How many students at Wheeling? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 749 students have enrolled in Wheeling University with 594 undergraduate and 155 graduate students.

By gender, 433 male and 316 female students are attending the school.

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

113 students are enrolled exclusively, and 346 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

Wheeling University has a total of 749 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 594 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 155 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 433 male and 316 female students (the male-female ratio is 58:42) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total749594155
Men43335578
Women31623977
Wheeling University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartWheeling University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartWheeling University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 217 White, 92 Black, and 9 Asian students out of a total of 749 are attending at Wheeling 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 American734
Asian936
Black927616
Hispanic220
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White217104113
Two or more races431
Race Unknown384217167
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American532
Asian936
Black776413
Hispanic220
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White1617883
Two or more races431
Race Unknown302177125
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American202
Asian---
Black15123
Hispanic---
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White562630
Two or more races---
Race Unknown824042
Wheeling University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartWheeling University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartWheeling University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

There are 522 students under 25 years old, and 131 students over 25 years old out of 700 total students.

Wheeling has 495 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 64 students aged 25 and over.

It has 27 graduate students aged under 25 and 67 students aged 25 and over.

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

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18101
18-1917964115
20-2119363130
22-2414948101
25-29492524
30-34221210
35-3920155
40-4931292
50-64972
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18101
18-1917964115
20-2119363130
22-241224082
25-29231013
30-341596
35-39862
40-4915141
50-64321
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
22-2427819
25-29261511
30-34734
35-391293
40-4916151
50-64651
Wheeling University 2022 Student Population by Age chartWheeling University 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartWheeling University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartWheeling University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartWheeling University 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartWheeling 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 Wheeling University, 113 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 346 students are enrolled in some online courses.

73 students lived in West Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 40 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students749113346
Undergraduate59421304
Graduate1559242
Online Student Population by Locality
West Virginia ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students73400
Undergraduate1650
Graduate57350
Wheeling University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 594 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 54 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.09%.32 students have transferred in as full-time status and 22 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time474
Transfer-in Full-time32
Regular Part-time66
Transfer-in Part-time22

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