Enrollment Trends at Oklahoma State

The student population at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus is 25,372 (20,786 undergraduate and 4,586 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 701 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Oklahoma State is 81.92% which is increased by 126 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 827 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.08 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

2,990 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 112.21% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 25,214 where 25,372 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.92% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.08% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 126 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 827 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.08 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Oklahoma State.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	26,073	20,660	10,491	10,169	5,413	2,955	2,458
2014-15	25,962 -111	20,952 292	10,655 164	10,297 128	5,010 -403	2,730 -225	2,280 -178
2015-16	25,930 -32	21,177 225	10,827 172	10,350 53	4,753 -257	2,561 -169	2,192 -88
2016-17	25,622 -308	21,101 -76	10,733 -94	10,368 18	4,521 -232	2,387 -174	2,134 -58
2017-18	25,295 -327	20,992 -109	10,674 -59	10,318 -50	4,303 -218	2,167 -220	2,136 2
2018-19	24,690 -605	20,597 -395	10,443 -231	10,154 -164	4,093 -210	2,008 -159	2,085 -51
2019-20	24,079 -611	20,041 -556	10,101 -342	9,940 -214	4,038 -55	1,948 -60	2,090 5
2020-21	24,535 456	20,323 282	9,972 -129	10,351 411	4,212 174	2,001 53	2,211 121
2021-22	24,577 42	20,216 -107	9,682 -290	10,534 183	4,361 149	2,092 91	2,269 58
2022-23	25,372 795	20,786 570	9,968 286	10,818 284	4,586 225	2,251 159	2,335 66
Average	25,214	20,685	10,355	10,330	4,529	2,310	2,219

Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 20,685 where 20,786 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 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20,660	17,793	9,048	8,745	2,867	1,443	1,424
2014-15	20,952	18,201	9,225	8,976	2,751	1,430	1,321
2015-16	21,177	18,347	9,419	8,928	2,830	1,408	1,422
2016-17	21,101	18,414	9,325	9,089	2,687	1,408	1,279
2017-18	20,992	18,221	9,265	8,956	2,771	1,409	1,362
2018-19	20,597	17,722	8,968	8,754	2,875	1,475	1,400
2019-20	20,041	17,291	8,727	8,564	2,750	1,374	1,376
2020-21	20,323	17,624	8,686	8,938	2,699	1,286	1,413
2021-22	20,216	17,765	8,605	9,160	2,451	1,077	1,374
2022-23	20,786	18,265	8,765	9,500	2,521	1,203	1,318
Average	20,685	20,685	9,003	8,961	20,685	1,351	1,369

Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,529 where 4,586 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 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,413	2,166	1,051	1,115	3,247	1,904	1,343
2014-15	5,010	1,928	931	997	3,082	1,799	1,283
2015-16	4,753	1,857	913	944	2,896	1,648	1,248
2016-17	4,521	1,815	891	924	2,706	1,496	1,210
2017-18	4,303	1,712	761	951	2,591	1,406	1,185
2018-19	4,093	1,665	677	988	2,428	1,331	1,097
2019-20	4,038	1,593	618	975	2,445	1,330	1,115
2020-21	4,212	1,640	616	1,024	2,572	1,385	1,187
2021-22	4,361	1,806	727	1,079	2,555	1,365	1,190
2022-23	4,586	1,954	805	1,149	2,632	1,446	1,186
Average	4,529	4,529	799	1,015	4,529	1,511	1,204

Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.99%. The percentage was 69.16% 10 years ago and Oklahoma State still has a high percentage of white students. 2.14% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.05% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 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	1,392	425	1,162	1,160	9	18,031	1,656
2014-15	1,231	419	1,140	1,344	19	17,717	1,894
2015-16	1,140	447	1,170	1,510	29	17,311	2,092
2016-17	1,069	451	1,162	1,653	32	16,975	2,150
2017-18	1,060	456	1,115	1,790	28	16,630	2,287
2018-19	1,002	476	1,046	1,831	25	16,309	2,208
2019-20	1,012	500	985	1,833	22	16,028	2,077
2020-21	996	510	1,020	1,965	23	16,326	2,312
2021-22	1,014	519	1,021	2,060	21	16,222	2,308
2022-23	1,095	544	1,027	2,179	25	16,489	2,498
Average	1,101	475	1,085	1,733	23	16,804	2,148

Oklahoma State University-Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,990 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 112.21% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Oklahoma State University-Main Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	25,962	1,409	5,697	18,856
2015-16	25,930	1,305	6,108	18,517
2016-17	25,622	1,380	7,099	17,143
2017-18	25,295	1,424	8,207	15,664
2018-19	24,690	1,618	8,190	14,882
2019-20	24,079	1,670	8,512	13,897
2020-21	24,535	6,065	15,452	3,018
2021-22	24,577	2,653	10,181	11,743
2022-23	25,372	2,990	10,378	12,004
Average	25,118	2,279	8,869	13,969

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