Enrollment Trends at IWU

The student population at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion is 2,204 (2,075 undergraduate and 129 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 12,526 (85.04%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at IWU is 94.15% which is decreased by 8,112 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 4,414 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 67 male students for every 100 female students, up from 49 in 2015.
7 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -99.90% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,018 where 2,204 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 14,730 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,204 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 14,730 to 2,204 students, a net loss of 12,526 (85%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	14,730	10,187	3,324	6,863	4,543	1,520	3,023
2016-17	3,040 -11,690	2,782 -7,405	956 -2,368	1,826 -5,037	258 -4,285	73 -1,447	185 -2,838
2017-18	3,072 32	2,799 17	987 31	1,812 -14	273 15	73	200 15
2018-19	3,188 116	2,853 54	1,004 17	1,849 37	335 62	70 -3	265 65
2019-20	3,165 -23	2,762 -91	986 -18	1,776 -73	403 68	87 17	316 51
2020-21	3,108 -57	2,677 -85	939 -47	1,738 -38	431 28	92 5	339 23
2021-22	2,862 -246	2,461 -216	903 -36	1,558 -180	401 -30	78 -14	323 -16
2022-23	2,603 -259	2,236 -225	819 -84	1,417 -141	367 -34	76 -2	291 -32
2023-24	2,207 -396	2,079 -157	789 -30	1,290 -127	128 -239	42 -34	86 -205
2024-25	2,204 -3	2,075 -4	832 43	1,243 -47	129 1	50 8	79 -7
Average	4,018	3,291	1,154	2,137	727	216	511

Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,291 where 2,075 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 Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,187	9,028	2,889	6,139	1,159	435	724
2016-17	2,782	2,618	887	1,731	164	69	95
2017-18	2,799	2,634	922	1,712	165	65	100
2018-19	2,853	2,598	923	1,675	255	81	174
2019-20	2,762	2,528	906	1,622	234	80	154
2020-21	2,677	2,415	847	1,568	262	92	170
2021-22	2,461	2,222	809	1,413	239	94	145
2022-23	2,236	2,072	745	1,327	164	74	90
2023-24	2,079	1,893	705	1,188	186	84	102
2024-25	2,075	1,951	780	1,171	124	52	72
Average	3,291	3,291	1,041	1,955	3,291	113	183

Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 727 where 129 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 Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,543	4,011	1,298	2,713	532	222	310
2016-17	258	109	33	76	149	40	109
2017-18	273	122	41	81	151	32	119
2018-19	335	150	41	109	185	29	156
2019-20	403	174	45	129	229	42	187
2020-21	431	217	53	164	214	39	175
2021-22	401	176	48	128	225	30	195
2022-23	367	178	41	137	189	35	154
2023-24	128	107	35	72	21	7	14
2024-25	129	121	46	75	8	4	4
Average	727	727	168	368	727	48	142

Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 81.08%. The percentage was 71.19% 10 years ago and IWU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.63% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.76% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 71.19% to 81.08%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.92% to 2.27%. Black student enrollment decreased from 19.83% to 5.63%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.25% to 4.76%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3360 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4515 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion 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	42	135	2,921	626	10	10,486	326
2016-17	3	34	122	127	2	2,458	92
2017-18	6	43	141	123	1	2,511	112
2018-19	4	48	136	119	3	2,642	109
2019-20	4	54	147	135	4	2,601	103
2020-21	6	53	168	127	4	2,559	94
2021-22	4	49	173	112	1	2,326	93
2022-23	7	55	158	108	1	2,086	80
2023-24	8	57	111	100	1	1,785	56
2024-25	6	50	124	105	2	1,787	56
Average	9	58	420	168	3	3,124	112

Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

7 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -99.90% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	14,730	6,690	3,141	4,899
2016-17	3,040	0	156	2,884
2017-18	3,072	0	211	2,861
2018-19	3,188	0	381	2,807
2019-20	3,165	0	589	2,576
2020-21	3,108	0	318	2,790
2021-22	2,862	0	625	2,237
2022-23	2,603	306	303	1,994
2023-24	2,207	15	321	1,871
2024-25	2,204	7	289	1,908
Average	4,018	702	633	2,683

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Enrollment Trends at IWU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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