Enrollment Trends at IWU

The student population at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion is 2,603 (2,236 undergraduate and 367 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 12,977 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at IWU is 85.90% which is decreased by 8,867 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 4,110 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.91 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

306 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -95.91% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 7,386 where 2,603 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.90% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.10% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 8,867 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 4,110 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.91 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in IWU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15,580	11,103	3,822	7,281	4,477	1,613	2,864
2013-14	14,959 -621	10,766 -337	3,598 -224	7,168 -113	4,193 -284	1,477 -136	2,716 -148
2014-15	14,943 -16	10,392 -374	3,396 -202	6,996 -172	4,551 358	1,550 73	3,001 285
2015-16	14,730 -213	10,187 -205	3,324 -72	6,863 -133	4,543 -8	1,520 -30	3,023 22
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 0	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
Average	7,386	5,547	1,885	3,662	1,839	610	1,229

Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,547 where 2,236 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,103	9,887	3,377	6,510	1,216	445	771
2013-14	10,766	9,581	3,189	6,392	1,185	409	776
2014-15	10,392	9,440	3,070	6,370	952	326	626
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
Average	5,547	5,547	1,688	3,314	5,547	197	348

Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,839 where 367 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,477	4,047	1,446	2,601	430	167	263
2013-14	4,193	3,740	1,324	2,416	453	153	300
2014-15	4,551	4,065	1,369	2,696	486	181	305
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
Average	1,839	1,839	522	1,023	1,839	88	207

Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.14%. The percentage was 75.39% 10 years ago and IWU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.07% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	68	135	2,875	453	20	11,745	212
2013-14	55	145	2,836	485	15	11,099	220
2014-15	50	133	2,935	473	12	10,973	273
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
Average	23	80	1,147	263	7	5,590	156

Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

306 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -95.91% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,943	7,488	2,437	5,018
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
Average	5,635	1,609	907	3,118

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