Enrollment Trends at Western New Mexico

The student population at Western New Mexico University is 3,378 (2,377 undergraduate and 1,001 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 182 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Western New Mexico is 70.37% which is decreased by 472 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 290 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.05 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,194 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 29.92% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,271 where 3,378 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

70.37% of total students is undergraduate students and 29.63% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 472 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 290 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.05 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Western New Mexico than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,560	2,849	1,122	1,727	711	253	458
2014-15	3,557 -3	2,849 0	1,120 -2	1,729 2	708 -3	217 -36	491 33
2015-16	3,354 -203	2,468 -381	943 -177	1,525 -204	886 178	235 18	651 160
2016-17	3,427 73	2,491 23	967 24	1,524 -1	936 50	249 14	687 36
2017-18	3,088 -339	2,167 -324	786 -181	1,381 -143	921 -15	241 -8	680 -7
2018-19	3,248 160	2,245 78	808 22	1,437 56	1,003 82	242 1	761 81
2019-20	3,193 -55	2,214 -31	795 -13	1,419 -18	979 -24	231 -11	748 -13
2020-21	2,896 -297	1,874 -340	622 -173	1,252 -167	1,022 43	222 -9	800 52
2021-22	3,013 117	1,982 108	735 113	1,247 -5	1,031 9	222 0	809 9
2022-23	3,378 365	2,377 395	868 133	1,509 262	1,001 -30	238 16	763 -46
Average	3,271	2,352	877	1,475	920	235	685

Western New Mexico University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,352 where 2,377 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 Western New Mexico University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,849	1,510	627	883	1,339	495	844
2014-15	2,849	1,626	640	986	1,223	480	743
2015-16	2,468	1,404	573	831	1,064	370	694
2016-17	2,491	1,322	530	792	1,169	437	732
2017-18	2,167	1,266	509	757	901	277	624
2018-19	2,245	1,189	476	713	1,056	332	724
2019-20	2,214	1,102	453	649	1,112	342	770
2020-21	1,874	1,039	405	634	835	217	618
2021-22	1,982	1,067	450	617	915	285	630
2022-23	2,377	1,202	502	700	1,175	366	809
Average	2,352	2,352	517	756	2,352	360	719

Western New Mexico University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 920 where 1,001 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 Western New Mexico University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	711	159	48	111	552	205	347
2014-15	708	203	39	164	505	178	327
2015-16	886	320	61	259	566	174	392
2016-17	936	351	66	285	585	183	402
2017-18	921	281	51	230	640	190	450
2018-19	1,003	294	49	245	709	193	516
2019-20	979	269	45	224	710	186	524
2020-21	1,022	301	40	261	721	182	539
2021-22	1,031	325	47	278	706	175	531
2022-23	1,001	323	59	264	678	179	499
Average	920	920	51	232	920	185	453

Western New Mexico University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 29.75% and the percentage of black students is 4.35% at Western New Mexico University. 1.18% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western New Mexico 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	165	39	130	1,622	6	961	14
2014-15	100	46	145	1,442	5	993	17
2015-16	109	63	218	1,241	4	1,047	18
2016-17	99	78	235	1,255	3	994	15
2017-18	105	52	207	1,243	20	940	27
2018-19	97	40	197	1,281	18	1,010	49
2019-20	82	45	171	1,285	12	990	57
2020-21	77	47	156	1,316	10	925	54
2021-22	89	43	161	1,360	14	971	62
2022-23	131	40	147	1,604	16	1,005	82
Average	105	49	177	1,365	11	984	40

Western New Mexico University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,194 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 35% of total students. The number of online students has increased 29.92% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western New Mexico University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,557	919	908	1,730
2015-16	3,354	1,163	902	1,289
2016-17	3,427	1,082	1,005	1,340
2017-18	3,088	1,054	1,010	1,024
2018-19	3,248	1,221	1,080	947
2019-20	3,193	1,112	1,010	1,071
2020-21	2,896	1,534	1,009	353
2021-22	3,013	1,516	950	547
2022-23	3,378	1,194	1,344	840
Average	3,239	1,199	1,024	1,016

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