Enrollment Trends at Wheaton

The student population at Wheaton College is 2,874 (2,150 undergraduate and 724 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 55 (1.88%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Wheaton is 74.81% which is decreased by 313 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 258 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 84 male students for every 100 female students, down from 87 in 2015.
210 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 238.71% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,919 where 2,874 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 3,047 students in 2022 and was lowest at 2,799 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,929 to 2,874 students, a net loss of 55 (1.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,929	2,463	1,156	1,307	466	206	260
2016-17	2,901 -28	2,456 -7	1,149 -7	1,307	445 -21	177 -29	268 8
2017-18	2,900 -1	2,391 -65	1,097 -52	1,294 -13	509 64	222 45	287 19
2018-19	2,944 44	2,401 10	1,089 -8	1,312 18	543 34	232 10	311 24
2019-20	3,004 60	2,395 -6	1,102 13	1,293 -19	609 66	263 31	346 35
2020-21	2,908 -96	2,265 -130	1,005 -97	1,260 -33	643 34	218 -45	425 79
2021-22	3,047 139	2,341 76	1,052 47	1,289 29	706 63	244 26	462 37
2022-23	2,885 -162	2,163 -178	958 -94	1,205 -84	722 16	289 45	433 -29
2023-24	2,799 -86	2,119 -44	953 -5	1,166 -39	680 -42	275 -14	405 -28
2024-25	2,874 75	2,150 31	988 35	1,162 -4	724 44	327 52	397 -8
Average	2,919	2,314	1,055	1,260	605	245	359

Wheaton College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,314 where 2,150 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 Wheaton College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,463	2,410	1,122	1,288	53	34	19
2016-17	2,456	2,400	1,117	1,283	56	32	24
2017-18	2,391	2,310	1,046	1,264	81	51	30
2018-19	2,401	2,326	1,048	1,278	75	41	34
2019-20	2,395	2,328	1,062	1,266	67	40	27
2020-21	2,265	2,195	969	1,226	70	36	34
2021-22	2,341	2,202	979	1,223	139	73	66
2022-23	2,163	2,081	921	1,160	82	37	45
2023-24	2,119	2,043	912	1,131	76	41	35
2024-25	2,150	2,089	954	1,135	61	34	27
Average	2,314	2,314	1,013	1,225	2,314	42	34

Wheaton College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 605 where 724 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 Wheaton College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	466	249	101	148	217	105	112
2016-17	445	249	91	158	196	86	110
2017-18	509	241	92	149	268	130	138
2018-19	543	275	116	159	268	116	152
2019-20	609	256	103	153	353	160	193
2020-21	643	225	83	142	418	135	283
2021-22	706	228	72	156	478	172	306
2022-23	722	226	83	143	496	206	290
2023-24	680	195	68	127	485	207	278
2024-25	724	167	69	98	557	258	299
Average	605	605	88	143	605	158	216

Wheaton College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.97%. The percentage was 72.55% 10 years ago and Wheaton still has a high percentage of white students. 7.79% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.51% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.11% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.55% to 65.97%. Asian enrollment declined from 8.23% to 7.79%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.90% to 3.51%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.78% to 8.11%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5484 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4618 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wheaton 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	3	241	85	140	0	2,125	128
2016-17	3	254	85	150	0	2,062	116
2017-18	10	242	88	153	0	2,052	119
2018-19	6	245	95	163	2	2,029	158
2019-20	4	269	97	186	4	2,038	148
2020-21	2	257	89	192	3	1,978	167
2021-22	3	278	95	200	3	2,077	159
2022-23	3	256	82	210	1	1,950	155
2023-24	2	248	80	208	0	1,887	151
2024-25	6	224	101	233	1	1,896	145
Average	4	251	90	184	1	2,009	145

Wheaton College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

210 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 238.71% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wheaton College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,929	0	1	2,928
2016-17	2,901	0	0	2,901
2017-18	2,900	62	5	2,833
2018-19	2,944	50	5	2,889
2019-20	3,004	102	43	2,859
2020-21	2,908	147	1,010	1,751
2021-22	3,047	53	223	2,771
2022-23	2,885	57	202	2,626
2023-24	2,799	186	94	2,519
2024-25	2,874	210	115	2,549
Average	2,919	87	170	2,663

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Enrollment Trends at Wheaton

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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