Enrollment Trends at Wagner

The student population at Wagner College is 2,001 (1,666 undergraduate and 335 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 212 (9.58%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Wagner is 83.26% which is decreased by 90 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 122 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 58 male students for every 100 female students, up from 56 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Wagner College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,108 where 2,001 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,308 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,932 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,213 to 2,001 students, a net loss of 212 (9.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wagner College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,213	1,756	645	1,111	457	150	307
2016-17	2,308 95	1,811 55	685 40	1,126 15	497 40	135 -15	362 55
2017-18	2,271 -37	1,794 -17	664 -21	1,130 4	477 -20	134 -1	343 -19
2018-19	2,218 -53	1,769 -25	623 -41	1,146 16	449 -28	129 -5	320 -23
2019-20	2,159 -59	1,740 -29	578 -45	1,162 16	419 -30	103 -26	316 -4
2020-21	2,070 -89	1,643 -97	568 -10	1,075 -87	427 8	104 1	323 7
2021-22	1,958 -112	1,568 -75	570 2	998 -77	390 -37	101 -3	289 -34
2022-23	1,949 -9	1,653 85	619 49	1,034 36	296 -94	67 -34	229 -60
2023-24	1,932 -17	1,592 -61	630 11	962 -72	340 44	68 1	272 43
2024-25	2,001 69	1,666 74	647 17	1,019 57	335 -5	89 21	246 -26
Average	2,108	1,699	623	1,076	409	108	301

Wagner College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,699 where 1,666 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 Wagner College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,756	1,715	631	1,084	41	14	27
2016-17	1,811	1,772	675	1,097	39	10	29
2017-18	1,794	1,736	642	1,094	58	22	36
2018-19	1,769	1,725	605	1,120	44	18	26
2019-20	1,740	1,677	561	1,116	63	17	46
2020-21	1,643	1,588	553	1,035	55	15	40
2021-22	1,568	1,514	550	964	54	20	34
2022-23	1,653	1,579	593	986	74	26	48
2023-24	1,592	1,544	615	929	48	15	33
2024-25	1,666	1,625	637	988	41	10	31
Average	1,699	1,699	606	1,041	1,699	17	35

Wagner College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 409 where 335 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 Wagner College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	457	204	90	114	253	60	193
2016-17	497	204	76	128	293	59	234
2017-18	477	232	90	142	245	44	201
2018-19	449	187	81	106	262	48	214
2019-20	419	158	62	96	261	41	220
2020-21	427	137	60	77	290	44	246
2021-22	390	127	58	69	263	43	220
2022-23	296	81	39	42	215	28	187
2023-24	340	128	37	91	212	31	181
2024-25	335	148	63	85	187	26	161
Average	409	409	66	95	409	42	206

Wagner College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.87%. The percentage was 67.51% 10 years ago and Wagner still has a high percentage of white students. 5.00% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.20% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.51% to 56.87%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.80% to 5.00%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.28% to 7.20%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.17% to 14.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6470 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5268 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wagner College 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	2	84	161	225	2	1,494	41
2016-17	3	101	190	229	1	1,549	57
2017-18	2	116	183	216	3	1,475	69
2018-19	3	125	174	261	1	1,386	67
2019-20	2	127	176	261	1	1,309	74
2020-21	4	115	156	245	1	1,277	66
2021-22	4	112	137	235	1	1,198	61
2022-23	3	99	120	302	2	1,147	57
2023-24	4	92	127	283	3	1,127	60
2024-25	2	100	144	286	1	1,138	77
Average	3	107	157	254	2	1,310	63

Wagner College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Wagner

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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