Student Population at Wilkes University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
5,207	2,000	3,207

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 5,207 students have enrolled in Wilkes University with 2,000 undergraduate and 3,207 graduate students.

By gender, 1,611 male and 3,596 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (5,463 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

2,983 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,187 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

Wilkes University has a total of 5,207 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,000 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,207 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,611 male and 3,596 female students (the male-female ratio is 31:69) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,207	2,000	3,207
Men	1,611	935	676
Women	3,596	1,065	2,531

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,695 White, 558 Black, and 201 Asian students out of a total of 5,207 are attending at Wilkes 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	8	3	5
Asian	201	51	150
Black	558	134	424
Hispanic	394	142	252
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	3,695	1,152	2,543
Two or more races	130	35	95
Race Unknown	85	28	57

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	1	0
Asian	48	17	31
Black	100	57	43
Hispanic	197	100	97
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	1,436	660	776
Two or more races	63	24	39
Race Unknown	32	21	11

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	7	2	5
Asian	153	34	119
Black	458	77	381
Hispanic	197	42	155
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	2,259	492	1,767
Two or more races	67	11	56
Race Unknown	53	7	46

Student Age Distribution

By age, Wilkes has 49 students under 18 years old and 13 students over 65 years old. There are 2,232 students under 25 years old, and 2,974 students over 25 years old out of 5,207 total students.

Wilkes has 1,847 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 153 students aged 25 and over.

It has 385 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,821 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	49	28	21
18-19	741	391	350
20-21	829	450	379
22-24	613	360	253
25-29	671	531	140
30-34	545	423	122
35-39	523	402	121
40-49	822	666	156
50-64	400	332	68
Over 65	13	12	1

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	49	28	21
18-19	741	391	350
20-21	738	392	346
22-24	319	157	162
25-29	79	46	33
30-34	30	20	10
35-39	23	15	8
40-49	18	13	5
50-64	3	3	0

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 Wilkes University, 2,983 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,187 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,713 students lived in Pennsylvania or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,270 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	5,207	2,983	1,187
Undergraduate	2,000	97	1,012
Graduate	3,207	2,886	175

Online Student Population by Locality
	Pennsylvania Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,713	1,246	24
Undergraduate	94	3	0
Graduate	1,619	1,243	24

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,000 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 106 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.30%.91 students have transferred in as full-time status and 15 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	1,716
Transfer-in Full-time	91
Regular Part-time	178
Transfer-in Part-time	15

Student Population at Wilkes University

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