Student Population at Widener University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
5,416	2,555	2,861

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 5,416 students have enrolled in Widener University with 2,555 undergraduate and 2,861 graduate students.

By gender, 1,862 male and 3,554 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).

1,128 students are enrolled exclusively, and 869 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

Widener University has a total of 5,416 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,555 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,861 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,862 male and 3,554 female students (the male-female ratio is 34:66) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,416	2,555	2,861
Men	1,862	1,061	801
Women	3,554	1,494	2,060

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,329 White, 900 Black, and 190 Asian students out of a total of 5,416 are attending at Widener 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	7	3	4
Asian	190	67	123
Black	900	256	644
Hispanic	380	130	250
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	4	2	2
White	3,329	1,197	2,132
Two or more races	108	33	75
Race Unknown	385	110	275

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	2	2
Asian	108	42	66
Black	459	160	299
Hispanic	160	64	96
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	1,660	710	950
Two or more races	30	14	16
Race Unknown	90	41	49

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	1	0
Asian	9	1	8
Black	58	12	46
Hispanic	10	3	7
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	0	0	0
White	77	22	55
Two or more races	1	0	1
Race Unknown	4	1	3

Student Age Distribution

By age, Widener has 26 students under 18 years old and 12 students over 65 years old. There are 3,168 students under 25 years old, and 2,248 students over 25 years old out of 5,416 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 26 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. Widener has 2,287 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 268 students aged 25 and over.

It has 881 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,980 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	26	16	10
18-19	966	566	400
20-21	1,050	586	464
22-24	1,126	719	407
25-29	942	678	264
30-34	473	334	139
35-39	283	222	61
40-49	355	281	74
50-64	183	144	39
Over 65	12	8	4

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	26	16	10
18-19	966	566	400
20-21	1,025	564	461
22-24	270	155	115
25-29	90	61	29
30-34	54	38	16
35-39	46	37	9
40-49	52	41	11
50-64	22	14	8
Over 65	4	2	2

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 Widener University, 1,128 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 869 students are enrolled in some online courses.

652 students lived in Pennsylvania or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 476 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	5,416	1,128	869
Undergraduate	2,555	180	591
Graduate	2,861	948	278

Online Student Population by Locality
	Pennsylvania Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	652	462	14
Undergraduate	119	61	0
Graduate	533	401	14

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,555 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 162 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.34%.130 students have transferred in as full-time status and 32 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	2,209
Transfer-in Full-time	130
Regular Part-time	184
Transfer-in Part-time	32

Student Population at Widener University

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