Enrollment Trends at U of West Georgia

The student population at University of West Georgia is 11,893 (8,666 undergraduate and 3,227 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 36 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of West Georgia is 72.87% which is decreased by 1,293 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,257 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.11 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

4,937 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 187.37% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,877 where 11,893 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

72.87% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.13% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,293 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,257 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.11 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in U of West Georgia than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,929	9,959	3,702	6,257	1,970	552	1,418
2014-15	12,206 277	10,249 290	3,774 72	6,475 218	1,957 -13	554 2	1,403 -15
2015-16	12,834 628	10,753 504	3,962 188	6,791 316	2,081 124	547 -7	1,534 131
2016-17	13,308 474	11,155 402	4,058 96	7,097 306	2,153 72	517 -30	1,636 102
2017-18	13,520 212	11,229 74	4,130 72	7,099 2	2,291 138	509 -8	1,782 146
2018-19	13,733 213	11,135 -94	4,076 -54	7,059 -40	2,598 307	542 33	2,056 274
2019-20	13,238 -495	10,411 -724	3,769 -307	6,642 -417	2,827 229	581 39	2,246 190
2020-21	13,419 181	10,331 -80	3,597 -172	6,734 92	3,088 261	668 87	2,420 174
2021-22	12,687 -732	9,538 -793	3,323 -274	6,215 -519	3,149 61	745 77	2,404 -16
2022-23	11,893 -794	8,666 -872	3,074 -249	5,592 -623	3,227 78	751 6	2,476 72
Average	12,877	10,343	3,747	6,596	2,534	597	1,938

University of West Georgia Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,343 where 8,666 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 Georgia since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,959	8,369	3,090	5,279	1,590	612	978
2014-15	10,249	8,531	3,127	5,404	1,718	647	1,071
2015-16	10,753	8,815	3,248	5,567	1,938	714	1,224
2016-17	11,155	9,084	3,312	5,772	2,071	746	1,325
2017-18	11,229	8,938	3,330	5,608	2,291	800	1,491
2018-19	11,135	8,728	3,217	5,511	2,407	859	1,548
2019-20	10,411	8,090	2,945	5,145	2,321	824	1,497
2020-21	10,331	7,528	2,594	4,934	2,803	1,003	1,800
2021-22	9,538	6,781	2,415	4,366	2,757	908	1,849
2022-23	8,666	6,280	2,275	4,005	2,386	799	1,587
Average	10,343	10,343	2,955	5,159	10,343	791	1,437

University of West Georgia Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,534 where 3,227 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 Georgia since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,970	698	204	494	1,272	348	924
2014-15	1,957	621	186	435	1,336	368	968
2015-16	2,081	625	169	456	1,456	378	1,078
2016-17	2,153	594	147	447	1,559	370	1,189
2017-18	2,291	640	149	491	1,651	360	1,291
2018-19	2,598	611	129	482	1,987	413	1,574
2019-20	2,827	552	136	416	2,275	445	1,830
2020-21	3,088	652	163	489	2,436	505	1,931
2021-22	3,149	575	182	393	2,574	563	2,011
2022-23	3,227	612	177	435	2,615	574	2,041
Average	2,534	2,534	164	454	2,534	432	1,484

University of West Georgia Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.56%. The percentage was 55.91% 10 years ago and U of West Georgia still has a high percentage of white students. 1.19% of enrolled students is Asian and 30.40% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of West Georgia 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	23	127	3,980	478	12	6,669	347
2014-15	17	131	4,286	497	14	6,588	358
2015-16	19	132	4,600	574	17	6,798	363
2016-17	20	143	4,862	666	16	6,832	418
2017-18	16	153	4,875	774	17	6,888	442
2018-19	24	160	4,822	918	20	6,944	449
2019-20	24	147	4,556	908	11	6,743	460
2020-21	17	157	4,607	960	9	6,817	493
2021-22	21	152	4,035	954	10	6,636	480
2022-23	19	142	3,616	887	10	6,370	474
Average	20	144	4,424	762	14	6,729	428

University of West Georgia Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,937 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 42% of total students. The number of online students has increased 187.37% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of West Georgia from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,206	1,718	3,386	7,102
2015-16	12,834	1,997	4,028	6,809
2016-17	13,308	2,419	4,171	6,718
2017-18	13,520	2,878	4,417	6,225
2018-19	13,733	3,394	4,693	5,646
2019-20	13,238	3,645	4,650	4,943
2020-21	13,419	5,003	6,471	1,945
2021-22	12,687	4,945	4,689	3,053
2022-23	11,893	4,937	4,547	2,409
Average	12,982	3,437	4,561	4,983

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