Enrollment Trends at Tennessee Wesleyan

The student population at Tennessee Wesleyan University is 1,052 (929 undergraduate and 123 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 32 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Tennessee Wesleyan is 88.31% which is decreased by 139 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 107 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.67 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

219 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 742.31% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,051 where 1,052 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.31% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.69% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 139 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 107 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.67 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Tennessee Wesleyan than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,084	1,068	407	661	16	3	13
2014-15	1,006 -78	992 -76	364 -43	628 -33	14 -2	6 3	8 -5
2015-16	1,027 21	1,005 13	357 -7	648 20	22 8	8 2	14 6
2016-17	1,037 10	1,015 10	378 21	637 -11	22 0	9 1	13 -1
2017-18	951 -86	935 -80	345 -33	590 -47	16 -6	5 -4	11 -2
2018-19	1,008 57	977 42	363 18	614 24	31 15	10 5	21 10
2019-20	1,141 133	1,060 83	400 37	660 46	81 50	20 10	61 40
2020-21	1,116 -25	990 -70	380 -20	610 -50	126 45	28 8	98 37
2021-22	1,086 -30	974 -16	350 -30	624 14	112 -14	26 -2	86 -12
2022-23	1,052 -34	929 -45	361 11	568 -56	123 11	33 7	90 4
Average	1,051	995	371	624	56	15	42

Tennessee Wesleyan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 995 where 929 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 Tennessee Wesleyan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,068	991	377	614	77	30	47
2014-15	992	919	336	583	73	28	45
2015-16	1,005	940	328	612	65	29	36
2016-17	1,015	911	341	570	104	37	67
2017-18	935	863	321	542	72	24	48
2018-19	977	885	319	566	92	44	48
2019-20	1,060	966	364	602	94	36	58
2020-21	990	948	360	588	42	20	22
2021-22	974	895	318	577	79	32	47
2022-23	929	834	322	512	95	39	56
Average	995	995	339	577	995	32	47

Tennessee Wesleyan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 56 where 123 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 Tennessee Wesleyan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16	0	0	0	16	3	13
2014-15	14	0	0	0	14	6	8
2015-16	22	3	1	2	19	7	12
2016-17	22	4	2	2	18	7	11
2017-18	16	2	1	1	14	4	10
2018-19	31	12	4	8	19	6	13
2019-20	81	44	7	37	37	13	24
2020-21	126	83	13	70	43	15	28
2021-22	112	71	13	58	41	13	28
2022-23	123	79	18	61	44	15	29
Average	56	56	6	24	56	9	18

Tennessee Wesleyan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.90%. The percentage was 82.10% 10 years ago and Tennessee Wesleyan still has a high percentage of white students. 1.24% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.08% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Tennessee 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	1	11	77	20	4	890	17
2014-15	1	12	68	24	10	815	18
2015-16	1	7	77	29	1	794	24
2016-17	0	4	36	10	0	525	19
2017-18	1	9	84	45	0	725	38
2018-19	1	8	100	32	2	737	38
2019-20	3	9	116	51	1	826	27
2020-21	4	11	104	59	0	819	36
2021-22	2	11	78	56	4	805	31
2022-23	2	13	64	51	2	788	30
Average	2	10	80	38	2	772	28

Tennessee Wesleyan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

219 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 742.31% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Tennessee Wesleyan University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,006	26	42	938
2015-16	1,027	29	42	956
2016-17	1,037	43	245	749
2017-18	951	29	41	881
2018-19	1,008	52	377	579
2019-20	1,141	91	342	708
2020-21	1,116	112	68	936
2021-22	1,086	92	767	227
2022-23	1,052	219	538	295
Average	1,047	77	274	697

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