Student Population at Wesleyan University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
3,253	3,069	184

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 3,253 students have enrolled in Wesleyan University with 3,069 undergraduate and 184 graduate students.

By gender, 1,491 male and 1,762 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (1,429 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).

59 students are enrolled exclusively, and 35 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Wesleyan University has a total of 3,253 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 3,069 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 184 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,491 male and 1,762 female students (the male-female ratio is 46:54) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,253	3,069	184
Men	1,491	1,420	71
Women	1,762	1,649	113

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,745 White, 183 Black, and 286 Asian students out of a total of 3,253 are attending at Wesleyan University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	1	0
Asian	286	119	167
Black	183	81	102
Hispanic	351	140	211
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	1,745	865	880
Two or more races	229	85	144
Race Unknown	90	44	46

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	1	0
Asian	276	117	159
Black	176	79	97
Hispanic	340	136	204
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	1,650	824	826
Two or more races	219	82	137
Race Unknown	88	44	44

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	-	-	-
Asian	10	2	8
Black	7	2	5
Hispanic	11	4	7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	95	41	54
Two or more races	10	3	7
Race Unknown	2	0	2

Student Age Distribution

By age, Wesleyan has 70 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 3,073 students under 25 years old, and 147 students over 25 years old out of 3,253 total students.

Wesleyan has 3,005 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 31 students aged 25 and over.

It has 68 graduate students aged under 25 and 116 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	70	48	22
18-19	1,436	757	679
20-21	1,290	734	556
22-24	277	149	128
25-29	75	28	47
30-34	32	15	17
35-39	10	7	3
40-49	18	7	11
50-64	10	7	3
Over 65	2	0	2

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	70	48	22
18-19	1,436	757	679
20-21	1,286	730	556
22-24	213	101	112
25-29	18	2	16
30-34	6	0	6
35-39	2	0	2
40-49	4	1	3
50-64	1	0	1

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Wesleyan University, 59 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 35 students are enrolled in some online courses.

16 students lived in Connecticut or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 43 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	3,253	59	35
Undergraduate	3,069	37	23
Graduate	184	22	12

Online Student Population by Locality
	Connecticut Residents	Other States in U.S.
All Students	16	43
Undergraduate	1	36
Graduate	15	7

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,069 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 39 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.27%.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	2,967
Transfer-in Full-time	39
Regular Part-time	63
Transfer-in Part-time	0

Student Population at Wesleyan University

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