University of the Southwest Student Population

Population By Gender/Attending Status

For academic year 2022-2023, total 1,066 students enrolled into University of the Southwest. 369 enrolled in undergraduate programs and 697 students enrolled in graduate programs. By attending status. there are 499 full-time and 567 part-time students. By gender, 403 male and 663 female students are attending at University of the Southwest. Next table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for University of the Southwest.

Gender Distribution
Attending Status

Student Population By Gender
University of the Southwest
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,066	403	663
Undergraduate	369	208	161
Graduate	697	195	502

Student Population By Attending Status
University of the Southwest
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,066	499	567
Undergraduate	369	329	40
Graduate	697	170	527

Population by Race/Ethnicity

Next tables summarize the students population by race/ethnicity at University of the Southwest.

There are 429 White (40.24%), 157 Black/African American (14.73%), 375 Hispanic (35.18%), 21 Asian (1.97%), and 84 students with other races.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at University of the Southwest
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,066	403	663
American Indian/Native American	20	3	17
Asian	21	4	17
Black/African American	157	66	91
Hispanic	375	171	204
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	429	135	294
Two More	9	1	8
Un-Known	54	23	31

Undergraduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at University of the Southwest
	Total	Male	Female
Total	369	208	161
American Indian/Native American	9	1	8
Asian	0	0	0
Black/African American	38	24	14
Hispanic	205	118	87
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	94	53	41
Two More	4	1	3
Un-Known	19	11	8

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at University of the Southwest
	Total	Male	Female
Total	697	195	502
American Indian/Native American	11	2	9
Asian	21	4	17
Black/African American	119	42	77
Hispanic	170	53	117
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	335	82	253
Two More	5	0	5
Un-Known	35	12	23

Online Student Population

University of the Southwest offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for both undergraduate and graduate programs. 697 students (65.38% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 369 students (34.62% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. Next table summarizes the online student population for University of the Southwest.

Distance Learning Student Population at University of the Southwest
	Total	Enrolled Exclusively	Enrolled Some Courses
Total	1,066	697	369
Undergraduate	369	0	369
Graduate	697	697	0

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