Enrollment Trends at VWC

The student population at Virginia Wesleyan University is 1,538 (1,479 undergraduate and 59 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 107 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at VWC is 96.16% which is increased by 48 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 59 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

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

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,437 where 1,538 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

96.16% of total students is undergraduate students and 3.84% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 48 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 59 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in VWC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,431	1,431	523	908	0	0	0
2013-14	1,459 28	1,459 28	562 39	897 -11	0 0	0 0	0 0
2014-15	1,501 42	1,501 42	571 9	930 33	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	1,441 -60	1,441 -60	515 -56	926 -4	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	1,374 -67	1,374 -67	521 6	853 -73	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	1,470 96	1,436 62	578 57	858 5	34 34	13 13	21 21
2018-19	1,437 -33	1,351 -85	554 -24	797 -61	86 52	34 21	52 31
2019-20	1,487 50	1,387 36	574 20	813 16	100 14	43 9	57 5
2020-21	1,347 -140	1,274 -113	516 -58	758 -55	73 -27	31 -12	42 -15
2021-22	1,324 -23	1,241 -33	487 -29	754 -4	83 10	34 3	49 7
2022-23	1,538 214	1,479 238	652 165	827 73	59 -24	18 -16	41 -8
Average	1,437	1,398	550	847	40	16	24

Virginia Wesleyan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,398 where 1,479 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 Virginia Wesleyan University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,431	1,288	480	808	143	43	100
2013-14	1,459	1,349	532	817	110	30	80
2014-15	1,501	1,420	546	874	81	25	56
2015-16	1,441	1,360	491	869	81	24	57
2016-17	1,374	1,319	500	819	55	21	34
2017-18	1,436	1,354	545	809	82	33	49
2018-19	1,351	1,262	526	736	89	28	61
2019-20	1,387	1,245	518	727	142	56	86
2020-21	1,274	1,188	488	700	86	28	58
2021-22	1,241	1,108	439	669	133	48	85
2022-23	1,479	1,095	455	640	384	197	187
Average	1,398	1,398	502	770	1,398	48	78

Virginia Wesleyan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 40 where 59 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 Virginia Wesleyan University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	34	6	2	4	28	11	17
2018-19	86	17	7	10	69	27	42
2019-20	100	6	2	4	94	41	53
2020-21	73	11	5	6	62	26	36
2021-22	83	20	8	12	63	26	37
2022-23	59	20	4	16	39	14	25
Average	40	40	3	5	40	13	19

Virginia Wesleyan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.43% and the percentage of black students is 20.87% at Virginia Wesleyan University. 2.60% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Virginia Wesleyan University 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	7	15	325	94	4	852	72
2013-14	9	21	331	93	2	847	102
2014-15	7	23	347	116	1	843	92
2015-16	9	20	345	106	1	762	77
2016-17	14	17	340	111	3	683	84
2017-18	14	22	379	124	2	706	106
2018-19	9	24	352	106	15	765	84
2019-20	8	31	342	113	8	786	100
2020-21	8	27	324	130	6	725	81
2021-22	10	27	334	121	5	678	83
2022-23	15	40	321	126	0	668	69
Average	10	24	340	113	4	756	86

Virginia Wesleyan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

334 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Virginia Wesleyan University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,501	0	0	1,501
2015-16	1,441	0	0	1,441
2016-17	1,374	0	0	1,374
2017-18	1,470	42	49	1,379
2018-19	1,437	122	26	1,289
2019-20	1,487	167	39	1,281
2020-21	1,347	149	22	1,176
2021-22	1,324	186	29	1,109
2022-23	1,538	334	25	1,179
Average	1,435	111	21	1,303

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