Student Population at Pennsylvania Western

By race/ethnicity, 7,774 White, 844 Black, and 119 Asian students out of a total of 10,834 are attending at Pennsylvania Western University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Pennsylvania Western University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 46.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

By age, Pennsylvania Western has 121 students under 18 years old and 29 students over 65 years old. There are 7,165 students under 25 years old, and 3,669 students over 25 years old out of 10,834 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 121 students are younger than 18 and 17 students are older than 65. Pennsylvania Western has 6,409 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,177 students aged 25 and over.

It has 756 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,492 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Pennsylvania Western University, 3,832 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 4,141 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,989 students who live in Pennsylvania or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 843 students live in another State or outside of the United States.