Enrollment Trends at WNE

The student population at Western New England University is 3,430 (2,406 undergraduate and 1,024 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 370 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WNE is 70.15% which is decreased by 261 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 109 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.90 to 1 which means that male students enrolled slightly more than female students.

249 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 154.08% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,754 where 3,430 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

70.15% of total students is undergraduate students and 29.85% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 261 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 109 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.90 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in WNE than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,800	2,667	1,610	1,057	1,133	503	630
2014-15	3,922 122	2,732 65	1,643 33	1,089 32	1,190 57	518 15	672 42
2015-16	3,912 -10	2,733 1	1,659 16	1,074 -15	1,179 -11	512 -6	667 -5
2016-17	3,810 -102	2,724 -9	1,678 19	1,046 -28	1,086 -93	468 -44	618 -49
2017-18	3,776 -34	2,736 12	1,721 43	1,015 -31	1,040 -46	433 -35	607 -11
2018-19	3,780 4	2,751 15	1,727 6	1,024 9	1,029 -11	407 -26	622 15
2019-20	3,801 21	2,698 -53	1,648 -79	1,050 26	1,103 74	419 12	684 62
2020-21	3,673 -128	2,552 -146	1,516 -132	1,036 -14	1,121 18	423 4	698 14
2021-22	3,635 -38	2,583 31	1,489 -27	1,094 58	1,052 -69	411 -12	641 -57
2022-23	3,430 -205	2,406 -177	1,398 -91	1,008 -86	1,024 -28	407 -4	617 -24
Average	3,754	2,658	1,609	1,049	1,096	450	646

Western New England University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,658 where 2,406 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 Western New England University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,667	2,498	1,514	984	169	96	73
2014-15	2,732	2,576	1,565	1,011	156	78	78
2015-16	2,733	2,578	1,572	1,006	155	87	68
2016-17	2,724	2,580	1,593	987	144	85	59
2017-18	2,736	2,613	1,646	967	123	75	48
2018-19	2,751	2,629	1,652	977	122	75	47
2019-20	2,698	2,580	1,569	1,011	118	79	39
2020-21	2,552	2,486	1,476	1,010	66	40	26
2021-22	2,583	2,522	1,462	1,060	61	27	34
2022-23	2,406	2,324	1,348	976	82	50	32
Average	2,658	2,658	1,540	999	2,658	69	50

Western New England University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,096 where 1,024 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 Western New England University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,133	457	210	247	676	293	383
2014-15	1,190	534	232	302	656	286	370
2015-16	1,179	509	212	297	670	300	370
2016-17	1,086	468	192	276	618	276	342
2017-18	1,040	472	177	295	568	256	312
2018-19	1,029	500	180	320	529	227	302
2019-20	1,103	505	186	319	598	233	365
2020-21	1,121	497	180	317	624	243	381
2021-22	1,052	475	167	308	577	244	333
2022-23	1,024	634	249	385	390	158	232
Average	1,096	1,096	199	307	1,096	252	339

Western New England University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.93%. The percentage was 73.58% 10 years ago and WNE still has a high percentage of white students. 3.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.01% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western New England 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	8	134	189	243	3	2,796	54
2014-15	10	147	234	273	2	2,752	42
2015-16	12	147	237	260	3	2,699	37
2016-17	12	132	226	270	4	2,630	43
2017-18	12	143	220	294	8	2,641	56
2018-19	15	150	176	317	8	2,678	66
2019-20	11	150	186	316	4	2,726	77
2020-21	6	121	200	327	5	2,677	86
2021-22	5	127	209	330	4	2,647	85
2022-23	3	118	206	327	2	2,433	91
Average	9	137	208	296	4	2,668	64

Western New England University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

249 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 154.08% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western New England University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,922	98	484	3,340
2015-16	3,912	68	534	3,310
2016-17	3,810	77	588	3,145
2017-18	3,776	21	670	3,085
2018-19	3,780	43	690	3,047
2019-20	3,801	39	600	3,162
2020-21	3,673	71	2,036	1,566
2021-22	3,635	231	1,272	2,132
2022-23	3,430	249	1,531	1,650
Average	3,749	100	934	2,715

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