Enrollment Trends at Western Washington

The student population at Western Washington University is 14,747 (13,801 undergraduate and 946 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 203 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Western Washington is 93.59% which is decreased by 225 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 22 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

367 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 136.77% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,416 where 14,747 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

93.59% of total students is undergraduate students and 6.41% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 225 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 22 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Western Washington than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14,950	14,026	6,290	7,736	924	342	582
2014-15	15,060 110	14,152 126	6,331 41	7,821 85	908 -16	361 19	547 -35
2015-16	15,332 272	14,402 250	6,420 89	7,982 161	930 22	368 7	562 15
2016-17	15,574 242	14,592 190	6,393 -27	8,199 217	982 52	365 -3	617 55
2017-18	15,915 341	14,968 376	6,514 121	8,454 255	947 -35	339 -26	608 -9
2018-19	16,121 206	15,170 202	6,546 32	8,624 170	951 4	367 28	584 -24
2019-20	16,142 21	15,240 70	6,503 -43	8,737 113	902 -49	341 -26	561 -23
2020-21	15,197 -945	14,194 -1,046	6,046 -457	8,148 -589	1,003 101	368 27	635 74
2021-22	15,125 -72	14,019 -175	5,973 -73	8,046 -102	1,106 103	403 35	703 68
2022-23	14,747 -378	13,801 -218	5,903 -70	7,898 -148	946 -160	362 -41	584 -119
Average	15,416	14,456	6,292	8,165	960	362	598

Western Washington University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 14,456 where 13,801 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 Washington University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14,026	12,942	5,701	7,241	1,084	589	495
2014-15	14,152	13,050	5,716	7,334	1,102	615	487
2015-16	14,402	13,247	5,813	7,434	1,155	607	548
2016-17	14,592	13,413	5,794	7,619	1,179	599	580
2017-18	14,968	13,728	5,889	7,839	1,240	625	615
2018-19	15,170	13,893	5,891	8,002	1,277	655	622
2019-20	15,240	13,887	5,816	8,071	1,353	687	666
2020-21	14,194	12,622	5,207	7,415	1,572	839	733
2021-22	14,019	12,447	5,180	7,267	1,572	793	779
2022-23	13,801	12,222	5,069	7,153	1,579	834	745
Average	14,456	14,456	5,608	7,538	14,456	684	627

Western Washington University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 960 where 946 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 Washington University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	924	515	181	334	409	161	248
2014-15	908	515	200	315	393	161	232
2015-16	930	752	300	452	178	68	110
2016-17	982	776	285	491	206	80	126
2017-18	947	755	270	485	192	69	123
2018-19	951	726	273	453	225	94	131
2019-20	902	687	263	424	215	78	137
2020-21	1,003	767	272	495	236	96	140
2021-22	1,106	814	301	513	292	102	190
2022-23	946	716	270	446	230	92	138
Average	960	960	262	441	960	100	158

Western Washington University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.46%. The percentage was 75.54% 10 years ago and Western Washington still has a high percentage of white students. 5.89% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.98% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Washington 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	67	924	224	1,006	21	11,293	1,090
2014-15	65	971	224	1,095	28	11,200	1,164
2015-16	62	1,014	258	1,183	36	11,217	1,262
2016-17	61	991	254	1,298	29	11,275	1,300
2017-18	63	1,001	258	1,398	28	11,416	1,330
2018-19	55	996	260	1,495	32	11,429	1,357
2019-20	63	987	257	1,617	28	11,249	1,391
2020-21	68	966	260	1,575	20	10,463	1,374
2021-22	68	963	281	1,596	20	10,313	1,414
2022-23	58	869	292	1,566	27	10,096	1,359
Average	63	968	257	1,383	27	10,995	1,304

Western Washington University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

367 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 136.77% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western Washington University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	15,060	155	633	14,272
2015-16	15,332	154	835	14,343
2016-17	15,574	206	743	14,625
2017-18	15,915	150	749	15,016
2018-19	16,121	133	692	15,296
2019-20	16,142	212	736	15,194
2020-21	15,197	142	761	14,294
2021-22	15,125	225	827	14,073
2022-23	14,747	367	2,363	12,017
Average	15,468	194	927	14,348

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