Enrollment Trends at Wilkes

The student population at Wilkes University is 5,381 (2,076 undergraduate and 3,305 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 328 (6.49%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Wilkes is 38.58% which is decreased by 345 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 673 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 46 male students for every 100 female students, down from 64 in 2015.
3,097 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 75.17% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,181 where 5,381 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 5,552 students in 2017 and was lowest at 4,680 in 2020. Overall, enrollment rose from 5,053 to 5,381 students, a net gain of 328 (6.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,053	2,421	1,261	1,160	2,632	703	1,929
2016-17	5,552 499	2,561 140	1,339 78	1,222 62	2,991 359	745 42	2,246 317
2017-18	5,545 -7	2,491 -70	1,331 -8	1,160 -62	3,054 63	714 -31	2,340 94
2018-19	5,132 -413	2,455 -36	1,299 -32	1,156 -4	2,677 -377	624 -90	2,053 -287
2019-20	4,680 -452	2,351 -104	1,168 -131	1,183 27	2,329 -348	605 -19	1,724 -329
2020-21	4,781 101	2,243 -108	1,087 -81	1,156 -27	2,538 209	632 27	1,906 182
2021-22	5,276 495	2,232 -11	1,016 -71	1,216 60	3,044 506	685 53	2,359 453
2022-23	5,207 -69	2,000 -232	935 -81	1,065 -151	3,207 163	676 -9	2,531 172
2023-24	5,198 -9	1,956 -44	921 -14	1,035 -30	3,242 35	686 10	2,556 25
2024-25	5,381 183	2,076 120	1,001 80	1,075 40	3,305 63	698 12	2,607 51
Average	5,181	2,279	1,136	1,143	2,902	677	2,225

Wilkes University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,279 where 2,076 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 Wilkes University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,421	2,254	1,184	1,070	167	77	90
2016-17	2,561	2,303	1,223	1,080	258	116	142
2017-18	2,491	2,233	1,219	1,014	258	112	146
2018-19	2,455	2,212	1,194	1,018	243	105	138
2019-20	2,351	2,110	1,063	1,047	241	105	136
2020-21	2,243	1,996	990	1,006	247	97	150
2021-22	2,232	2,007	925	1,082	225	91	134
2022-23	2,000	1,807	855	952	193	80	113
2023-24	1,956	1,809	869	940	147	52	95
2024-25	2,076	1,896	927	969	180	74	106
Average	2,279	2,279	1,045	1,018	2,279	91	125

Wilkes University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,902 where 3,305 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 Wilkes University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,632	482	204	278	2,150	499	1,651
2016-17	2,991	544	184	360	2,447	561	1,886
2017-18	3,054	496	168	328	2,558	546	2,012
2018-19	2,677	481	147	334	2,196	477	1,719
2019-20	2,329	450	150	300	1,879	455	1,424
2020-21	2,538	467	158	309	2,071	474	1,597
2021-22	3,044	520	177	343	2,524	508	2,016
2022-23	3,207	531	171	360	2,676	505	2,171
2023-24	3,242	543	173	370	2,699	513	2,186
2024-25	3,305	478	150	328	2,827	548	2,279
Average	2,902	2,902	168	331	2,902	509	1,894

Wilkes University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.92%. The percentage was 77.30% 10 years ago and Wilkes still has a high percentage of white students. 4.76% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.38% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.88% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.30% to 65.92%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.10% to 4.76%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.92% to 12.38%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.24% to 8.88%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5392 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3980 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wilkes 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	12	106	198	214	9	3,906	134
2016-17	17	121	288	254	8	4,251	125
2017-18	14	141	301	245	7	4,239	132
2018-19	12	138	282	239	2	3,917	126
2019-20	7	122	251	259	3	3,583	120
2020-21	6	143	368	276	3	3,617	117
2021-22	14	182	562	351	4	3,808	127
2022-23	8	201	558	394	3	3,695	130
2023-24	9	195	630	416	5	3,633	131
2024-25	7	256	666	478	6	3,547	155
Average	11	161	410	313	5	3,820	130

Wilkes University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,097 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 58% of total students. The number of online students has increased 75.17% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wilkes University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,053	1,768	656	2,629
2016-17	5,552	2,308	770	2,474
2017-18	5,545	2,566	760	2,219
2018-19	5,132	2,222	876	2,034
2019-20	4,680	1,916	829	1,935
2020-21	4,781	2,341	1,942	498
2021-22	5,276	2,863	1,387	1,026
2022-23	5,207	2,983	1,187	1,037
2023-24	5,198	3,013	1,210	975
2024-25	5,381	3,097	1,264	1,020
Average	5,181	2,508	1,088	1,585

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Enrollment Trends at Wilkes

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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