Enrollment Trends at Washburn

The student population at Washburn University is 5,460 (4,733 undergraduate and 727 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,513 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Washburn is 86.68% which is decreased by 1,446 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 67 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

740 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 23.54% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,349 where 5,460 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.68% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.32% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,446 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 67 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Washburn than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,973	6,179	2,518	3,661	794	331	463
2014-15	6,722 -251	5,901 -278	2,422 -96	3,479 -182	821 27	343 12	478 15
2015-16	6,615 -107	5,793 -108	2,347 -75	3,446 -33	822 1	341 -2	481 3
2016-17	6,636 21	5,780 -13	2,333 -14	3,447 1	856 34	333 -8	523 42
2017-18	6,691 55	5,873 93	2,359 26	3,514 67	818 -38	309 -24	509 -14
2018-19	6,571 -120	5,719 -154	2,237 -122	3,482 -32	852 34	316 7	536 27
2019-20	6,285 -286	5,472 -247	2,100 -137	3,372 -110	813 -39	284 -32	529 -7
2020-21	5,880 -405	5,070 -402	1,948 -152	3,122 -250	810 -3	272 -12	538 9
2021-22	5,657 -223	4,828 -242	1,803 -145	3,025 -97	829 19	277 5	552 14
2022-23	5,460 -197	4,733 -95	1,728 -75	3,005 -20	727 -102	252 -25	475 -77
Average	6,349	5,535	2,180	3,355	814	306	508

Washburn University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,535 where 4,733 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 Washburn University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,179	4,072	1,671	2,401	2,107	847	1,260
2014-15	5,901	3,903	1,636	2,267	1,998	786	1,212
2015-16	5,793	3,767	1,570	2,197	2,026	777	1,249
2016-17	5,780	3,866	1,610	2,256	1,914	723	1,191
2017-18	5,873	3,944	1,639	2,305	1,929	720	1,209
2018-19	5,719	3,794	1,499	2,295	1,925	738	1,187
2019-20	5,472	3,597	1,425	2,172	1,875	675	1,200
2020-21	5,070	3,326	1,264	2,062	1,744	684	1,060
2021-22	4,828	3,156	1,187	1,969	1,672	616	1,056
2022-23	4,733	3,174	1,149	2,025	1,559	579	980
Average	5,535	5,535	1,465	2,195	5,535	715	1,160

Washburn University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 814 where 727 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 Washburn University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	794	490	248	242	304	83	221
2014-15	821	481	241	240	340	102	238
2015-16	822	485	241	244	337	100	237
2016-17	856	515	235	280	341	98	243
2017-18	818	519	226	293	299	83	216
2018-19	852	503	227	276	349	89	260
2019-20	813	488	204	284	325	80	245
2020-21	810	469	193	276	341	79	262
2021-22	829	499	208	291	330	69	261
2022-23	727	472	198	274	255	54	201
Average	814	814	222	270	814	84	238

Washburn University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.44%. The percentage was 63.11% 10 years ago and Washburn still has a high percentage of white students. 1.70% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.27% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Washburn 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	35	68	372	450	3	4,401	212
2014-15	39	76	327	465	6	4,207	220
2015-16	36	81	328	455	3	4,183	246
2016-17	36	76	339	578	6	4,260	261
2017-18	44	74	376	683	4	4,414	298
2018-19	41	89	386	674	6	3,990	269
2019-20	36	76	352	631	4	3,572	262
2020-21	33	70	334	584	5	3,216	231
2021-22	32	82	330	557	4	2,936	219
2022-23	47	93	397	664	3	3,409	268
Average	38	79	354	574	4	3,859	249

Washburn University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

740 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 23.54% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Washburn University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,722	599	1,415	4,708
2015-16	6,615	647	1,416	4,552
2016-17	6,636	709	1,426	4,501
2017-18	6,691	682	1,556	4,453
2018-19	6,571	756	1,671	4,144
2019-20	6,285	673	1,712	3,900
2020-21	5,880	742	2,033	3,105
2021-22	5,657	812	1,727	3,118
2022-23	5,460	740	1,807	2,913
Average	6,280	707	1,640	3,933

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