How many students at North Carolina Wesleyan? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 1,337 students have enrolled in North Carolina Wesleyan University with 1,249 undergraduate and 88 graduate students.

By gender, 659 male and 678 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (1,143 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields).

341 students are enrolled exclusively, and 232 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

North Carolina Wesleyan University has a total of 1,337 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 1,249 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 88 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 659 male and 678 female students (the male-female ratio is 49:51) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total1,3371,24988
Men65963227
Women67861761
North Carolina Wesleyan University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartNorth Carolina Wesleyan University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartNorth Carolina Wesleyan University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 366 White, 537 Black, and 6 Asian students out of a total of 1,337 are attending at North Carolina Wesleyan University. 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 American18108
Asian624
Black537240297
Hispanic411625
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders211
White366171195
Two or more races612338
Race Unknown1356768
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1697
Asian624
Black493224269
Hispanic381424
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders101
White336164172
Two or more races582335
Race Unknown1306763
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American211
Asian---
Black441628
Hispanic321
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders110
White30723
Two or more races303
Race Unknown505
North Carolina Wesleyan University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartNorth Carolina Wesleyan University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartNorth Carolina Wesleyan University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

There are 969 students under 25 years old, and 562 students over 25 years old out of 1,531 total students.

North Carolina Wesleyan has 949 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 475 students aged 25 and over.

It has 20 graduate students aged under 25 and 87 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1819811
18-1933498236
20-21423208215
22-2419391102
25-291238340
30-341138330
35-39886622
40-4916713532
50-64715615
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1819811
18-1933498236
20-21420205215
22-241767997
25-291057035
30-34956926
35-39755520
40-4914111427
50-64594811
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21330
22-2417125
25-2918135
30-3418144
35-3913112
40-4926215
50-641284
North Carolina Wesleyan University 2022 Student Population by Age chartNorth Carolina Wesleyan University 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartNorth Carolina Wesleyan University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartNorth Carolina Wesleyan University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartNorth Carolina Wesleyan University 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartNorth Carolina Wesleyan University 2022 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 North Carolina Wesleyan University, 341 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 232 students are enrolled in some online courses.

303 students lived in North Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 38 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students1,337341232
Undergraduate1,249253232
Graduate88880
Online Student Population by Locality
North Carolina ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students303371
Undergraduate225271
Graduate78100
North Carolina Wesleyan University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,249 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 91 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.29%.66 students have transferred in as full-time status and 25 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time974
Transfer-in Full-time66
Regular Part-time184
Transfer-in Part-time25

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