How many students at RWU? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 4,397 students have enrolled in Roger Williams University with 4,103 undergraduate and 294 graduate students.

By gender, 2,170 male and 2,227 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (1,948 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (medium programs)).

222 students are enrolled exclusively, and 417 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

Roger Williams University has a total of 4,397 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,103 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 294 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,170 male and 2,227 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
Total4,3974,103294
Men2,1702,058112
Women2,2272,045182
Roger Williams University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartRoger Williams University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartRoger Williams University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,221 White, 144 Black, and 91 Asian students out of a total of 4,397 are attending at Roger Williams 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 American1046
Asian913952
Black1448064
Hispanic433171262
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders440
White3,2211,6271,594
Two or more races1265868
Race Unknown319170149
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1046
Asian863749
Black1277255
Hispanic394160234
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders440
White3,0181,5431,475
Two or more races1115457
Race Unknown312168144
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian523
Black1789
Hispanic391128
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White20384119
Two or more races15411
Race Unknown725
Roger Williams University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartRoger Williams University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartRoger Williams University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, RWU has 100 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 3,995 students under 25 years old, and 400 students over 25 years old out of 4,397 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 100 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. RWU has 3,807 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 294 students aged 25 and over.

It has 188 graduate students aged under 25 and 106 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181005842
18-191,783932851
20-211,689837852
22-24423208215
25-291206357
30-34774235
35-39562927
40-491034558
50-6440931
Over 65431
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 181005842
18-191,783932851
20-211,680831849
22-2424489155
25-29793841
30-34592930
35-39422220
40-49793445
50-6431823
Over 65431
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21963
22-2417911960
25-29412516
30-3418135
35-391477
40-49241113
50-64918
Roger Williams University 2023 Student Population by Age chartRoger Williams University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartRoger Williams University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartRoger Williams University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartRoger Williams University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartRoger Williams University 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 Roger Williams University, 222 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 417 students are enrolled in some online courses.

111 students lived in Rhode Island or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 111 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students4,397222417
Undergraduate4,103221417
Graduate29410
Online Student Population by Locality
Rhode Island ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1111092
Undergraduate1111082
Graduate010
Roger Williams University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,103 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 476 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.60%.290 students have transferred in as full-time status and 186 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time3,411
Transfer-in Full-time290
Regular Part-time216
Transfer-in Part-time186

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