University of the Southwest Student Population and Demographics

USW Student Population

There are 1,130 students including 346 undergraduate and 784 graduate students at University of the Southwest for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 543 full-time and 587 part-time students with gender distribution of 380 male and 750 female students.

University of the Southwest is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 838 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of the Southwest has a total enrollment of 1,130 with a gender distribution of 33.63% male (380 students) and 66.37% female (750 students). There are 182 male and 164 female students in undergraduate school and 198 male and 586 female students are attending graduate school at University of the Southwest.

Student Population By Gender
University of the Southwest
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,130	380	750
Undergraduate	346	182	164
Graduate	784	198	586
Full-time	543	222	321
Part-time	587	158	429

[Chart] University of the Southwest 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of the Southwest has 543 full-time and 587 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 321 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 25 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 222 students are full-time and 562 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of the Southwest
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,130	543	587
Undergraduate	346	321	25
Graduate	784	222	562
Men	380	222	158
Women	750	321	429

[Chart] University of the Southwest Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of the Southwest, 838 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 277 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 1,130 students.

In undergraduate schools, 331 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 784 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of the Southwest
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	1,130	346	784
Online Exclusively	838	55	783
In Some Online Classes	277	276	1
Not In Online Classes	15	15	0

[Chart] University of the Southwest Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of the Southwest. There are 14 American Indian/Native American, 397 White, 149 Black/African American, 33 Asian, 431 Hispanic, 2 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 40 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of the Southwest
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,130	380	750
American Indian/Native American	14	3	11
Asian	33	9	24
Black/African American	149	52	97
Hispanic	431	175	256
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	397	100	297
Two More	9	3	6
Race Un-Known	95	37	58

[Chart] University of the SouthwestRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
University of the Southwest
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	1,130	346	784
Under 18	3	2	1
Age 18-19	134	134	0
Age 20-21	114	109	5
Age 22-24	156	60	96
Age 25-29	175	14	161
Age 30-34	118	5	113
Age 35-39	117	10	107
Age 40-49	198	9	189
Age 50-64	106	3	103
Over 64	9	0	9
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of the Southwest 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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