

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Worcester State University

Worcester State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.40%. The percentage was 75.21% 10 years ago and Worcester State still has a high percentage of white students. 4.74% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.72% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Worcester State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	25	203	323	408	6	4,679	109
2013-14	29	220	355	448	7	4,693	131
2014-15	36	239	400	504	3	4,514	138
2015-16	25	236	432	516	3	4,441	163
2016-17	31	240	458	596	3	4,462	163
2017-18	19	262	500	687	3	4,302	161
2018-19	24	273	503	721	4	4,043	154
2019-20	20	275	474	728	2	4,029	173
2020-21	10	276	448	731	4	3,764	167
2021-22	15	262	405	705	2	3,513	153
2022-23	24	252	410	784	0	3,367	144
Average	23	249	428	621	3	4,164	151

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Worcester State University

Worcester State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

634 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 143.85% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Worcester State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,350	260	1,235	4,855
2015-16	6,306	326	1,357	4,623
2016-17	6,471	305	1,401	4,765
2017-18	6,434	421	1,424	4,589
2018-19	6,217	355	1,617	4,245
2019-20	6,204	181	1,674	4,349
2020-21	5,724	1,403	3,767	554
2021-22	5,417	748	2,303	2,366
2022-23	5,311	634	1,749	2,928
Average	6,048	515	1,836	3,697

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Worcester State University

Enrollment Trends at Worcester State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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