Enrollment Trends at Penn State World Campus

The student population at Pennsylvania State University-World Campus is 13,979 (8,210 undergraduate and 5,769 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,348 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Penn State World Campus is 58.73% which is increased by 2,821 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,527 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.00 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

13,812 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 27.83% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,883 where 13,979 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

58.73% of total students is undergraduate students and 41.27% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,821 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,527 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.00 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Penn State World Campus.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,631	5,389	2,555	2,834	4,242	2,382	1,860
2014-15	10,805 1,174	6,245 856	3,009 454	3,236 402	4,560 318	2,553 171	2,007 147
2015-16	12,242 1,437	7,242 997	3,428 419	3,814 578	5,000 440	2,787 234	2,213 206
2016-17	13,411 1,169	7,919 677	3,810 382	4,109 295	5,492 492	2,894 107	2,598 385
2017-18	14,301 890	8,513 594	4,099 289	4,414 305	5,788 296	2,984 90	2,804 206
2018-19	14,458 157	8,346 -167	4,047 -52	4,299 -115	6,112 324	3,137 153	2,975 171
2019-20	0 -14,458	0 -8,346	0 -4,047	0 -4,299	0 -6,112	0 -3,137	0 -2,975
2020-21	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
2021-22	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
2022-23	13,979 13,979	8,210 8,210	3,925 3,925	4,285 4,285	5,769 5,769	3,070 3,070	2,699 2,699
Average	8,883	5,186	2,487	2,699	3,696	1,981	1,716

Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,186 where 8,210 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 Pennsylvania State University-World Campus since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,389	1,498	645	853	3,891	1,910	1,981
2014-15	6,245	1,795	759	1,036	4,450	2,250	2,200
2015-16	7,242	2,206	964	1,242	5,036	2,464	2,572
2016-17	7,919	2,320	1,005	1,315	5,599	2,805	2,794
2017-18	8,513	2,597	1,122	1,475	5,916	2,977	2,939
2018-19	8,346	2,564	1,112	1,452	5,782	2,935	2,847
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	8,210	3,322	1,412	1,910	4,888	2,513	2,375
Average	5,186	5,186	702	928	5,186	1,785	1,771

Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,696 where 5,769 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 Pennsylvania State University-World Campus since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,242	46	15	31	4,196	2,367	1,829
2014-15	4,560	94	37	57	4,466	2,516	1,950
2015-16	5,000	167	75	92	4,833	2,712	2,121
2016-17	5,492	319	138	181	5,173	2,756	2,417
2017-18	5,788	349	164	185	5,439	2,820	2,619
2018-19	6,112	427	195	232	5,685	2,942	2,743
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	5,769	441	231	210	5,328	2,839	2,489
Average	3,696	3,696	86	99	3,696	1,895	1,617

Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.18%. The percentage was 73.06% 10 years ago and Penn State World Campus still has a high percentage of white students. 6.09% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.65% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pennsylvania State University-World Campus 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	19	348	634	669	19	7,036	245
2014-15	22	470	744	815	17	7,739	258
2015-16	27	542	861	988	27	8,601	341
2016-17	37	596	962	1,147	35	9,310	440
2017-18	34	664	976	1,321	37	9,785	528
2018-19	39	698	953	1,442	37	9,915	578
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23	28	851	929	1,428	25	9,391	525
Average	21	417	606	781	20	6,178	292

Pennsylvania State University-World Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

13,812 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 99% of total students. The number of online students has increased 27.83% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Pennsylvania State University-World Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	10,805	10,805	0	0
2015-16	12,242	12,242	0	0
2016-17	13,411	13,411	0	0
2017-18	14,301	14,301	0	0
2018-19	14,458	14,458	0	0
2019-20	-	-	-	-
2020-21	-	-	-	-
2021-22	-	-	-	-
2022-23	13,979	13,812	138	29
Average	8,800	8,781	15	3

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