Enrollment Trends at Penn State Wilkes-Barre

The student population at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre is 368 (363 undergraduate and 5 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 279 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Penn State Wilkes-Barre is 98.64% which is decreased by 254 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 25 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.55 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

4 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -42.86% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 362 where 368 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

98.64% of total students is undergraduate students and 1.36% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 254 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 25 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.55 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Penn State Wilkes-Barre than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	617	424	193
2013-14	606 -11	442 18	164 -29
2014-15	536 -70	366 -76	170 6
2015-16	493 -43	323 -43	170 0
2016-17	477 -16	322 -1	155 -15
2017-18	456 -21	312 -10	144 -11
2018-19	429 -27	304 -8	125 -19
2019-20	0 -429	0 -304	0 -125
2020-21	0 0	0 0	0 0
2021-22	0 0	0 0	0 0
2022-23	363 363	236 236	127 127
Average	362	248	113

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.82%. The percentage was 82.69% 10 years ago and Penn State Wilkes-Barre still has a high percentage of white students. 1.36% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.24% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre 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	2	7	33	37	1	535	7
2013-14	0	5	24	34	1	518	13
2014-15	0	9	14	28	0	473	9
2015-16	1	6	14	21	1	438	8
2016-17	1	8	19	22	1	401	15
2017-18	1	5	24	21	1	359	14
2018-19	1	5	22	19	0	369	11
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23	0	5	34	30	1	279	13
Average	1	5	17	19	1	307	8

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -42.86% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	545	7	159	379
2015-16	501	41	200	260
2016-17	487	39	201	247
2017-18	467	30	222	215
2018-19	438	5	124	309
2019-20	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0
2022-23	368	4	135	229
Average	312	14	116	182

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