Enrollment Trends at Wheeling

The student population at Wheeling University is 749 (594 undergraduate and 155 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 870 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Wheeling is 79.31% which is decreased by 586 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 284 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.73 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

113 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -70.50% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,127 where 749 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.31% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.69% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 586 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 284 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.73 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Wheeling than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,619	1,180	528	652	439	126	313
2014-15	1,575 -44	1,187 7	562 34	625 -27	388 -51	124 -2	264 -49
2015-16	1,385 -190	1,043 -144	496 -66	547 -78	342 -46	107 -17	235 -29
2016-17	1,289 -96	945 -98	465 -31	480 -67	344 2	109 2	235 0
2017-18	1,124 -165	719 -226	372 -93	347 -133	405 61	119 10	286 51
2018-19	1,171 47	861 142	466 94	395 48	310 -95	102 -17	208 -78
2019-20	798 -373	532 -329	263 -203	269 -126	266 -44	97 -5	169 -39
2020-21	857 59	582 50	338 75	244 -25	275 9	110 13	165 -4
2021-22	700 -157	599 17	371 33	228 -16	101 -174	44 -66	57 -108
2022-23	749 49	594 -5	355 -16	239 11	155 54	78 34	77 20
Average	1,127	824	422	403	303	102	201

Wheeling University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 824 where 594 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 Wheeling University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,180	938	467	471	242	61	181
2014-15	1,187	964	501	463	223	61	162
2015-16	1,043	858	451	407	185	45	140
2016-17	945	790	418	372	155	47	108
2017-18	719	670	355	315	49	17	32
2018-19	861	755	429	326	106	37	69
2019-20	532	423	226	197	109	37	72
2020-21	582	476	290	186	106	48	58
2021-22	599	506	330	176	93	41	52
2022-23	594	506	319	187	88	36	52
Average	824	824	379	310	824	43	93

Wheeling University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 303 where 155 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 Wheeling University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	439	149	62	87	290	64	226
2014-15	388	152	71	81	236	53	183
2015-16	342	146	71	75	196	36	160
2016-17	344	192	77	115	152	32	120
2017-18	405	199	78	121	206	41	165
2018-19	310	196	80	116	114	22	92
2019-20	266	160	71	89	106	26	80
2020-21	275	140	72	68	135	38	97
2021-22	101	5	2	3	96	42	54
2022-23	155	68	36	32	87	42	45
Average	303	303	62	79	303	40	122

Wheeling University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.97% and the percentage of black students is 12.28% at Wheeling University. 1.20% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wheeling 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	1	18	61	33	4	1,333	6
2014-15	4	19	70	31	2	1,238	25
2015-16	5	17	71	28	3	1,080	22
2016-17	6	16	75	30	8	1,006	24
2017-18	5	17	82	26	13	855	25
2018-19	7	17	110	38	9	836	14
2019-20	9	20	106	8	0	555	3
2020-21	7	23	155	46	4	498	0
2021-22	3	14	105	19	2	281	17
2022-23	7	9	92	2	0	217	4
Average	5	17	93	26	5	790	14

Wheeling University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

113 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -70.50% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wheeling University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,575	383	244	948
2015-16	1,385	346	267	772
2016-17	1,289	292	417	580
2017-18	1,124	246	438	440
2018-19	1,171	135	229	807
2019-20	798	101	220	477
2020-21	857	222	635	0
2021-22	700	35	635	30
2022-23	749	113	346	290
Average	1,072	208	381	483

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