Enrollment Trends at Wartburg

The student population at Wartburg College is 1,444 (1,416 undergraduate and 28 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 270 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Wartburg is 98.06% which is decreased by 298 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 28 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

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

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,547 where 1,444 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

98.06% of total students is undergraduate students and 1.94% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 298 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 28 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.04 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Wartburg.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wartburg College since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,714	1,714	812	902	0	0	0
2014-15	1,661 -53	1,661 -53	791 -21	870 -32	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	1,537 -124	1,537 -124	731 -60	806 -64	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	1,482 -55	1,482 -55	711 -20	771 -35	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	1,527 45	1,527 45	721 10	806 35	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	1,498 -29	1,498 -29	702 -19	796 -10	0 0	0 0	0 0
2019-20	1,505 7	1,505 7	684 -18	821 25	0 0	0 0	0 0
2020-21	1,563 58	1,562 57	724 40	838 17	1 1	0 0	1 1
2021-22	1,541 -22	1,516 -46	726 2	790 -48	25 24	7 7	18 17
2022-23	1,444 -97	1,416 -100	700 -26	716 -74	28 3	8 1	20 2
Average	1,547	1,542	730	812	5	2	4

Wartburg College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,542 where 1,416 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 Wartburg College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,714	1,643	772	871	71	40	31
2014-15	1,661	1,596	762	834	65	29	36
2015-16	1,537	1,474	696	778	63	35	28
2016-17	1,482	1,434	687	747	48	24	24
2017-18	1,527	1,474	688	786	53	33	20
2018-19	1,498	1,456	675	781	42	27	15
2019-20	1,505	1,462	662	800	43	22	21
2020-21	1,562	1,523	709	814	39	15	24
2021-22	1,516	1,473	700	773	43	26	17
2022-23	1,416	1,363	668	695	53	32	21
Average	1,542	1,542	702	788	1,542	28	24

Wartburg College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5 where 28 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 Wartburg College 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
2021-22	25	1	0	1	24	7	17
2022-23	28	23	7	16	5	1	4
Average	5	5	1	2	5	1	2

Wartburg College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.36%. The percentage was 78.12% 10 years ago and Wartburg still has a high percentage of white students. 0.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.29% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wartburg College 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	2	14	105	39	1	1,339	35
2014-15	1	20	80	42	1	1,290	36
2015-16	0	18	72	40	1	1,190	36
2016-17	0	20	76	56	1	1,110	45
2017-18	0	21	75	75	1	1,153	47
2018-19	2	21	61	70	1	1,139	47
2019-20	2	19	56	71	3	1,172	47
2020-21	3	12	69	74	3	1,233	47
2021-22	1	10	63	66	3	1,239	42
2022-23	2	9	62	59	2	1,146	38
Average	1	16	72	59	2	1,201	42

Wartburg College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

25 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wartburg College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,661	0	0	1,661
2015-16	1,537	0	0	1,537
2016-17	1,482	0	0	1,482
2017-18	1,527	0	7	1,520
2018-19	1,498	0	22	1,476
2019-20	1,505	0	48	1,457
2020-21	1,563	56	979	528
2021-22	1,541	18	355	1,168
2022-23	1,444	25	173	1,246
Average	1,529	11	176	1,342

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