Student Population at USW

The following chart compares USW's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New Mexico.

USW has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 3,987 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New Mexico average (499 students).

The below chart compares the student population between University of the Southwest and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 380 male and 750 female students attending USW. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.51 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at USW.

By age, there are 407 students whose age under twenty five and 548 students whose age is over thirty years old at University of the Southwest.

Especially, 3 students are younger than eighteen and 9 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at University of the Southwest.

At University of the Southwest, 1,115 students (98.67% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 838 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 216 students live in New Mexico where University of the Southwest is located in and 617 students have enrolled from other states.