Student Population at William Carey University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
5,662	3,291	2,371

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 5,662 students have enrolled in William Carey University with 3,291 undergraduate and 2,371 graduate students.

By gender, 1,841 male and 3,821 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (5,463 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

1,241 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,514 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

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Student Population by Gender

William Carey University has a total of 5,662 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 3,291 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,371 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,841 male and 3,821 female students (the male-female ratio is 33:67) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,662	3,291	2,371
Men	1,841	1,127	714
Women	3,821	2,164	1,657

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,288 White, 1,580 Black, and 277 Asian students out of a total of 5,662 are attending at William Carey University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	10	3	7
Asian	277	129	148
Black	1,580	397	1,183
Hispanic	168	51	117
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	0	0	0
White	3,288	1,098	2,190
Two or more races	35	10	25
Race Unknown	90	36	54

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	7	3	4
Asian	64	28	36
Black	847	258	589
Hispanic	118	36	82
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	0	0	0
White	2,056	711	1,345
Two or more races	32	9	23
Race Unknown	58	22	36

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	0	0	0
Asian	3	1	2
Black	91	24	67
Hispanic	7	4	3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	0	0	0
White	166	51	115
Two or more races	0	0	0
Race Unknown	5	0	5

Student Age Distribution

By age, William Carey has 304 students under 18 years old and 18 students over 65 years old. There are 2,793 students under 25 years old, and 2,869 students over 25 years old out of 5,662 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 304 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. William Carey has 2,572 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 719 students aged 25 and over.

It has 221 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,150 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	304	198	106
18-19	1,307	787	520
20-21	375	234	141
22-24	807	530	277
25-29	1,005	607	398
30-34	519	384	135
35-39	419	329	90
40-49	627	498	129
50-64	281	237	44
Over 65	18	17	1

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	304	198	106
18-19	1,307	787	520
20-21	368	229	139
22-24	593	383	210
25-29	257	186	71
30-34	145	121	24
35-39	123	103	20
40-49	140	109	31
50-64	53	47	6
Over 65	1	1	0

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

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 William Carey University, 1,241 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,514 students are enrolled in some online courses.

961 students lived in Mississippi or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 280 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	5,662	1,241	1,514
Undergraduate	3,291	502	1,033
Graduate	2,371	739	481

Online Student Population by Locality
	Mississippi Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	961	276	4
Undergraduate	312	188	2
Graduate	649	88	2

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,291 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 285 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.66%.254 students have transferred in as full-time status and 31 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	1,452
Transfer-in Full-time	254
Regular Part-time	1,554
Transfer-in Part-time	31

Student Population at William Carey University

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