Enrollment Trends at Wheaton

The student population at Wheaton College is 2,885 (2,163 undergraduate and 722 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 108 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Wheaton is 74.97% which is decreased by 281 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 173 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

57 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 2,943 where 2,885 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.97% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.03% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 281 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 173 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Wheaton than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,993	2,444	1,190	1,254	549	222	327
2014-15	2,914 -79	2,432 -12	1,172 -18	1,260 6	482 -67	204 -18	278 -49
2015-16	2,929 15	2,463 31	1,156 -16	1,307 47	466 -16	206 2	260 -18
2016-17	2,901 -28	2,456 -7	1,149 -7	1,307 0	445 -21	177 -29	268 8
2017-18	2,900 -1	2,391 -65	1,097 -52	1,294 -13	509 64	222 45	287 19
2018-19	2,944 44	2,401 10	1,089 -8	1,312 18	543 34	232 10	311 24
2019-20	3,004 60	2,395 -6	1,102 13	1,293 -19	609 66	263 31	346 35
2020-21	2,908 -96	2,265 -130	1,005 -97	1,260 -33	643 34	218 -45	425 79
2021-22	3,047 139	2,341 76	1,052 47	1,289 29	706 63	244 26	462 37
2022-23	2,885 -162	2,163 -178	958 -94	1,205 -84	722 16	289 45	433 -29
Average	2,943	2,375	1,097	1,278	567	228	340

Wheaton College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,375 where 2,163 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 Wheaton College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,444	2,378	1,152	1,226	66	38	28
2014-15	2,432	2,368	1,132	1,236	64	40	24
2015-16	2,463	2,410	1,122	1,288	53	34	19
2016-17	2,456	2,400	1,117	1,283	56	32	24
2017-18	2,391	2,310	1,046	1,264	81	51	30
2018-19	2,401	2,326	1,048	1,278	75	41	34
2019-20	2,395	2,328	1,062	1,266	67	40	27
2020-21	2,265	2,195	969	1,226	70	36	34
2021-22	2,341	2,202	979	1,223	139	73	66
2022-23	2,163	2,081	921	1,160	82	37	45
Average	2,375	2,375	1,055	1,245	2,375	42	33

Wheaton College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 567 where 722 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 Wheaton College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	549	287	112	175	262	110	152
2014-15	482	268	111	157	214	93	121
2015-16	466	249	101	148	217	105	112
2016-17	445	249	91	158	196	86	110
2017-18	509	241	92	149	268	130	138
2018-19	543	275	116	159	268	116	152
2019-20	609	256	103	153	353	160	193
2020-21	643	225	83	142	418	135	283
2021-22	706	228	72	156	478	172	306
2022-23	722	226	83	143	496	206	290
Average	567	567	96	154	567	131	186

Wheaton College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.59%. The percentage was 74.57% 10 years ago and Wheaton still has a high percentage of white students. 8.87% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.84% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wheaton 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	4	228	72	128	0	2,232	110
2014-15	3	236	75	135	0	2,118	122
2015-16	3	241	85	140	0	2,125	128
2016-17	3	254	85	150	0	2,062	116
2017-18	10	242	88	153	0	2,052	119
2018-19	6	245	95	163	2	2,029	158
2019-20	4	269	97	186	4	2,038	148
2020-21	2	257	89	192	3	1,978	167
2021-22	3	278	95	200	3	2,077	159
2022-23	3	256	82	210	1	1,950	155
Average	4	251	86	166	1	2,066	138

Wheaton College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

57 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 Wheaton College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,914	0	0	2,914
2015-16	2,929	0	1	2,928
2016-17	2,901	0	0	2,901
2017-18	2,900	62	5	2,833
2018-19	2,944	50	5	2,889
2019-20	3,004	102	43	2,859
2020-21	2,908	147	1,010	1,751
2021-22	3,047	53	223	2,771
2022-23	2,885	57	202	2,626
Average	2,937	52	165	2,719

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