Enrollment Trends at Webster

The student population at Webster University is 6,396 (2,197 undergraduate and 4,199 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 11,508 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Webster is 34.35% which is decreased by 1,331 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 10,177 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,553 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -32.57% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,921 where 6,396 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

34.35% of total students is undergraduate students and 65.65% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,331 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 10,177 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Webster than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17,904	3,528	1,530	1,998	14,376	6,047	8,329
2014-15	16,769 -1,135	3,459 -69	1,528 -2	1,931 -67	13,310 -1,066	5,778 -269	7,532 -797
2015-16	15,256 -1,513	3,260 -199	1,447 -81	1,813 -118	11,996 -1,314	5,257 -521	6,739 -793
2016-17	13,906 -1,350	3,138 -122	1,411 -36	1,727 -86	10,768 -1,228	4,699 -558	6,069 -670
2017-18	12,736 -1,170	3,074 -64	1,366 -45	1,708 -19	9,662 -1,106	4,237 -462	5,425 -644
2018-19	11,406 -1,330	3,058 -16	1,363 -3	1,695 -13	8,348 -1,314	3,560 -677	4,788 -637
2019-20	9,860 -1,546	2,832 -226	1,223 -140	1,609 -86	7,028 -1,320	2,929 -631	4,099 -689
2020-21	8,197 -1,663	2,563 -269	1,137 -86	1,426 -183	5,634 -1,394	2,281 -648	3,353 -746
2021-22	6,779 -1,418	2,346 -217	1,028 -109	1,318 -108	4,433 -1,201	1,842 -439	2,591 -762
2022-23	6,396 -383	2,197 -149	929 -99	1,268 -50	4,199 -234	1,910 68	2,289 -302
Average	11,921	2,946	1,296	1,649	8,975	3,854	5,121

Webster University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,946 where 2,197 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 Webster University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,528	2,579	1,182	1,397	949	348	601
2014-15	3,459	2,512	1,147	1,365	947	381	566
2015-16	3,260	2,389	1,078	1,311	871	369	502
2016-17	3,138	2,296	1,025	1,271	842	386	456
2017-18	3,074	2,297	1,001	1,296	777	365	412
2018-19	3,058	2,303	1,017	1,286	755	346	409
2019-20	2,832	2,170	929	1,241	662	294	368
2020-21	2,563	2,022	873	1,149	541	264	277
2021-22	2,346	1,881	797	1,084	465	231	234
2022-23	2,197	1,788	747	1,041	409	182	227
Average	2,946	2,946	980	1,244	2,946	317	405

Webster University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 8,975 where 4,199 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 Webster University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14,376	3,204	1,540	1,664	11,172	4,507	6,665
2014-15	13,310	2,848	1,351	1,497	10,462	4,427	6,035
2015-16	11,996	2,556	1,208	1,348	9,440	4,049	5,391
2016-17	10,768	2,300	1,043	1,257	8,468	3,656	4,812
2017-18	9,662	1,980	953	1,027	7,682	3,284	4,398
2018-19	8,348	1,771	792	979	6,577	2,768	3,809
2019-20	7,028	1,722	800	922	5,306	2,129	3,177
2020-21	5,634	1,403	586	817	4,231	1,695	2,536
2021-22	4,433	1,054	472	582	3,379	1,370	2,009
2022-23	4,199	1,307	705	602	2,892	1,205	1,687
Average	8,975	8,975	945	1,070	8,975	2,909	4,052

Webster University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.28% and the percentage of black students is 23.36% at Webster University. 2.95% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Webster 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	78	517	6,560	1,174	7	7,812	314
2014-15	75	423	6,217	1,159	31	7,166	314
2015-16	65	367	5,609	1,071	39	6,444	289
2016-17	50	426	4,979	1,077	35	6,083	327
2017-18	34	322	4,362	967	29	5,702	330
2018-19	31	307	3,722	872	30	5,242	305
2019-20	27	274	2,969	757	20	4,720	290
2020-21	22	288	2,243	629	16	4,129	250
2021-22	18	241	1,733	500	16	3,509	231
2022-23	13	189	1,494	436	11	3,024	210
Average	41	335	3,989	864	23	5,383	286

Webster University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,553 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 40% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -32.57% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Webster University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	16,769	3,786	1,473	11,510
2015-16	15,256	3,840	1,879	9,537
2016-17	13,906	3,717	2,120	8,069
2017-18	12,736	3,317	1,805	7,614
2018-19	11,406	3,147	1,686	6,573
2019-20	9,860	2,833	1,908	5,119
2020-21	8,197	2,746	2,088	3,363
2021-22	6,779	2,428	1,732	2,619
2022-23	6,396	2,553	1,862	1,981
Average	11,256	3,152	1,839	6,265

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