Enrollment Trends at Whitworth

The student population at Whitworth University is 2,415 (2,047 undergraduate and 368 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 154 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Whitworth is 84.76% which is decreased by 311 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 157 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.45 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

57 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 50.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,658 where 2,415 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.76% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.24% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 311 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 157 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.45 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Whitworth than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,569	2,358	934	1,424	211	78	133
2014-15	2,654 85	2,370 12	963 29	1,407 -17	284 73	90 12	194 61
2015-16	2,650 -4	2,344 -26	898 -65	1,446 39	306 22	112 22	194 0
2016-17	2,634 -16	2,297 -47	920 22	1,377 -69	337 31	109 -3	228 34
2017-18	2,627 -7	2,251 -46	904 -16	1,347 -30	376 39	140 31	236 8
2018-19	2,776 149	2,370 119	936 32	1,434 87	406 30	126 -14	280 44
2019-20	2,814 38	2,417 47	995 59	1,422 -12	397 -9	122 -4	275 -5
2020-21	2,756 -58	2,368 -49	952 -43	1,416 -6	388 -9	115 -7	273 -2
2021-22	2,681 -75	2,309 -59	948 -4	1,361 -55	372 -16	125 10	247 -26
2022-23	2,415 -266	2,047 -262	862 -86	1,185 -176	368 -4	124 -1	244 -3
Average	2,658	2,313	931	1,382	345	114	230

Whitworth University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,313 where 2,047 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 Whitworth University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,358	2,317	917	1,400	41	17	24
2014-15	2,370	2,320	938	1,382	50	25	25
2015-16	2,344	2,303	882	1,421	41	16	25
2016-17	2,297	2,257	906	1,351	40	14	26
2017-18	2,251	2,211	885	1,326	40	19	21
2018-19	2,370	2,304	911	1,393	66	25	41
2019-20	2,417	2,360	978	1,382	57	17	40
2020-21	2,368	2,307	922	1,385	61	30	31
2021-22	2,309	2,253	921	1,332	56	27	29
2022-23	2,047	1,997	834	1,163	50	28	22
Average	2,313	2,313	909	1,354	2,313	22	28

Whitworth University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 345 where 368 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 Whitworth University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	211	56	18	38	155	60	95
2014-15	284	74	25	49	210	65	145
2015-16	306	83	29	54	223	83	140
2016-17	337	124	44	80	213	65	148
2017-18	376	156	65	91	220	75	145
2018-19	406	147	53	94	259	73	186
2019-20	397	153	54	99	244	68	176
2020-21	388	167	60	107	221	55	166
2021-22	372	152	59	93	220	66	154
2022-23	368	162	67	95	206	57	149
Average	345	345	47	80	345	67	150

Whitworth University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.52%. The percentage was 78.98% 10 years ago and Whitworth still has a high percentage of white students. 3.98% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.82% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Whitworth 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	19	70	39	192	11	2,029	124
2014-15	19	90	51	205	12	2,028	133
2015-16	18	111	57	198	7	1,995	156
2016-17	17	113	52	222	6	1,945	162
2017-18	21	115	53	235	12	1,889	172
2018-19	20	116	59	274	22	1,942	217
2019-20	20	124	60	318	32	1,874	255
2020-21	16	118	64	345	40	1,826	239
2021-22	14	105	65	336	34	1,741	238
2022-23	11	96	68	302	40	1,534	219
Average	18	106	57	263	22	1,880	192

Whitworth University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

57 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 50.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Whitworth University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,654	38	24	2,592
2015-16	2,650	43	46	2,561
2016-17	2,634	52	7	2,575
2017-18	2,627	28	35	2,564
2018-19	2,776	49	38	2,689
2019-20	2,814	27	30	2,757
2020-21	2,756	236	115	2,405
2021-22	2,681	24	240	2,417
2022-23	2,415	57	95	2,263
Average	2,667	62	70	2,536

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