How many students at Whittier? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 1,192 students have enrolled in Whittier College with 1,131 undergraduate and 61 graduate students.

By gender, 521 male and 671 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (1,429 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Arts & Sciences).

7 students are enrolled exclusively, and 299 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Whittier College has a total of 1,192 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 1,131 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 61 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 521 male and 671 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total1,1921,13161
Men52150219
Women67162942
Whittier College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartWhittier College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartWhittier College 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 312 White, 58 Black, and 79 Asian students out of a total of 1,192 are attending at Whittier College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian793841
Black583127
Hispanic529199330
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders532
White312154158
Two or more races763838
Race Unknown481533
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian763838
Black552926
Hispanic499193306
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders532
White295144151
Two or more races753837
Race Unknown411427
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian303
Black321
Hispanic30624
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White17107
Two or more races101
Race Unknown716
Whittier College 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartWhittier College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartWhittier College 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

There are 1,105 students under 25 years old, and 86 students over 25 years old out of 1,192 total students.

Whittier has 1,082 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 49 students aged 25 and over.

It has 23 graduate students aged under 25 and 37 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19352177175
20-21504308196
22-24249137112
25-29523022
30-3419910
35-39321
40-49954
50-64330
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19352177175
20-21504308196
22-24226119107
25-29311516
30-341046
35-39321
40-49431
50-64110
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
22-2423185
25-2921156
30-34954
40-49523
50-64220
Whittier College 2023 Student Population by Age chartWhittier College 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartWhittier College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartWhittier College 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartWhittier College 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartWhittier College 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Whittier College, 7 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 299 students are enrolled in some online courses.

7 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and - students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students1,1927299
Undergraduate1,1310280
Graduate61719
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students7-0
Undergraduate0-0
Graduate7-0
Whittier College 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,131 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 81 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.16%.75 students have transferred in as full-time status and 6 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time1,022
Transfer-in Full-time75
Regular Part-time28
Transfer-in Part-time6

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