Enrollment Trends at Roberts Wesleyan

The student population at Roberts Wesleyan University is 1,960 (1,393 undergraduate and 567 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 248 (14.49%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Roberts Wesleyan is 71.07% which is increased by 69 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 179 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 39 male students for every 100 female students, up from 38 in 2015.
466 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 319.82% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,719 where 1,960 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 1,960 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,573 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,712 to 1,960 students, a net gain of 248 (14.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,712	1,324	404	920	388	70	318
2016-17	1,698 -14	1,316 -8	412 8	904 -16	382 -6	64 -6	318
2017-18	1,740 42	1,321 5	408 -4	913 9	419 37	81 17	338 20
2018-19	1,739 -1	1,335 14	393 -15	942 29	404 -15	73 -8	331 -7
2019-20	1,780 41	1,293 -42	423 30	870 -72	487 83	83 10	404 73
2020-21	1,706 -74	1,197 -96	369 -54	828 -42	509 22	92 9	417 13
2021-22	1,662 -44	1,118 -79	352 -17	766 -62	544 35	101 9	443 26
2022-23	1,573 -89	1,048 -70	338 -14	710 -56	525 -19	80 -21	445 2
2023-24	1,619 46	1,092 44	383 45	709 -1	527 2	83 3	444 -1
2024-25	1,960 341	1,393 301	473 90	920 211	567 40	77 -6	490 46
Average	1,719	1,244	396	848	475	80	395

Roberts Wesleyan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,244 where 1,393 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 Roberts Wesleyan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,324	1,215	357	858	109	47	62
2016-17	1,316	1,207	366	841	109	46	63
2017-18	1,321	1,248	385	863	73	23	50
2018-19	1,335	1,201	349	852	134	44	90
2019-20	1,293	1,176	385	791	117	38	79
2020-21	1,197	1,126	351	775	71	18	53
2021-22	1,118	1,017	321	696	101	31	70
2022-23	1,048	893	308	585	155	30	125
2023-24	1,092	941	352	589	151	31	120
2024-25	1,393	988	367	621	405	106	299
Average	1,244	1,244	354	747	1,244	41	101

Roberts Wesleyan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 475 where 567 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 Roberts Wesleyan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	388	316	61	255	72	9	63
2016-17	382	328	59	269	54	5	49
2017-18	419	362	70	292	57	11	46
2018-19	404	340	66	274	64	7	57
2019-20	487	403	74	329	84	9	75
2020-21	509	399	72	327	110	20	90
2021-22	544	432	82	350	112	19	93
2022-23	525	347	49	298	178	31	147
2023-24	527	336	51	285	191	32	159
2024-25	567	308	44	264	259	33	226
Average	475	475	63	294	475	18	101

Roberts Wesleyan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.30%. The percentage was 73.13% 10 years ago and Roberts Wesleyan still has a high percentage of white students. 2.09% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.32% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.42% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.13% to 67.30%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.64% to 2.09%. Black student enrollment increased from 11.86% to 13.32%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.91% to 8.42%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5207 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4477 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Roberts 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	7	28	203	84	2	1,252	47
2016-17	4	34	202	84	14	1,201	56
2017-18	3	34	197	92	3	1,278	47
2018-19	3	38	167	107	2	1,280	58
2019-20	4	31	181	100	3	1,324	66
2020-21	10	31	177	109	1	1,231	84
2021-22	4	31	194	133	2	1,186	52
2022-23	7	31	214	121	1	1,087	59
2023-24	4	31	235	137	1	1,111	53
2024-25	3	41	261	165	1	1,319	67
Average	5	33	203	113	3	1,227	59

Roberts Wesleyan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

466 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 319.82% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Roberts Wesleyan University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,712	111	68	1,533
2016-17	1,698	164	75	1,459
2017-18	1,740	183	79	1,478
2018-19	1,739	153	110	1,476
2019-20	1,780	148	181	1,451
2020-21	1,706	419	604	683
2021-22	1,662	275	605	782
2022-23	1,573	240	727	606
2023-24	1,619	446	487	686
2024-25	1,960	466	472	1,022
Average	1,719	261	341	1,118

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Enrollment Trends at Roberts Wesleyan

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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