Enrollment Trends at Winona State

The student population at Winona State University is 6,154 (5,403 undergraduate and 751 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,628 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Winona State is 87.80% which is decreased by 2,850 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 222 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.28 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

873 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 393.22% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,728 where 6,154 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.80% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.20% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,850 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 222 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.28 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Winona State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,782	8,253	3,206	5,047	529	134	395
2014-15	8,684 -98	8,111 -142	3,091 -115	5,020 -27	573 44	162 28	411 16
2015-16	8,490 -194	8,011 -100	3,092 1	4,919 -101	479 -94	133 -29	346 -65
2016-17	8,139 -351	7,661 -350	2,857 -235	4,804 -115	478 -1	129 -4	349 3
2017-18	7,981 -158	7,460 -201	2,730 -127	4,730 -74	521 43	137 8	384 35
2018-19	7,792 -189	7,237 -223	2,628 -102	4,609 -121	555 34	129 -8	426 42
2019-20	7,605 -187	6,978 -259	2,388 -240	4,590 -19	627 72	127 -2	500 74
2020-21	7,106 -499	6,391 -587	2,146 -242	4,245 -345	715 88	143 16	572 72
2021-22	6,545 -561	5,748 -643	1,903 -243	3,845 -400	797 82	159 16	638 66
2022-23	6,154 -391	5,403 -345	1,730 -173	3,673 -172	751 -46	144 -15	607 -31
Average	7,728	7,125	2,577	4,548	603	140	463

Winona State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,125 where 5,403 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 Winona State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,253	7,354	2,899	4,455	899	307	592
2014-15	8,111	7,196	2,801	4,395	915	290	625
2015-16	8,011	7,072	2,755	4,317	939	337	602
2016-17	7,661	6,696	2,519	4,177	965	338	627
2017-18	7,460	6,522	2,413	4,109	938	317	621
2018-19	7,237	6,324	2,303	4,021	913	325	588
2019-20	6,978	6,125	2,108	4,017	853	280	573
2020-21	6,391	5,472	1,825	3,647	919	321	598
2021-22	5,748	4,920	1,612	3,308	828	291	537
2022-23	5,403	4,635	1,473	3,162	768	257	511
Average	7,125	7,125	2,271	3,961	7,125	306	587

Winona State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 603 where 751 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 Winona State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	529	133	27	106	396	107	289
2014-15	573	109	23	86	464	139	325
2015-16	479	117	25	92	362	108	254
2016-17	478	112	27	85	366	102	264
2017-18	521	118	24	94	403	113	290
2018-19	555	133	20	113	422	109	313
2019-20	627	170	34	136	457	93	364
2020-21	715	239	48	191	476	95	381
2021-22	797	288	66	222	509	93	416
2022-23	751	286	43	243	465	101	364
Average	603	603	34	137	603	106	326

Winona State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 82.29%. The percentage was 86.72% 10 years ago and Winona State still has a high percentage of white students. 3.51% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.49% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Winona 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	14	177	186	210	6	7,616	157
2014-15	9	161	199	208	5	7,501	176
2015-16	17	179	205	224	7	7,288	193
2016-17	14	191	221	234	6	6,940	187
2017-18	17	186	246	257	6	6,751	207
2018-19	23	177	238	289	5	6,514	235
2019-20	23	199	236	340	3	6,322	220
2020-21	18	214	239	305	3	5,917	234
2021-22	12	203	217	280	3	5,458	219
2022-23	15	216	215	264	2	5,064	216
Average	16	190	220	261	5	6,537	204

Winona State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

873 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 393.22% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Winona State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,684	177	1,235	7,272
2015-16	8,490	222	1,470	6,798
2016-17	8,139	215	1,313	6,611
2017-18	7,981	250	1,569	6,162
2018-19	7,792	290	1,703	5,799
2019-20	7,605	449	2,142	5,014
2020-21	7,106	469	2,771	3,866
2021-22	6,545	945	2,776	2,824
2022-23	6,154	873	2,317	2,964
Average	7,611	432	1,922	5,257

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