Enrollment Trends at William Penn

The student population at William Penn University is 1,473 (1,404 undergraduate and 69 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 402 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at William Penn is 95.32% which is decreased by 324 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 78 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.99 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

286 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 47.42% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,486 where 1,473 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

95.32% of total students is undergraduate students and 4.68% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 324 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 78 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.99 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in William Penn.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,875	1,728	862	866	147	48	99
2014-15	1,791 -84	1,698 -30	855 -7	843 -23	93 -54	42 -6	51 -48
2015-16	1,635 -156	1,553 -145	821 -34	732 -111	82 -11	46 4	36 -15
2016-17	1,487 -148	1,426 -127	722 -99	704 -28	61 -21	32 -14	29 -7
2017-18	1,339 -148	1,282 -144	665 -57	617 -87	57 -4	32 0	25 -4
2018-19	1,279 -60	1,214 -68	675 10	539 -78	65 8	34 2	31 6
2019-20	1,258 -21	1,195 -19	645 -30	550 11	63 -2	33 -1	30 -1
2020-21	1,350 92	1,276 81	683 38	593 43	74 11	41 8	33 3
2021-22	1,372 22	1,304 28	682 -1	622 29	68 -6	42 1	26 -7
2022-23	1,473 101	1,404 100	694 12	710 88	69 1	46 4	23 -3
Average	1,486	1,408	730	678	78	40	38

William Penn University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,408 where 1,404 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 William Penn University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,728	1,536	787	749	192	75	117
2014-15	1,698	1,493	787	706	205	68	137
2015-16	1,553	1,415	768	647	138	53	85
2016-17	1,426	1,121	616	505	305	106	199
2017-18	1,282	1,068	597	471	214	68	146
2018-19	1,214	1,032	605	427	182	70	112
2019-20	1,195	1,091	613	478	104	32	72
2020-21	1,276	1,181	645	536	95	38	57
2021-22	1,304	1,210	647	563	94	35	59
2022-23	1,404	1,290	656	634	114	38	76
Average	1,408	1,408	672	572	1,408	58	106

William Penn University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 78 where 69 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 William Penn University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	147	119	44	75	28	4	24
2014-15	93	93	42	51	0	0	0
2015-16	82	82	46	36	0	0	0
2016-17	61	25	12	13	36	20	16
2017-18	57	12	5	7	45	27	18
2018-19	65	19	7	12	46	27	19
2019-20	63	19	9	10	44	24	20
2020-21	74	42	24	18	32	17	15
2021-22	68	42	30	12	26	12	14
2022-23	69	43	32	11	26	14	12
Average	78	78	25	25	78	15	14

William Penn University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.91%. The percentage was 69.55% 10 years ago and William Penn still has a high percentage of white students. 0.95% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.75% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at William Penn 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	23	243	130	6	1,304	48
2014-15	10	24	290	135	6	1,179	29
2015-16	12	25	278	127	8	1,026	26
2016-17	11	22	242	134	9	923	26
2017-18	10	19	255	119	4	791	23
2018-19	10	22	268	123	6	734	32
2019-20	10	13	258	99	6	682	65
2020-21	7	11	241	141	3	752	52
2021-22	7	12	231	142	9	764	50
2022-23	9	14	232	140	14	853	66
Average	9	19	254	129	7	901	42

William Penn University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

286 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 47.42% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at William Penn University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,791	194	336	1,261
2015-16	1,635	197	465	973
2016-17	1,487	250	289	948
2017-18	1,339	311	337	691
2018-19	1,279	167	200	912
2019-20	1,258	232	171	855
2020-21	1,350	253	209	888
2021-22	1,372	253	200	919
2022-23	1,473	286	248	939
Average	1,443	238	273	932

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