Enrollment Trends at North Carolina Wesleyan

The student population at North Carolina Wesleyan University is 1,337 (1,249 undergraduate and 88 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 265 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at North Carolina Wesleyan is 93.42% which is decreased by 353 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 88 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

341 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 432.81% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,828 where 1,337 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

93.42% of total students is undergraduate students and 6.58% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 353 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 88 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in North Carolina Wesleyan.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,602	1,602	655	947	0	0	0
2014-15	1,872 270	1,872 270	783 128	1,089 142	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	2,119 247	2,119 247	864 81	1,255 166	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	2,086 -33	2,086 -33	852 -12	1,234 -21	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	2,093 7	2,093 7	871 19	1,222 -12	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	2,034 -59	2,007 -86	877 6	1,130 -92	27 27	15 15	12 12
2019-20	1,886 -148	1,822 -185	772 -105	1,050 -80	64 37	25 10	39 27
2020-21	1,720 -166	1,603 -219	713 -59	890 -160	117 53	38 13	79 40
2021-22	1,531 -189	1,424 -179	678 -35	746 -144	107 -10	25 -13	82 3
2022-23	1,337 -194	1,249 -175	632 -46	617 -129	88 -19	27 2	61 -21
Average	1,828	1,788	770	1,018	40	13	27

North Carolina Wesleyan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,788 where 1,249 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 North Carolina Wesleyan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,602	1,232	535	697	370	120	250
2014-15	1,872	1,529	690	839	343	93	250
2015-16	2,119	1,726	752	974	393	112	281
2016-17	2,086	1,785	758	1,027	301	94	207
2017-18	2,093	1,754	762	992	339	109	230
2018-19	2,007	1,677	778	899	330	99	231
2019-20	1,822	1,600	705	895	222	67	155
2020-21	1,603	1,375	650	725	228	63	165
2021-22	1,424	1,196	610	586	228	68	160
2022-23	1,249	1,040	559	481	209	73	136
Average	1,788	1,788	680	812	1,788	90	207

North Carolina Wesleyan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 40 where 88 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 North Carolina Wesleyan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	27	19	12	7	8	3	5
2019-20	64	43	20	23	21	5	16
2020-21	117	95	32	63	22	6	16
2021-22	107	78	17	61	29	8	21
2022-23	88	61	19	42	27	8	19
Average	40	40	10	20	40	3	8

North Carolina Wesleyan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.37% and the percentage of black students is 40.16% at North Carolina Wesleyan University. 0.45% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at North Carolina 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	15	7	789	38	1	486	21
2014-15	18	11	895	38	0	563	32
2015-16	18	16	985	50	1	673	45
2016-17	26	17	914	51	2	677	44
2017-18	24	14	886	71	1	671	55
2018-19	23	13	859	68	0	600	60
2019-20	21	16	789	81	1	534	64
2020-21	22	6	736	54	1	499	67
2021-22	22	7	660	42	2	402	57
2022-23	18	6	537	41	2	366	61
Average	21	11	805	53	1	547	51

North Carolina Wesleyan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

341 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 432.81% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at North Carolina Wesleyan University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,872	64	405	1,403
2015-16	2,119	117	496	1,506
2016-17	2,086	141	586	1,359
2017-18	2,093	11	451	1,631
2018-19	2,034	165	560	1,309
2019-20	1,886	162	502	1,222
2020-21	1,720	352	395	973
2021-22	1,531	309	372	850
2022-23	1,337	341	232	764
Average	1,853	185	444	1,224

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