Enrollment Trends at Willamette

The student population at Willamette University is 1,909 (1,367 undergraduate and 542 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 946 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Willamette is 71.61% which is decreased by 752 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 194 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Willamette University does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,354 where 1,909 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.61% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.39% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 752 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 194 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Willamette than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,855	2,119	927	1,192	736	415	321
2014-15	2,780 -75	2,166 47	936 9	1,230 38	614 -122	348 -67	266 -55
2015-16	2,746 -34	2,123 -43	914 -22	1,209 -21	623 9	321 -27	302 36
2016-17	2,556 -190	1,997 -126	869 -45	1,128 -81	559 -64	279 -42	280 -22
2017-18	2,498 -58	1,948 -49	828 -41	1,120 -8	550 -9	277 -2	273 -7
2018-19	2,363 -135	1,808 -140	764 -64	1,044 -76	555 5	289 12	266 -7
2019-20	2,179 -184	1,624 -184	677 -87	947 -97	555 0	278 -11	277 11
2020-21	1,866 -313	1,302 -322	555 -122	747 -200	564 9	277 -1	287 10
2021-22	1,785 -81	1,236 -66	521 -34	715 -32	549 -15	270 -7	279 -8
2022-23	1,909 124	1,367 131	554 33	813 98	542 -7	271 1	271 -8
Average	2,354	1,769	755	1,015	585	303	282

Willamette University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,769 where 1,367 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 Willamette University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,119	1,981	860	1,121	138	67	71
2014-15	2,166	2,008	856	1,152	158	80	78
2015-16	2,123	1,961	839	1,122	162	75	87
2016-17	1,997	1,860	800	1,060	137	69	68
2017-18	1,948	1,901	804	1,097	47	24	23
2018-19	1,808	1,759	739	1,020	49	25	24
2019-20	1,624	1,565	648	917	59	29	30
2020-21	1,302	1,264	535	729	38	20	18
2021-22	1,236	1,200	501	699	36	20	16
2022-23	1,367	1,337	541	796	30	13	17
Average	1,769	1,769	712	971	1,769	42	43

Willamette University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 585 where 542 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 Willamette University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	736	679	397	282	57	18	39
2014-15	614	600	341	259	14	7	7
2015-16	623	588	306	282	35	15	20
2016-17	559	543	273	270	16	6	10
2017-18	550	535	272	263	15	5	10
2018-19	555	532	280	252	23	9	14
2019-20	555	534	275	259	21	3	18
2020-21	564	536	269	267	28	8	20
2021-22	549	521	263	258	28	7	21
2022-23	542	513	264	249	29	7	22
Average	585	585	294	264	585	9	18

Willamette University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.02%. The percentage was 60.00% 10 years ago and Willamette still has a high percentage of white students. 4.30% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.20% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Willamette 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	36	174	51	251	12	1,713	193
2014-15	33	189	53	270	9	1,626	198
2015-16	18	209	56	275	6	1,583	215
2016-17	14	185	61	284	8	1,533	197
2017-18	15	178	57	257	7	1,420	190
2018-19	15	131	51	292	7	1,372	167
2019-20	15	118	37	276	8	1,291	134
2020-21	15	106	32	265	10	1,152	117
2021-22	14	85	34	244	8	1,097	102
2022-23	15	82	42	261	10	1,203	118
Average	19	146	47	268	9	1,399	163

Willamette University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Willamette

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes