Student Population at Western New Mexico

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

Western New Mexico has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 3,186 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in New Mexico average (6,212 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Western New Mexico University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 1,147 male and 2,384 female students attending Western New Mexico. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.48 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 Western New Mexico.

By age, there are 1,695 students whose age under twenty five and 1,360 students whose age is over thirty years old at Western New Mexico University.

Especially, 559 students are younger than eighteen and 62 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Western New Mexico University.

At Western New Mexico University, 2,917 students (82.61% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,131 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, 1,688 students live in New Mexico where Western New Mexico University is located in and 387 students have enrolled from other states.