Enrollment Trends at Tennessee Wesleyan

The student population at Tennessee Wesleyan University is 1,198 (918 undergraduate and 280 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 171 (16.65%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Tennessee Wesleyan is 76.63% which is decreased by 87 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 258 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 59 male students for every 100 female students, up from 55 in 2015.
291 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 903.45% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,069 where 1,198 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,198 students in 2025 and was lowest at 951 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,027 to 1,198 students, a net gain of 171 (16.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,027	1,005	357	648	22	8	14
2016-17	1,037 10	1,015 10	378 21	637 -11	22	9 1	13 -1
2017-18	951 -86	935 -80	345 -33	590 -47	16 -6	5 -4	11 -2
2018-19	1,008 57	977 42	363 18	614 24	31 15	10 5	21 10
2019-20	1,141 133	1,060 83	400 37	660 46	81 50	20 10	61 40
2020-21	1,116 -25	990 -70	380 -20	610 -50	126 45	28 8	98 37
2021-22	1,086 -30	974 -16	350 -30	624 14	112 -14	26 -2	86 -12
2022-23	1,052 -34	929 -45	361 11	568 -56	123 11	33 7	90 4
2023-24	1,074 22	857 -72	326 -35	531 -37	217 94	69 36	148 58
2024-25	1,198 124	918 61	329 3	589 58	280 63	115 46	165 17
Average	1,069	966	359	607	103	32	71

Tennessee Wesleyan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 966 where 918 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 Tennessee Wesleyan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,005	940	328	612	65	29	36
2016-17	1,015	911	341	570	104	37	67
2017-18	935	863	321	542	72	24	48
2018-19	977	885	319	566	92	44	48
2019-20	1,060	966	364	602	94	36	58
2020-21	990	948	360	588	42	20	22
2021-22	974	895	318	577	79	32	47
2022-23	929	834	322	512	95	39	56
2023-24	857	766	288	478	91	38	53
2024-25	918	786	292	494	132	37	95
Average	966	966	325	554	966	34	53

Tennessee Wesleyan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 103 where 280 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 Tennessee Wesleyan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22	3	1	2	19	7	12
2016-17	22	4	2	2	18	7	11
2017-18	16	2	1	1	14	4	10
2018-19	31	12	4	8	19	6	13
2019-20	81	44	7	37	37	13	24
2020-21	126	83	13	70	43	15	28
2021-22	112	71	13	58	41	13	28
2022-23	123	79	18	61	44	15	29
2023-24	217	206	68	138	11	1	10
2024-25	280	266	111	155	14	4	10
Average	103	103	24	53	103	9	18

Tennessee Wesleyan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.95%. The percentage was 77.31% 10 years ago and Tennessee Wesleyan still has a high percentage of white students. 2.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.51% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.31% to 67.95%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.68% to 2.25%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.50% to 4.51%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.82% to 5.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5323 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3953 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Tennessee 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	1	7	77	29	1	794	24
2016-17	0	4	36	10	0	525	19
2017-18	1	9	84	45	0	725	38
2018-19	1	8	100	32	2	737	38
2019-20	3	9	116	51	1	826	27
2020-21	4	11	104	59	0	819	36
2021-22	2	11	78	56	4	805	31
2022-23	2	13	64	51	2	788	30
2023-24	0	19	54	55	1	770	20
2024-25	1	27	54	64	1	814	30
Average	2	12	77	45	1	760	29

Tennessee Wesleyan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

291 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 903.45% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Tennessee Wesleyan University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,027	29	42	956
2016-17	1,037	43	245	749
2017-18	951	29	41	881
2018-19	1,008	52	377	579
2019-20	1,141	91	342	708
2020-21	1,116	112	68	936
2021-22	1,086	92	767	227
2022-23	1,052	219	538	295
2023-24	1,074	133	402	539
2024-25	1,198	291	778	129
Average	1,069	109	360	600

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Enrollment Trends at Tennessee 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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