Enrollment Trends at Westfield State

The student population at Westfield State University is 4,702 (3,943 undergraduate and 759 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,669 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Westfield State is 83.86% which is decreased by 1,749 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 80 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

689 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 68.05% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,877 where 4,702 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

83.86% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.14% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,749 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 80 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Westfield State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,371	5,692	2,760	2,932	679	219	460
2014-15	6,321 -50	5,590 -102	2,637 -123	2,953 21	731 52	201 -18	530 70
2015-16	6,496 175	5,636 46	2,616 -21	3,020 67	860 129	244 43	616 86
2016-17	6,335 -161	5,633 -3	2,616 0	3,017 -3	702 -158	219 -25	483 -133
2017-18	6,237 -98	5,584 -49	2,586 -30	2,998 -19	653 -49	194 -25	459 -24
2018-19	6,100 -137	5,382 -202	2,425 -161	2,957 -41	718 65	188 -6	530 71
2019-20	5,795 -305	5,069 -313	2,260 -165	2,809 -148	726 8	192 4	534 4
2020-21	5,395 -400	4,633 -436	2,050 -210	2,583 -226	762 36	229 37	533 -1
2021-22	5,013 -382	4,239 -394	1,877 -173	2,362 -221	774 12	252 23	522 -11
2022-23	4,702 -311	3,943 -296	1,754 -123	2,189 -173	759 -15	221 -31	538 16
Average	5,877	5,140	2,358	2,782	736	216	521

Westfield State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,140 where 3,943 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 Westfield State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,692	4,999	2,407	2,592	693	353	340
2014-15	5,590	4,890	2,291	2,599	700	346	354
2015-16	5,636	4,972	2,314	2,658	664	302	362
2016-17	5,633	4,979	2,305	2,674	654	311	343
2017-18	5,584	4,800	2,198	2,602	784	388	396
2018-19	5,382	4,571	2,060	2,511	811	365	446
2019-20	5,069	4,250	1,929	2,321	819	331	488
2020-21	4,633	3,812	1,710	2,102	821	340	481
2021-22	4,239	3,486	1,559	1,927	753	318	435
2022-23	3,943	3,263	1,434	1,829	680	320	360
Average	5,140	5,140	2,021	2,382	5,140	337	401

Westfield State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 736 where 759 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 Westfield State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	679	221	60	161	458	159	299
2014-15	731	227	51	176	504	150	354
2015-16	860	251	68	183	609	176	433
2016-17	702	245	60	185	457	159	298
2017-18	653	267	67	200	386	127	259
2018-19	718	322	74	248	396	114	282
2019-20	726	355	97	258	371	95	276
2020-21	762	411	118	293	351	111	240
2021-22	774	389	121	268	385	131	254
2022-23	759	395	103	292	364	118	246
Average	736	736	82	226	736	134	294

Westfield State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.06%. The percentage was 79.36% 10 years ago and Westfield State still has a high percentage of white students. 2.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.68% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Westfield State 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	12	56	267	458	5	5,056	213
2014-15	16	70	269	506	3	4,896	240
2015-16	16	91	274	520	3	4,896	260
2016-17	10	99	293	578	5	4,707	270
2017-18	17	99	303	629	4	4,556	259
2018-19	14	94	302	655	2	4,438	233
2019-20	16	100	297	607	3	4,149	183
2020-21	16	86	299	665	2	3,812	169
2021-22	17	104	249	538	1	3,531	161
2022-23	14	102	267	540	2	3,247	156
Average	15	90	282	570	3	4,329	214

Westfield State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

689 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 68.05% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Westfield State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,321	410	1,811	4,100
2015-16	6,496	397	1,613	4,486
2016-17	6,335	433	1,859	4,043
2017-18	6,237	449	1,826	3,962
2018-19	6,100	484	1,923	3,693
2019-20	5,795	434	1,962	3,399
2020-21	5,395	2,775	2,476	144
2021-22	5,013	568	2,052	2,393
2022-23	4,702	689	1,926	2,087
Average	5,822	738	1,939	3,145

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