Student Population at UWA

The following chart compares UWA's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Alabama.

UWA has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 9,597 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Alabama average (12,490 students).

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

By gender, there are 1,740 male and 5,080 female students attending UWA. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.34 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 UWA.

By age, there are 2,062 students whose age under twenty five and 3,377 students whose age is over thirty years old at University of West Alabama.

Especially, 43 students are younger than eighteen and 17 students are older than sixty five.

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

At University of West Alabama, 5,717 students (83.83% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 5,126 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, 4,345 students live in Alabama where University of West Alabama is located in and 754 students have enrolled from other states.