Enrollment Trends at WWU

The student population at William Woods University is 1,508 (791 undergraduate and 717 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 628 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WWU is 52.45% which is decreased by 211 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 417 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.83 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

606 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 76.16% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,051 where 1,508 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

52.45% of total students is undergraduate students and 47.55% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 211 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 417 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.83 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in WWU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,136	1,002	268	734	1,134	425	709
2014-15	2,031 -105	1,006 4	257 -11	749 15	1,025 -109	387 -38	638 -71
2015-16	2,172 141	1,001 -5	256 -1	745 -4	1,171 146	456 69	715 77
2016-17	2,076 -96	973 -28	259 3	714 -31	1,103 -68	420 -36	683 -32
2017-18	2,284 208	956 -17	259 0	697 -17	1,328 225	542 122	786 103
2018-19	2,302 18	935 -21	271 12	664 -33	1,367 39	562 20	805 19
2019-20	2,153 -149	873 -62	242 -29	631 -33	1,280 -87	475 -87	805 0
2020-21	2,114 -39	882 9	244 2	638 7	1,232 -48	465 -10	767 -38
2021-22	1,737 -377	781 -101	237 -7	544 -94	956 -276	375 -90	581 -186
2022-23	1,508 -229	791 10	246 9	545 1	717 -239	286 -89	431 -150
Average	2,051	920	254	666	1,131	439	692

William Woods University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 920 where 791 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 William Woods University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,002	843	217	626	159	51	108
2014-15	1,006	850	213	637	156	44	112
2015-16	1,001	844	218	626	157	38	119
2016-17	973	836	220	616	137	39	98
2017-18	956	794	224	570	162	35	127
2018-19	935	770	216	554	165	55	110
2019-20	873	701	189	512	172	53	119
2020-21	882	692	183	509	190	61	129
2021-22	781	608	178	430	173	59	114
2022-23	791	646	201	445	145	45	100
Average	920	920	206	553	920	48	114

William Woods University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,131 where 717 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 William Woods University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,134	418	142	276	716	283	433
2014-15	1,025	51	17	34	974	370	604
2015-16	1,171	57	21	36	1,114	435	679
2016-17	1,103	60	27	33	1,043	393	650
2017-18	1,328	244	83	161	1,084	459	625
2018-19	1,367	129	47	82	1,238	515	723
2019-20	1,280	140	50	90	1,140	425	715
2020-21	1,232	68	24	44	1,164	441	723
2021-22	956	103	46	57	853	329	524
2022-23	717	57	24	33	660	262	398
Average	1,131	1,131	48	85	1,131	391	607

William Woods University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.59%. The percentage was 83.61% 10 years ago and WWU still has a high percentage of white students. 0.80% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.50% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at William Woods 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	9	11	72	14	2	1,786	28
2014-15	13	7	67	16	1	1,447	33
2015-16	7	5	69	25	1	1,310	31
2016-17	10	7	74	58	1	1,649	31
2017-18	7	11	103	64	1	1,890	40
2018-19	13	11	101	46	3	1,933	36
2019-20	11	13	103	47	4	1,768	48
2020-21	12	14	108	76	1	1,681	56
2021-22	4	14	75	67	1	1,365	41
2022-23	5	12	83	64	1	1,155	37
Average	9	11	86	48	2	1,598	38

William Woods University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

606 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 40% of total students. The number of online students has increased 76.16% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at William Woods University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,031	344	448	1,239
2015-16	2,172	411	435	1,326
2016-17	2,076	405	387	1,284
2017-18	2,284	518	246	1,520
2018-19	2,302	550	277	1,475
2019-20	2,153	568	308	1,277
2020-21	2,114	707	278	1,129
2021-22	1,737	692	280	765
2022-23	1,508	606	290	612
Average	2,042	533	328	1,181

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