Enrollment Trends at Nebraska Wesleyan

The student population at Nebraska Wesleyan University is 1,688 (1,545 undergraduate and 143 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 461 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Nebraska Wesleyan is 91.53% which is decreased by 382 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 79 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

73 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -0.69% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,997 where 1,688 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.53% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.47% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 382 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 79 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Nebraska Wesleyan than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Nebraska Wesleyan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,149	1,927	729	1,198	222	42	180
2014-15	2,083 -66	1,832 -95	694 -35	1,138 -60	251 29	60 18	191 11
2015-16	2,049 -34	1,811 -21	709 15	1,102 -36	238 -13	59 -1	179 -12
2016-17	2,059 10	1,816 5	768 59	1,048 -54	243 5	70 11	173 -6
2017-18	2,064 5	1,779 -37	709 -59	1,070 22	285 42	85 15	200 27
2018-19	2,095 31	1,851 72	744 35	1,107 37	244 -41	71 -14	173 -27
2019-20	2,044 -51	1,842 -9	764 20	1,078 -29	202 -42	51 -20	151 -22
2020-21	1,924 -120	1,773 -69	743 -21	1,030 -48	151 -51	33 -18	118 -33
2021-22	1,816 -108	1,706 -67	734 -9	972 -58	110 -41	23 -10	87 -31
2022-23	1,688 -128	1,545 -161	710 -24	835 -137	143 33	24 1	119 32
Average	1,997	1,788	730	1,058	209	52	157

Nebraska Wesleyan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,788 where 1,545 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 Nebraska Wesleyan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,927	1,605	674	931	322	55	267
2014-15	1,832	1,511	631	880	321	63	258
2015-16	1,811	1,505	647	858	306	62	244
2016-17	1,816	1,586	715	871	230	53	177
2017-18	1,779	1,566	664	902	213	45	168
2018-19	1,851	1,676	705	971	175	39	136
2019-20	1,842	1,705	727	978	137	37	100
2020-21	1,773	1,665	715	950	108	28	80
2021-22	1,706	1,606	699	907	100	35	65
2022-23	1,545	1,469	685	784	76	25	51
Average	1,788	1,788	686	903	1,788	44	155

Nebraska Wesleyan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 209 where 143 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 Nebraska Wesleyan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	222	34	0	34	188	42	146
2014-15	251	38	7	31	213	53	160
2015-16	238	44	12	32	194	47	147
2016-17	243	56	11	45	187	59	128
2017-18	285	32	8	24	253	77	176
2018-19	244	38	11	27	206	60	146
2019-20	202	22	7	15	180	44	136
2020-21	151	18	2	16	133	31	102
2021-22	110	23	6	17	87	17	70
2022-23	143	43	8	35	100	16	84
Average	209	209	7	28	209	45	130

Nebraska Wesleyan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.26%. The percentage was 81.43% 10 years ago and Nebraska Wesleyan still has a high percentage of white students. 2.49% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.26% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Nebraska Wesleyan University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	5	47	61	82	2	1,750	30
2014-15	6	38	60	92	2	1,702	30
2015-16	3	39	50	100	2	1,708	39
2016-17	3	36	51	121	2	1,708	49
2017-18	4	30	72	114	1	1,680	58
2018-19	6	40	60	129	3	1,699	59
2019-20	5	43	54	143	1	1,653	57
2020-21	9	45	55	133	0	1,562	56
2021-22	6	48	51	150	1	1,449	48
2022-23	6	42	55	149	1	1,321	51
Average	5	41	57	121	2	1,623	48

Nebraska Wesleyan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

73 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -0.69% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Nebraska Wesleyan University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,083	0	289	1,794
2015-16	2,049	0	316	1,733
2016-17	2,059	0	384	1,675
2017-18	2,064	0	446	1,618
2018-19	2,095	0	494	1,601
2019-20	2,044	0	568	1,476
2020-21	1,924	0	701	1,223
2021-22	1,816	34	391	1,391
2022-23	1,688	73	287	1,328
Average	1,980	12	431	1,538

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