Enrollment Trends at West Coast University-Orange County

The student population at West Coast University-Orange County is 4,475 (3,023 undergraduate and 1,452 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,947 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at West Coast University-Orange County is 67.55% which is increased by 1,495 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,452 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 3.72 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,801 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 583.88% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,997 where 4,475 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

67.55% of total students is undergraduate students and 32.45% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,495 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,452 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.72 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in West Coast University-Orange County than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at West Coast University-Orange County since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,528	1,528	351	1,177	0	0	0
2014-15	1,477 -51	1,477 -51	347 -4	1,130 -47	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	1,742 265	1,705 228	385 38	1,320 190	37 37	1 1	36 36
2016-17	2,156 414	1,870 165	444 59	1,426 106	286 249	64 63	222 186
2017-18	2,555 399	1,973 103	451 7	1,522 96	582 296	121 57	461 239
2018-19	3,424 869	2,514 541	567 116	1,947 425	910 328	173 52	737 276
2019-20	3,976 552	2,802 288	617 50	2,185 238	1,174 264	214 41	960 223
2020-21	4,330 354	2,990 188	662 45	2,328 143	1,340 166	243 29	1,097 137
2021-22	4,302 -28	2,971 -19	648 -14	2,323 -5	1,331 -9	235 -8	1,096 -1
2022-23	4,475 173	3,023 52	680 32	2,343 20	1,452 121	269 34	1,183 87
Average	2,997	2,285	515	1,770	711	132	579

West Coast University-Orange County Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,285 where 3,023 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 West Coast University-Orange County since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,528	1,418	326	1,092	110	25	85
2014-15	1,477	1,330	310	1,020	147	37	110
2015-16	1,705	1,508	340	1,168	197	45	152
2016-17	1,870	1,636	401	1,235	234	43	191
2017-18	1,973	1,645	396	1,249	328	55	273
2018-19	2,514	2,081	483	1,598	433	84	349
2019-20	2,802	2,324	523	1,801	478	94	384
2020-21	2,990	2,510	547	1,963	480	115	365
2021-22	2,971	2,440	535	1,905	531	113	418
2022-23	3,023	2,287	514	1,773	736	166	570
Average	2,285	2,285	438	1,480	2,285	78	290

West Coast University-Orange County Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 711 where 1,452 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 West Coast University-Orange County since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	37	22	0	22	15	1	14
2016-17	286	90	25	65	196	39	157
2017-18	582	125	38	87	457	83	374
2018-19	910	174	35	139	736	138	598
2019-20	1,174	189	35	154	985	179	806
2020-21	1,340	176	36	140	1,164	207	957
2021-22	1,331	1,239	226	1,013	92	9	83
2022-23	1,452	1,158	216	942	294	53	241
Average	711	711	61	256	711	71	323

West Coast University-Orange County Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 20.34% and the percentage of black students is 3.66% at West Coast University-Orange County. 36.83% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Coast University-Orange County 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	5	666	39	233	39	396	79
2014-15	6	638	26	228	29	413	70
2015-16	7	777	46	310	22	460	50
2016-17	8	929	112	422	41	521	56
2017-18	7	1,006	176	586	81	526	106
2018-19	10	1,267	232	795	114	775	164
2019-20	16	1,440	259	933	117	925	230
2020-21	23	1,624	195	1,008	140	1,052	254
2021-22	18	1,621	188	1,089	128	998	247
2022-23	14	1,648	164	1,324	72	910	318
Average	11	1,162	144	693	78	698	157

West Coast University-Orange County Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,801 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 increased 583.88% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at West Coast University-Orange County from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,477	0	304	1,173
2015-16	1,742	129	426	1,187
2016-17	2,156	286	725	1,145
2017-18	2,555	582	938	1,035
2018-19	3,424	910	1,181	1,333
2019-20	3,976	1,174	1,594	1,208
2020-21	4,330	1,694	1,728	908
2021-22	4,302	1,626	1,747	929
2022-23	4,475	1,801	2,079	595
Average	3,160	911	1,191	1,057

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