Enrollment Trends at Walla Walla

The student population at Walla Walla University is 1,432 (1,300 undergraduate and 132 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 485 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Walla Walla is 90.78% which is decreased by 386 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 99 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.05 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

23 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 108.64% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,780 where 1,432 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

90.78% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.22% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 386 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 99 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.05 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Walla Walla.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,917	1,686	836	850	231	54	177
2014-15	1,887 -30	1,689 3	835 -1	854 4	198 -33	32 -22	166 -11
2015-16	1,840 -47	1,656 -33	826 -9	830 -24	184 -14	35 3	149 -17
2016-17	1,894 54	1,700 44	858 32	842 12	194 10	48 13	146 -3
2017-18	1,825 -69	1,649 -51	832 -26	817 -25	176 -18	31 -17	145 -1
2018-19	1,854 29	1,653 4	820 -12	833 16	201 25	46 15	155 10
2019-20	1,831 -23	1,650 -3	836 16	814 -19	181 -20	47 1	134 -21
2020-21	1,737 -94	1,545 -105	786 -50	759 -55	192 11	36 -11	156 22
2021-22	1,584 -153	1,402 -143	715 -71	687 -72	182 -10	42 6	140 -16
2022-23	1,432 -152	1,300 -102	670 -45	630 -57	132 -50	28 -14	104 -36
Average	1,780	1,593	801	792	187	40	147

Walla Walla University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,593 where 1,300 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 Walla Walla University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,686	1,592	789	803	94	47	47
2014-15	1,689	1,589	789	800	100	46	54
2015-16	1,656	1,556	787	769	100	39	61
2016-17	1,700	1,585	795	790	115	63	52
2017-18	1,649	1,556	794	762	93	38	55
2018-19	1,653	1,563	784	779	90	36	54
2019-20	1,650	1,528	782	746	122	54	68
2020-21	1,545	1,397	720	677	148	66	82
2021-22	1,402	1,236	627	609	166	88	78
2022-23	1,300	1,174	605	569	126	65	61
Average	1,593	1,593	747	730	1,593	54	61

Walla Walla University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 187 where 132 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 Walla Walla University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	231	210	43	167	21	11	10
2014-15	198	184	29	155	14	3	11
2015-16	184	166	31	135	18	4	14
2016-17	194	169	40	129	25	8	17
2017-18	176	162	26	136	14	5	9
2018-19	201	189	44	145	12	2	10
2019-20	181	125	29	96	56	18	38
2020-21	192	157	26	131	35	10	25
2021-22	182	160	31	129	22	11	11
2022-23	132	115	23	92	17	5	12
Average	187	187	32	132	187	8	16

Walla Walla University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.00%. The percentage was 72.25% 10 years ago and Walla Walla still has a high percentage of white students. 5.10% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.07% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Walla Walla 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	32	96	47	227	7	1,385	1
2014-15	22	122	55	234	8	1,344	5
2015-16	19	117	53	259	15	1,286	12
2016-17	28	101	54	272	13	1,247	10
2017-18	19	156	52	280	18	1,193	8
2018-19	20	110	46	242	12	1,311	2
2019-20	10	85	42	330	4	1,082	135
2020-21	8	95	39	328	5	981	153
2021-22	7	65	47	317	7	838	163
2022-23	5	73	44	309	6	759	128
Average	17	102	48	280	10	1,143	62

Walla Walla University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

23 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 108.64% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Walla Walla University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,887	0	81	1,806
2015-16	1,840	5	104	1,731
2016-17	1,894	2	144	1,748
2017-18	1,825	6	114	1,705
2018-19	1,854	12	115	1,727
2019-20	1,831	0	220	1,611
2020-21	1,737	243	1,373	121
2021-22	1,584	99	383	1,102
2022-23	1,432	23	169	1,240
Average	1,765	43	300	1,421

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