Enrollment Trends at Widener

The student population at Widener University is 5,416 (2,555 undergraduate and 2,861 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 391 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Widener is 47.18% which is decreased by 869 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,260 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.91 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,128 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 236.72% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,872 where 5,416 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

47.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 52.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 869 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,260 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.91 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Widener than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,025	3,424	1,541	1,883	1,601	407	1,194
2014-15	4,912 -113	3,350 -74	1,495 -46	1,855 -28	1,562 -39	395 -12	1,167 -27
2015-16	5,303 391	3,493 143	1,575 80	1,918 63	1,810 248	444 49	1,366 199
2016-17	6,402 1,099	3,597 104	1,596 21	2,001 83	2,805 995	812 368	1,993 627
2017-18	6,518 116	3,436 -161	1,489 -107	1,947 -54	3,082 277	851 39	2,231 238
2018-19	6,621 103	3,367 -69	1,440 -49	1,927 -20	3,254 172	894 43	2,360 129
2019-20	6,496 -125	3,223 -144	1,388 -52	1,835 -92	3,273 19	882 -12	2,391 31
2020-21	6,150 -346	2,912 -311	1,256 -132	1,656 -179	3,238 -35	897 15	2,341 -50
2021-22	5,875 -275	2,766 -146	1,159 -97	1,607 -49	3,109 -129	874 -23	2,235 -106
2022-23	5,416 -459	2,555 -211	1,061 -98	1,494 -113	2,861 -248	801 -73	2,060 -175
Average	5,872	3,212	1,400	1,812	2,660	726	1,934

Widener University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,212 where 2,555 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 Widener University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,424	2,875	1,340	1,535	549	201	348
2014-15	3,350	2,861	1,336	1,525	489	159	330
2015-16	3,493	2,941	1,372	1,569	552	203	349
2016-17	3,597	2,981	1,386	1,595	616	210	406
2017-18	3,436	2,919	1,324	1,595	517	165	352
2018-19	3,367	2,915	1,303	1,612	452	137	315
2019-20	3,223	2,784	1,254	1,530	439	134	305
2020-21	2,912	2,633	1,180	1,453	279	76	203
2021-22	2,766	2,540	1,096	1,444	226	63	163
2022-23	2,555	2,339	997	1,342	216	64	152
Average	3,212	3,212	1,259	1,520	3,212	141	292

Widener University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,660 where 2,861 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 Widener University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,601	698	165	533	903	242	661
2014-15	1,562	703	181	522	859	214	645
2015-16	1,810	713	189	524	1,097	255	842
2016-17	2,805	1,405	530	875	1,400	282	1,118
2017-18	3,082	1,446	552	894	1,636	299	1,337
2018-19	3,254	1,581	594	987	1,673	300	1,373
2019-20	3,273	1,666	626	1,040	1,607	256	1,351
2020-21	3,238	1,754	642	1,112	1,484	255	1,229
2021-22	3,109	1,754	631	1,123	1,355	243	1,112
2022-23	2,861	1,742	623	1,119	1,119	178	941
Average	2,660	2,660	473	873	2,660	252	1,061

Widener University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.47%. The percentage was 67.72% 10 years ago and Widener still has a high percentage of white students. 3.51% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.62% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Widener 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	17	166	784	224	7	3,403	108
2014-15	17	173	731	230	6	3,285	117
2015-16	16	186	847	266	5	3,481	109
2016-17	31	214	1,003	326	3	4,206	146
2017-18	21	221	1,078	361	3	4,221	166
2018-19	24	210	1,051	365	1	4,294	199
2019-20	19	202	974	394	1	4,246	169
2020-21	14	208	903	374	1	3,955	156
2021-22	9	191	905	369	4	3,685	128
2022-23	7	190	900	380	4	3,329	108
Average	18	196	918	329	4	3,811	141

Widener University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,128 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 236.72% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Widener University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,912	335	300	4,277
2015-16	5,303	387	527	4,389
2016-17	6,402	763	801	4,838
2017-18	6,518	1,012	1,901	3,605
2018-19	6,621	1,148	1,254	4,219
2019-20	6,496	1,080	1,309	4,107
2020-21	6,150	5,062	1,047	41
2021-22	5,875	1,310	1,123	3,442
2022-23	5,416	1,128	869	3,419
Average	5,966	1,358	1,015	3,593

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