Enrollment Trends at Nebraska Wesleyan

The student population at Nebraska Wesleyan University is 1,654 (1,463 undergraduate and 191 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 395 (19.28%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Nebraska Wesleyan is 88.45% which is decreased by 348 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 47 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 78 male students for every 100 female students, up from 60 in 2015.
93 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 173.53% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,908 where 1,654 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,095 students in 2019 and was lowest at 1,654 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,049 to 1,654 students, a net loss of 395 (19.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,049	1,811	709	1,102	238	59	179
2016-17	2,059 10	1,816 5	768 59	1,048 -54	243 5	70 11	173 -6
2017-18	2,064 5	1,779 -37	709 -59	1,070 22	285 42	85 15	200 27
2018-19	2,095 31	1,851 72	744 35	1,107 37	244 -41	71 -14	173 -27
2019-20	2,044 -51	1,842 -9	764 20	1,078 -29	202 -42	51 -20	151 -22
2020-21	1,924 -120	1,773 -69	743 -21	1,030 -48	151 -51	33 -18	118 -33
2021-22	1,816 -108	1,706 -67	734 -9	972 -58	110 -41	23 -10	87 -31
2022-23	1,688 -128	1,545 -161	710 -24	835 -137	143 33	24 1	119 32
2023-24	1,690 2	1,531 -14	722 12	809 -26	159 16	38 14	121 2
2024-25	1,654 -36	1,463 -68	668 -54	795 -14	191 32	58 20	133 12
Average	1,908	1,712	727	985	197	51	145

Nebraska Wesleyan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,712 where 1,463 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 Nebraska Wesleyan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,811	1,505	647	858	306	62	244
2016-17	1,816	1,586	715	871	230	53	177
2017-18	1,779	1,566	664	902	213	45	168
2018-19	1,851	1,676	705	971	175	39	136
2019-20	1,842	1,705	727	978	137	37	100
2020-21	1,773	1,665	715	950	108	28	80
2021-22	1,706	1,606	699	907	100	35	65
2022-23	1,545	1,469	685	784	76	25	51
2023-24	1,531	1,486	700	786	45	22	23
2024-25	1,463	1,430	651	779	33	17	16
Average	1,712	1,712	691	879	1,712	36	106

Nebraska Wesleyan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 197 where 191 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 Nebraska Wesleyan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	238	44	12	32	194	47	147
2016-17	243	56	11	45	187	59	128
2017-18	285	32	8	24	253	77	176
2018-19	244	38	11	27	206	60	146
2019-20	202	22	7	15	180	44	136
2020-21	151	18	2	16	133	31	102
2021-22	110	23	6	17	87	17	70
2022-23	143	43	8	35	100	16	84
2023-24	159	69	15	54	90	23	67
2024-25	191	58	12	46	133	46	87
Average	197	197	9	31	197	42	114

Nebraska Wesleyan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.37%. The percentage was 83.36% 10 years ago and Nebraska Wesleyan still has a high percentage of white students. 2.06% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.08% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.83% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.36% to 74.37%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.90% to 2.06%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.44% to 5.08%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.88% to 8.83%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4343 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3014 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Nebraska Wesleyan 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	3	39	50	100	2	1,708	39
2016-17	3	36	51	121	2	1,708	49
2017-18	4	30	72	114	1	1,680	58
2018-19	6	40	60	129	3	1,699	59
2019-20	5	43	54	143	1	1,653	57
2020-21	9	45	55	133	0	1,562	56
2021-22	6	48	51	150	1	1,449	48
2022-23	6	42	55	149	1	1,321	51
2023-24	7	37	67	177	1	1,265	65
2024-25	6	34	84	146	1	1,230	71
Average	6	39	60	136	1	1,528	55

Nebraska Wesleyan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

93 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 173.53% since 2021. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Nebraska Wesleyan University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,049	0	316	1,733
2016-17	2,059	0	384	1,675
2017-18	2,064	0	446	1,618
2018-19	2,095	0	494	1,601
2019-20	2,044	0	568	1,476
2020-21	1,924	0	701	1,223
2021-22	1,816	34	391	1,391
2022-23	1,688	73	287	1,328
2023-24	1,690	91	337	1,262
2024-25	1,654	93	297	1,264
Average	1,908	29	422	1,457

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