Enrollment Trends at U of West Florida

The student population at University of West Florida is 13,521 (9,291 undergraduate and 4,230 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 933 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of West Florida is 68.72% which is decreased by 867 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,800 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.63 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,915 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 84.61% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,923 where 13,521 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

68.72% of total students is undergraduate students and 31.28% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 867 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,800 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.63 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in U of West Florida than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,588	10,158	4,361	5,797	2,430	863	1,567
2014-15	12,602 14	10,072 -86	4,287 -74	5,785 -12	2,530 100	889 26	1,641 74
2015-16	12,763 161	10,193 121	4,416 129	5,777 -8	2,570 40	857 -32	1,713 72
2016-17	12,966 203	10,078 -115	4,305 -111	5,773 -4	2,888 318	907 50	1,981 268
2017-18	13,040 74	10,002 -76	4,249 -56	5,753 -20	3,038 150	941 34	2,097 116
2018-19	12,847 -193	9,733 -269	4,197 -52	5,536 -217	3,114 76	925 -16	2,189 92
2019-20	12,557 -290	9,521 -212	4,129 -68	5,392 -144	3,036 -78	887 -38	2,149 -40
2020-21	13,061 504	9,637 116	4,041 -88	5,596 204	3,424 388	1,048 161	2,376 227
2021-22	13,288 227	9,319 -318	3,896 -145	5,423 -173	3,969 545	1,260 212	2,709 333
2022-23	13,521 233	9,291 -28	3,820 -76	5,471 48	4,230 261	1,315 55	2,915 206
Average	12,923	9,800	4,170	5,630	3,123	989	2,134

University of West Florida Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,800 where 9,291 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 University of West Florida since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,158	7,581	3,287	4,294	2,577	1,074	1,503
2014-15	10,072	7,394	3,158	4,236	2,678	1,129	1,549
2015-16	10,193	7,196	3,170	4,026	2,997	1,246	1,751
2016-17	10,078	7,153	3,142	4,011	2,925	1,163	1,762
2017-18	10,002	6,906	3,052	3,854	3,096	1,197	1,899
2018-19	9,733	6,789	3,045	3,744	2,944	1,152	1,792
2019-20	9,521	6,612	2,980	3,632	2,909	1,149	1,760
2020-21	9,637	6,559	2,831	3,728	3,078	1,210	1,868
2021-22	9,319	6,241	2,736	3,505	3,078	1,160	1,918
2022-23	9,291	6,273	2,671	3,602	3,018	1,149	1,869
Average	9,800	9,800	3,007	3,863	9,800	1,163	1,767

University of West Florida Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,123 where 4,230 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 University of West Florida since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,430	602	211	391	1,828	652	1,176
2014-15	2,530	575	202	373	1,955	687	1,268
2015-16	2,570	559	165	394	2,011	692	1,319
2016-17	2,888	508	149	359	2,380	758	1,622
2017-18	3,038	521	155	366	2,517	786	1,731
2018-19	3,114	393	128	265	2,721	797	1,924
2019-20	3,036	434	113	321	2,602	774	1,828
2020-21	3,424	463	125	338	2,961	923	2,038
2021-22	3,969	586	183	403	3,383	1,077	2,306
2022-23	4,230	599	162	437	3,631	1,153	2,478
Average	3,123	3,123	159	365	3,123	830	1,769

University of West Florida Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.31%. The percentage was 68.03% 10 years ago and U of West Florida still has a high percentage of white students. 3.71% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.95% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of West Florida 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	87	381	1,563	1,030	49	8,563	475
2014-15	77	362	1,535	1,052	39	8,413	512
2015-16	59	371	1,631	1,134	37	8,389	546
2016-17	73	380	1,618	1,181	37	8,499	570
2017-18	74	409	1,583	1,212	38	8,565	599
2018-19	64	381	1,546	1,242	34	8,406	651
2019-20	64	393	1,452	1,228	36	8,234	636
2020-21	53	491	1,519	1,370	38	8,400	648
2021-22	48	491	1,475	1,510	29	8,281	665
2022-23	45	501	1,481	1,617	30	8,154	730
Average	64	416	1,540	1,258	37	8,390	603

University of West Florida Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,915 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 44% of total students. The number of online students has increased 84.61% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of West Florida from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,602	3,204	3,363	6,035
2015-16	12,763	3,610	3,312	5,841
2016-17	12,966	4,083	3,528	5,355
2017-18	13,040	4,410	3,809	4,821
2018-19	12,847	4,432	3,761	4,654
2019-20	12,557	4,345	3,951	4,261
2020-21	13,061	8,399	4,314	348
2021-22	13,288	6,498	5,244	1,546
2022-23	13,521	5,915	4,773	2,833
Average	12,961	4,988	4,006	3,966

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