Enrollment Trends at IWU

The student population at Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global is 10,012 (5,521 undergraduate and 4,491 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,050 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at IWU is 55.14% which is decreased by 1,449 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 399 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.40 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

9,718 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 85.71% since 2016.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 8 years is 10,690 where 10,012 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

55.14% of total students is undergraduate students and 44.86% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,449 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 399 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.40 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in IWU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global since 2016.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	11,062	6,970	2,137	4,833	4,092	1,422	2,670
2017-18	10,778 -284	6,575 -395	1,968 -169	4,607 -226	4,203 111	1,347 -75	2,856 186
2018-19	10,614 -164	6,316 -259	1,771 -197	4,545 -62	4,298 95	1,259 -88	3,039 183
2019-20	11,410 796	6,925 609	1,849 78	5,076 531	4,485 187	1,297 38	3,188 149
2020-21	10,944 -466	6,495 -430	1,691 -158	4,804 -272	4,449 -36	1,373 76	3,076 -112
2021-22	10,008 -936	5,701 -794	1,463 -228	4,238 -566	4,307 -142	1,317 -56	2,990 -86
2022-23	10,012 4	5,521 -180	1,340 -123	4,181 -57	4,491 184	1,607 290	2,884 -106
Average	10,690	6,358	1,746	4,612	4,332	1,375	2,958

Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 8 years is 6,358 where 5,521 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global since 2016.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	6,970	6,217	1,845	4,372	753	292	461
2017-18	6,575	5,876	1,731	4,145	699	237	462
2018-19	6,316	5,450	1,487	3,963	866	284	582
2019-20	6,925	6,373	1,695	4,678	552	154	398
2020-21	6,495	6,300	1,643	4,657	195	48	147
2021-22	5,701	5,346	1,364	3,982	355	99	256
2022-23	5,521	5,032	1,195	3,837	489	145	344
Average	6,358	6,358	1,566	4,233	6,358	180	379

Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 8 years is 4,332 where 4,491 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global since 2016.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	4,092	3,822	1,286	2,536	270	136	134
2017-18	4,203	3,865	1,196	2,669	338	151	187
2018-19	4,298	3,880	1,107	2,773	418	152	266
2019-20	4,485	4,282	1,207	3,075	203	90	113
2020-21	4,449	4,291	1,316	2,975	158	57	101
2021-22	4,307	4,165	1,279	2,886	142	38	104
2022-23	4,491	4,228	1,532	2,696	263	75	188
Average	4,332	4,332	1,275	2,801	4,332	100	156

Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.59%. The percentage was 65.96% 10 years ago and IWU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 21.99% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global over the past 8 years (2016-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2016-17	30	95	2,625	511	11	7,297	305
2017-18	17	102	2,454	483	8	7,149	337
2018-19	17	121	2,443	463	6	6,938	385
2019-20	18	171	2,704	532	6	7,250	365
2020-21	23	316	2,515	581	8	6,835	325
2021-22	23	136	2,276	559	7	6,179	289
2022-23	33	227	2,202	577	13	5,766	234
Average	23	167	2,460	529	8	6,773	320

Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

9,718 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 97% of total students. The number of online students has increased 85.71% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global from 2016 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2016-17	11,062	5,233	3,846	1,983
2017-18	10,778	9,223	91	1,464
2018-19	10,614	8,637	323	1,654
2019-20	11,410	9,822	1,253	335
2020-21	10,944	9,590	531	823
2021-22	10,008	9,155	250	603
2022-23	10,012	9,718	170	124
Average	10,690	8,768	923	998

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