Student Population at Western Carolina University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
11,635	9,956	1,679

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 11,635 students have enrolled in Western Carolina University with 9,956 undergraduate and 1,679 graduate students.

By gender, 4,797 male and 6,838 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (12,612 students in average - public Doctoral / Research University).

2,858 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,482 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

Western Carolina University has a total of 11,635 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 9,956 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,679 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,797 male and 6,838 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	11,635	9,956	1,679
Men	4,797	4,275	522
Women	6,838	5,681	1,157

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,905 White, 742 Black, and 148 Asian students out of a total of 11,635 are attending at Western Carolina 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	109	46	63
Asian	148	61	87
Black	742	330	412
Hispanic	891	344	547
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	15	7	8
White	8,905	3,674	5,231
Two or more races	407	167	240
Race Unknown	121	57	64

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	96	39	57
Asian	130	56	74
Black	618	288	330
Hispanic	789	313	476
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	14	7	7
White	7,607	3,276	4,331
Two or more races	358	151	207
Race Unknown	118	55	63

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	13	7	6
Asian	18	5	13
Black	124	42	82
Hispanic	102	31	71
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	1,298	398	900
Two or more races	49	16	33
Race Unknown	3	2	1

Student Age Distribution

By age, Western Carolina has 120 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 8,285 students under 25 years old, and 3,350 students over 25 years old out of 11,635 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 120 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Western Carolina has 7,852 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,104 students aged 25 and over.

It has 433 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,246 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	120	85	35
18-19	3,237	1,874	1,363
20-21	3,178	1,802	1,376
22-24	1,750	943	807
25-29	996	627	369
30-34	705	446	259
35-39	554	342	212
40-49	779	504	275
50-64	312	212	100
Over 65	4	3	1

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	120	85	35
18-19	3,236	1,873	1,363
20-21	3,134	1,765	1,369
22-24	1,362	663	699
25-29	590	347	243
30-34	474	288	186
35-39	359	211	148
40-49	495	316	179
50-64	183	131	52
Over 65	3	2	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 Western Carolina University, 2,858 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,482 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,631 students lived in North Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 227 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	11,635	2,858	3,482
Undergraduate	9,956	2,168	3,073
Graduate	1,679	690	409

Online Student Population by Locality
	North Carolina Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	2,631	223	4
Undergraduate	2,019	147	2
Graduate	612	76	2

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,956 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,050 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.55%.639 students have transferred in as full-time status and 411 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	7,392
Transfer-in Full-time	639
Regular Part-time	1,514
Transfer-in Part-time	411

Student Population at Western Carolina University

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