Enrollment Trends at Wheaton

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.

74.81% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.19% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 313 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 258 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.19 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Wheaton than male students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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 11,400.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wheaton College from 2015 to 2025.