Enrollment Trends at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

The student population at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre is 368 (363 undergraduate and 5 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 245 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Penn State Wilkes-Barre is 98.64% which is decreased by 243 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 2 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.55 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

4 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -42.86% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 336 where 368 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

98.64% of total students is undergraduate students and 1.36% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 243 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 2 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.55 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Penn State Wilkes-Barre than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre since 2013.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	606	442	164
2014-15	536 -70	366 -76	170 6
2015-16	493 -43	323 -43	170 0
2016-17	477 -16	322 -1	155 -15
2017-18	456 -21	312 -10	144 -11
2018-19	429 -27	304 -8	125 -19
2019-20	0 -429	0 -304	0 -125
2020-21	0 0	0 0	0 0
2021-22	0 0	0 0	0 0
2022-23	363 363	236 236	127 127
Average	336	231	106

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.82%. The percentage was 84.50% 10 years ago and Penn State Wilkes-Barre still has a high percentage of white students. 1.36% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.24% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre 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	0	5	24	34	1	518	13
2014-15	0	9	14	28	0	473	9
2015-16	1	6	14	21	1	438	8
2016-17	1	8	19	22	1	401	15
2017-18	1	5	24	21	1	359	14
2018-19	1	5	22	19	0	369	11
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23	0	5	34	30	1	279	13
Average	0	4	15	18	1	284	8

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -42.86% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	545	7	159	379
2015-16	501	41	200	260
2016-17	487	39	201	247
2017-18	467	30	222	215
2018-19	438	5	124	309
2019-20	-	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-	-
2022-23	368	4	135	229
Average	312	14	116	182

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