Enrollment Trends at Wesleyan

The student population at Wesleyan University is 3,253 (3,069 undergraduate and 184 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 48 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Wesleyan is 94.34% which is increased by 163 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 115 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.18 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

59 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 3,232 where 3,253 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

94.34% of total students is undergraduate students and 5.66% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 163 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 115 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.18 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Wesleyan than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,205	2,906	1,402	1,504	299	137	162
2014-15	3,224 19	2,928 22	1,397 -5	1,531 27	296 -3	137 0	159 -3
2015-16	3,138 -86	2,897 -31	1,349 -48	1,548 17	241 -55	112 -25	129 -30
2016-17	3,206 68	2,971 74	1,367 18	1,604 56	235 -6	106 -6	129 0
2017-18	3,213 7	2,976 5	1,376 9	1,600 -4	237 2	116 10	121 -8
2018-19	3,217 4	3,009 33	1,350 -26	1,659 59	208 -29	100 -16	108 -13
2019-20	3,230 13	3,018 9	1,388 38	1,630 -29	212 4	102 2	110 2
2020-21	3,053 -177	2,852 -166	1,207 -181	1,645 15	201 -11	88 -14	113 3
2021-22	3,581 528	3,385 533	1,483 276	1,902 257	196 -5	83 -5	113 0
2022-23	3,253 -328	3,069 -316	1,420 -63	1,649 -253	184 -12	71 -12	113 0
Average	3,232	3,001	1,374	1,627	231	105	126

Wesleyan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,001 where 3,069 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 Wesleyan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,906	2,899	1,401	1,498	7	1	6
2014-15	2,928	2,914	1,388	1,526	14	9	5
2015-16	2,897	2,820	1,299	1,521	77	50	27
2016-17	2,971	2,918	1,342	1,576	53	25	28
2017-18	2,976	2,896	1,331	1,565	80	45	35
2018-19	3,009	2,928	1,308	1,620	81	42	39
2019-20	3,018	2,937	1,337	1,600	81	51	30
2020-21	2,852	2,836	1,201	1,635	16	6	10
2021-22	3,385	3,238	1,413	1,825	147	70	77
2022-23	3,069	3,006	1,388	1,618	63	32	31
Average	3,001	3,001	1,341	1,598	3,001	33	29

Wesleyan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 231 where 184 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 Wesleyan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	299	192	95	97	107	42	65
2014-15	296	188	97	91	108	40	68
2015-16	241	156	80	76	85	32	53
2016-17	235	151	68	83	84	38	46
2017-18	237	152	78	74	85	38	47
2018-19	208	124	65	59	84	35	49
2019-20	212	126	66	60	86	36	50
2020-21	201	134	65	69	67	23	44
2021-22	196	132	66	66	64	17	47
2022-23	184	124	52	72	60	19	41
Average	231	231	73	75	231	32	51

Wesleyan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.64%. The percentage was 52.64% 10 years ago and Wesleyan still has a high percentage of white students. 8.79% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.63% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at 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	4	244	216	288	3	1,687	170
2014-15	3	272	213	297	4	1,710	168
2015-16	2	250	230	321	3	1,662	168
2016-17	4	228	215	320	5	1,747	163
2017-18	3	246	221	344	2	1,717	162
2018-19	3	226	217	358	1	1,718	189
2019-20	3	230	204	353	4	1,717	189
2020-21	1	239	169	343	2	1,665	199
2021-22	1	266	221	416	3	1,947	237
2022-23	1	286	183	351	2	1,745	229
Average	3	249	209	339	3	1,732	187

Wesleyan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

59 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 Wesleyan University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,224	0	0	3,224
2015-16	3,138	0	0	3,138
2016-17	3,206	0	0	3,206
2017-18	3,213	0	0	3,213
2018-19	3,217	0	0	3,217
2019-20	3,230	0	0	3,230
2020-21	3,053	359	2,586	108
2021-22	3,581	115	38	3,428
2022-23	3,253	59	35	3,159
Average	3,235	59	295	2,880

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