Enrollment Trends at Waynesburg

The student population at Waynesburg University is 1,231 (1,030 undergraduate and 201 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 638 (34.14%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Waynesburg is 83.67% which is decreased by 400 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 238 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 86 male students for every 100 female students, up from 66 in 2015.
189 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 263.46% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,567 where 1,231 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 1,869 to 1,231 students, a loss of 638 (34.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,869	1,430	576	854	439	166	273
2016-17	1,805 -64	1,400 -30	569 -7	831 -23	405 -34	156 -10	249 -24
2017-18	1,736 -69	1,376 -24	562 -7	814 -17	360 -45	124 -32	236 -13
2018-19	1,674 -62	1,330 -46	566 4	764 -50	344 -16	134 10	210 -26
2019-20	1,628 -46	1,277 -53	525 -41	752 -12	351 7	136 2	215 5
2020-21	1,576 -52	1,257 -20	526 1	731 -21	319 -32	97 -39	222 7
2021-22	1,470 -106	1,182 -75	493 -33	689 -42	288 -31	91 -6	197 -25
2022-23	1,366 -104	1,116 -66	484 -9	632 -57	250 -38	80 -11	170 -27
2023-24	1,315 -51	1,088 -28	507 23	581 -51	227 -23	71 -9	156 -14
2024-25	1,231 -84	1,030 -58	499 -8	531 -50	201 -26	70 -1	131 -25
Average	1,567	1,249	531	718	318	113	206

Waynesburg University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,249 where 1,030 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 Waynesburg University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,430	1,329	556	773	101	20	81
2016-17	1,400	1,332	558	774	68	11	57
2017-18	1,376	1,330	550	780	46	12	34
2018-19	1,330	1,287	559	728	43	7	36
2019-20	1,277	1,239	519	720	38	6	32
2020-21	1,257	1,208	515	693	49	11	38
2021-22	1,182	1,132	482	650	50	11	39
2022-23	1,116	1,055	461	594	61	23	38
2023-24	1,088	1,039	489	550	49	18	31
2024-25	1,030	991	483	508	39	16	23
Average	1,249	1,249	517	677	1,249	14	41

Waynesburg University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 318 where 201 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 Waynesburg University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	439	115	39	76	324	127	197
2016-17	405	109	35	74	296	121	175
2017-18	360	85	27	58	275	97	178
2018-19	344	78	27	51	266	107	159
2019-20	351	116	44	72	235	92	143
2020-21	319	115	30	85	204	67	137
2021-22	288	117	38	79	171	53	118
2022-23	250	102	28	74	148	52	96
2023-24	227	103	31	72	124	40	84
2024-25	201	100	33	67	101	37	64
Average	318	318	33	71	318	79	135

Waynesburg University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 81.07%. The percentage was 91.17% 10 years ago and Waynesburg still has a high percentage of white students. 0.41% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.96% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 91.17% to 81.07%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.91% to 0.41%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.58% to 7.96%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.96% to 4.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3335 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1670 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Waynesburg 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	3	17	67	18	5	1,704	31
2016-17	2	10	84	23	0	1,632	36
2017-18	5	14	73	27	0	1,456	46
2018-19	4	17	74	35	1	1,407	41
2019-20	1	16	60	45	3	1,365	43
2020-21	2	14	62	50	3	1,325	42
2021-22	2	13	60	16	3	1,201	86
2022-23	3	10	78	48	3	1,145	43
2023-24	2	4	100	59	10	1,085	42
2024-25	1	5	98	58	9	998	31
Average	3	12	76	38	4	1,332	44

Waynesburg University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

189 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 263.46% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Waynesburg University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,869	52	38	1,779
2016-17	1,805	96	92	1,617
2017-18	1,736	20	115	1,601
2018-19	1,674	181	58	1,435
2019-20	1,628	178	40	1,410
2020-21	1,576	353	36	1,187
2021-22	1,470	326	88	1,056
2022-23	1,366	177	164	1,025
2023-24	1,315	180	236	899
2024-25	1,231	189	108	934
Average	1,567	175	98	1,294

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