Student Population at UCO

Total Enrollment

12,250

Undergraduate

10,739

Graduate

1,511

Online Enrollment

1,782

Men Students

4,548

Women Students

7,702

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 12,250 students have enrolled at University of Central Oklahoma - 10,739 undergraduate and 1,511 graduate.

By gender, 4,548 male and 7,702 female students are attending University of Central Oklahoma. By attendance status, there are 8,479 full-time students and 3,771 part-time students.

The number of students at University of Central Oklahoma is very large compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in Oklahoma. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Southern Nazarene University and East Central University, its population is very large (average population is 4,368).

University of Central Oklahoma offers online degree/certificate programs and 1,782 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

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

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 4,548 male and 7,702 female students attending UCO. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.59 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 UCO.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at UCO
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	10,739	7,845	2,894
Men	4,067	2,922	1,145
Women	6,672	4,923	1,749

Population by Gender/Attending Status at UCO
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,511	634	877
Men	481	223	258
Women	1,030	411	619

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 6,435 White students (52.53%) and 1,609 Hispanic students (13.13%) at University of Central Oklahoma(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at University of Central Oklahoma.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of Central Oklahoma
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	393	145	248
Asian	491	215	276
Black or African American	889	345	544
Hispanic	1,526	516	1,010
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	11	6
White	5,642	2,126	3,516
Two or More Races	1,252	466	786
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	197	94	103
Total	10,739	4,067	6,672

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of Central Oklahoma
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	45	12	33
Asian	36	18	18
Black or African American	111	28	83
Hispanic	83	21	62
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	793	220	573
Two or More Races	105	29	76
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	74	24	50
Total	1,511	481	1,030

Online Student Population

At University of Central Oklahoma, 6,926 students (56.54% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,782 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, 1,725 students live in Oklahoma where University of Central Oklahoma is located in and 54 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	12,250	10,739	1,511
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	1,782	1,517	265
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	5,144	4,777	367
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	5,324	4,445	879

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	1,782	1,517	265
Oklahoma Residents	1,725	1,472	253
Other State in U.S.	54	43	11
Outside of U.S.	3	2	1
Unknown	0	0	0