Student Population at UWest

Total Enrollment

138

Undergraduate

Graduate

Online Enrollment

Men Students

Women Students

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 138 students have enrolled at University of the West - 43 undergraduate and 95 graduate.

By gender, 64 male and 74 female students are attending University of the West. By attendance status, there are 127 full-time students and 11 part-time students.

The number of students at University of the West is very small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Whittier College and Providence Christian College, its population is very small (average population is 462).

University of the West offers online degree/certificate programs and 17 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares UWest'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 California.

UWest has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 462 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California average (2,024 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
University of the West	138	43	95
Similarly Ranked Schools	462	409	80
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California	2,024	1,628	1,062

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

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 64 male and 74 female students attending UWest. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.86 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 UWest.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at UWest
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	43	42	1
Men	12	12	0
Women	31	30	1

Population by Gender/Attending Status at UWest
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	95	85	10
Men	52	46	6
Women	43	39	4

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 28 Asian students (20.29%) and 20 White students (14.49%) at University of the West(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at University of the West.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of the West
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	5	1	4
Black or African American	3	1	2
Hispanic	3	0	3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1	1	0
Two or More Races	1	0	1
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	0	0	0
Total	43	12	31

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of the West
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	23	14	9
Black or African American	2	0	2
Hispanic	12	6	6
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	19	10	9
Two or More Races	0	0	0
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	3	1	2
Total	95	52	43

Online Student Population

At University of the West, 61 students (44.20% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 17 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, 12 students live in California where University of the West is located in and 5 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	138	43	95
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	17	0	17
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	44	9	35
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	77	34	43

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	17	17
California Residents	12	12
Other State in U.S.	5	5
Outside of U.S.	0	0
Unknown	0	0