Enrollment Trends at Baldwin-Wallace

The student population at Baldwin Wallace University is 3,305 (2,862 undergraduate and 443 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 691 (17.29%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Baldwin-Wallace is 86.60% which is decreased by 507 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 184 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 79 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
109 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -26.85% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,549 where 3,305 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 3,996 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,220 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,996 to 3,305 students, a net loss of 691 (17.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Baldwin Wallace University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,996	3,369	1,506	1,863	627	262	365
2016-17	3,933 -63	3,287 -82	1,495 -11	1,792 -71	646 19	238 -24	408 43
2017-18	3,791 -142	3,183 -104	1,447 -48	1,736 -56	608 -38	215 -23	393 -15
2018-19	3,709 -82	3,104 -79	1,435 -12	1,669 -67	605 -3	195 -20	410 17
2019-20	3,504 -205	2,964 -140	1,364 -71	1,600 -69	540 -65	157 -38	383 -27
2020-21	3,399 -105	2,860 -104	1,281 -83	1,579 -21	539 -1	167 10	372 -11
2021-22	3,325 -74	2,840 -20	1,254 -27	1,586 7	485 -54	153 -14	332 -40
2022-23	3,220 -105	2,744 -96	1,222 -32	1,522 -64	476 -9	141 -12	335 3
2023-24	3,308 88	2,809 65	1,270 48	1,539 17	499 23	156 15	343 8
2024-25	3,305 -3	2,862 53	1,312 42	1,550 11	443 -56	149 -7	294 -49
Average	3,549	3,002	1,359	1,644	547	183	364

Baldwin Wallace University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,002 where 2,862 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Baldwin Wallace University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,369	3,043	1,391	1,652	326	115	211
2016-17	3,287	3,040	1,398	1,642	247	97	150
2017-18	3,183	2,958	1,355	1,603	225	92	133
2018-19	3,104	2,891	1,341	1,550	213	94	119
2019-20	2,964	2,792	1,288	1,504	172	76	96
2020-21	2,860	2,712	1,214	1,498	148	67	81
2021-22	2,840	2,687	1,189	1,498	153	65	88
2022-23	2,744	2,628	1,168	1,460	116	54	62
2023-24	2,809	2,707	1,223	1,484	102	47	55
2024-25	2,862	2,759	1,272	1,487	103	40	63
Average	3,002	3,002	1,284	1,538	3,002	75	106

Baldwin Wallace University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 547 where 443 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Baldwin Wallace University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	627	385	160	225	242	102	140
2016-17	646	436	158	278	210	80	130
2017-18	608	405	143	262	203	72	131
2018-19	605	372	118	254	233	77	156
2019-20	540	357	104	253	183	53	130
2020-21	539	390	122	268	149	45	104
2021-22	485	353	112	241	132	41	91
2022-23	476	358	107	251	118	34	84
2023-24	499	376	122	254	123	34	89
2024-25	443	357	123	234	86	26	60
Average	547	547	127	252	547	56	112

Baldwin Wallace University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.67%. The percentage was 78.30% 10 years ago and Baldwin-Wallace still has a high percentage of white students. 2.18% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.14% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.30% to 76.67%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.70% to 2.18%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.58% to 7.14%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.95% to 7.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3985 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3752 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Baldwin Wallace University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	8	68	343	198	2	3,129	159
2016-17	2	67	361	203	2	3,071	160
2017-18	3	67	342	193	2	2,954	166
2018-19	2	56	336	188	1	2,881	163
2019-20	9	60	292	188	2	2,756	146
2020-21	3	66	275	204	2	2,643	170
2021-22	2	73	259	212	0	2,584	163
2022-23	3	71	228	206	1	2,504	160
2023-24	4	64	223	223	2	2,557	179
2024-25	4	72	236	241	2	2,534	173
Average	4	66	290	206	2	2,761	164

Baldwin Wallace University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

109 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -26.85% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Baldwin Wallace University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,996	149	639	3,208
2016-17	3,933	139	277	3,517
2017-18	3,791	111	255	3,425
2018-19	3,709	130	247	3,332
2019-20	3,504	137	237	3,130
2020-21	3,399	133	1,511	1,755
2021-22	3,325	124	1,132	2,069
2022-23	3,220	92	548	2,580
2023-24	3,308	135	620	2,553
2024-25	3,305	109	821	2,375
Average	3,549	126	629	2,794

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Enrollment Trends at Baldwin-Wallace

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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