Enrollment Trends at W&L

The student population at Washington and Lee University is 2,243 (1,867 undergraduate and 376 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 34 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at W&L is 83.24% which is increased by 12 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 46 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Washington and Lee University does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,224 where 2,243 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

83.24% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.76% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 12 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 46 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 W&L.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,277	1,855	936	919	422	219	203
2014-15	2,264 -13	1,890 35	952 16	938 19	374 -48	203 -16	171 -32
2015-16	2,172 -92	1,854 -36	942 -10	912 -26	318 -56	182 -21	136 -35
2016-17	2,160 -12	1,830 -24	945 3	885 -27	330 12	182 0	148 12
2017-18	2,220 60	1,827 -3	946 1	881 -4	393 63	215 33	178 30
2018-19	2,223 3	1,829 2	922 -24	907 26	394 1	206 -9	188 10
2019-20	2,264 41	1,860 31	929 7	931 24	404 10	208 2	196 8
2020-21	2,183 -81	1,822 -38	894 -35	928 -3	361 -43	185 -23	176 -20
2021-22	2,238 55	1,857 35	905 11	952 24	381 20	186 1	195 19
2022-23	2,243 5	1,867 10	916 11	951 -1	376 -5	188 2	188 -7
Average	2,224	1,849	929	920	375	197	178

Washington and Lee University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,849 where 1,867 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 Washington and Lee University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,855	1,851	934	917	4	2	2
2014-15	1,890	1,882	948	934	8	4	4
2015-16	1,854	1,851	940	911	3	2	1
2016-17	1,830	1,824	941	883	6	4	2
2017-18	1,827	1,823	943	880	4	3	1
2018-19	1,829	1,825	920	905	4	2	2
2019-20	1,860	1,845	916	929	15	13	2
2020-21	1,822	1,821	893	928	1	1	0
2021-22	1,857	1,853	903	950	4	2	2
2022-23	1,867	1,859	911	948	8	5	3
Average	1,849	1,849	925	919	1,849	4	2

Washington and Lee University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 375 where 376 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 Washington and Lee University since 2013.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	422	422	219	203	0	0
2014-15	374	374	203	171	0	0
2015-16	318	318	182	136	0	0
2016-17	330	330	182	148	0	0
2017-18	393	393	215	178	0	0
2018-19	394	394	206	188	0	0
2019-20	404	404	208	196	0	0
2020-21	361	361	185	176	0	0
2021-22	381	379	186	193	2	2
2022-23	376	376	188	188	0	0
Average	375	375	197	178	375	0

Washington and Lee University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.47%. The percentage was 81.99% 10 years ago and W&L still has a high percentage of white students. 4.28% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.28% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Washington and Lee 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	2	84	79	80	0	1,867	34
2014-15	2	68	73	98	1	1,831	52
2015-16	2	68	56	95	0	1,747	64
2016-17	2	66	51	94	0	1,747	71
2017-18	2	78	55	103	1	1,783	68
2018-19	2	86	65	105	0	1,769	79
2019-20	3	89	86	122	1	1,739	86
2020-21	1	93	86	138	2	1,661	85
2021-22	1	88	97	155	1	1,647	100
2022-23	3	96	96	175	3	1,603	93
Average	2	82	74	117	1	1,739	73

Washington and Lee University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at W&L

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes