Enrollment Trends at Oakwood

The student population at Oakwood University is 1,470 (1,431 undergraduate and 39 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 433 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Oakwood is 97.35% which is decreased by 430 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 3 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.33 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

109 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 238.69% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,655 where 1,470 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

97.35% of total students is undergraduate students and 2.65% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 430 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 3 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.33 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Oakwood than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Oakwood University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,903	1,861	791	1,070	42	16	26
2014-15	1,939 36	1,880 19	811 20	1,069 -1	59 17	25 9	34 8
2015-16	1,749 -190	1,703 -177	712 -99	991 -78	46 -13	17 -8	29 -5
2016-17	1,794 45	1,740 37	719 7	1,021 30	54 8	25 8	29 0
2017-18	1,711 -83	1,650 -90	691 -28	959 -62	61 7	26 1	35 6
2018-19	1,636 -75	1,581 -69	675 -16	906 -53	55 -6	15 -11	40 5
2019-20	1,526 -110	1,461 -120	617 -58	844 -62	65 10	24 9	41 1
2020-21	1,374 -152	1,339 -122	556 -61	783 -61	35 -30	20 -4	15 -26
2021-22	1,452 78	1,378 39	596 40	782 -1	74 39	28 8	46 31
2022-23	1,470 18	1,431 53	612 16	819 37	39 -35	20 -8	19 -27
Average	1,655	1,602	678	924	53	22	31

Oakwood University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,602 where 1,431 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 Oakwood University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,861	1,771	747	1,024	90	44	46
2014-15	1,880	1,750	742	1,008	130	69	61
2015-16	1,703	1,598	665	933	105	47	58
2016-17	1,740	1,626	681	945	114	38	76
2017-18	1,650	1,521	627	894	129	64	65
2018-19	1,581	1,449	615	834	132	60	72
2019-20	1,461	1,366	573	793	95	44	51
2020-21	1,339	1,240	511	729	99	45	54
2021-22	1,378	1,255	543	712	123	53	70
2022-23	1,431	1,305	551	754	126	61	65
Average	1,602	1,602	626	863	1,602	53	62

Oakwood University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 53 where 39 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 Oakwood University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	42	39	14	25	3	2	1
2014-15	59	44	14	30	15	11	4
2015-16	46	45	16	29	1	1	0
2016-17	54	42	18	24	12	7	5
2017-18	61	54	20	34	7	6	1
2018-19	55	53	14	39	2	1	1
2019-20	65	54	16	38	11	8	3
2020-21	35	22	12	10	13	8	5
2021-22	74	58	21	37	16	7	9
2022-23	39	25	13	12	14	7	7
Average	53	53	16	28	53	6	4

Oakwood University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 1.02% and the percentage of black students is 73.27% at Oakwood University. 0.27% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oakwood University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	7	3	1,594	48	6	22	13
2014-15	11	9	1,629	47	0	28	0
2015-16	11	8	1,459	56	0	19	0
2016-17	7	4	1,534	58	0	19	0
2017-18	10	11	1,408	69	0	19	0
2018-19	9	17	1,332	85	0	19	0
2019-20	34	8	1,198	78	0	17	0
2020-21	13	5	1,146	86	0	8	1
2021-22	2	7	1,141	123	1	10	37
2022-23	3	4	1,077	135	0	15	34
Average	11	8	1,352	79	1	18	9

Oakwood University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

109 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 238.69% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Oakwood University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,939	0	168	1,771
2015-16	1,749	10	60	1,679
2016-17	1,794	57	40	1,697
2017-18	1,711	36	74	1,601
2018-19	1,636	148	170	1,318
2019-20	1,526	123	128	1,275
2020-21	1,414	107	175	1,132
2021-22	1,452	129	213	1,110
2022-23	1,470	109	569	792
Average	1,632	80	177	1,375

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