Enrollment Trends at William Carey

The student population at William Carey University is 5,321 (3,052 undergraduate and 2,269 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,097 (25.97%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at William Carey is 57.36% which is increased by 565 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 532 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 48 male students for every 100 female students, down from 52 in 2015.
1,850 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 230.36% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,141 where 5,321 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 5,738 students in 2022 and was lowest at 4,224 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 4,224 to 5,321 students, a net gain of 1,097 (26%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,224	2,487	921	1,566	1,737	518	1,219
2016-17	4,619 395	2,808 321	1,058 137	1,750 184	1,811 74	521 3	1,290 71
2017-18	4,839 220	3,097 289	1,201 143	1,896 146	1,742 -69	533 12	1,209 -81
2018-19	5,042 203	3,249 152	1,241 40	2,008 112	1,793 51	571 38	1,222 13
2019-20	5,040 -2	3,210 -39	1,156 -85	2,054 46	1,830 37	578 7	1,252 30
2020-21	5,472 432	3,233 23	1,055 -101	2,178 124	2,239 409	685 107	1,554 302
2021-22	5,738 266	3,337 104	1,095 40	2,242 64	2,401 162	762 77	1,639 85
2022-23	5,662 -76	3,291 -46	1,127 32	2,164 -78	2,371 -30	714 -48	1,657 18
2023-24	5,448 -214	3,113 -178	1,153 26	1,960 -204	2,335 -36	745 31	1,590 -67
2024-25	5,321 -127	3,052 -61	1,016 -137	2,036 76	2,269 -66	718 -27	1,551 -39
Average	5,141	3,088	1,102	1,985	2,053	635	1,418

William Carey University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,088 where 3,052 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 William Carey University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,487	1,850	680	1,170	637	241	396
2016-17	2,808	1,648	626	1,022	1,160	432	728
2017-18	3,097	1,676	636	1,040	1,421	565	856
2018-19	3,249	1,912	674	1,238	1,337	567	770
2019-20	3,210	1,901	630	1,271	1,309	526	783
2020-21	3,233	1,945	611	1,334	1,288	444	844
2021-22	3,337	1,888	591	1,297	1,449	504	945
2022-23	3,291	1,706	546	1,160	1,585	581	1,004
2023-24	3,113	1,780	622	1,158	1,333	531	802
2024-25	3,052	1,985	664	1,321	1,067	352	715
Average	3,088	3,088	628	1,201	3,088	474	784

William Carey University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,053 where 2,269 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 William Carey University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,737	1,204	399	805	533	119	414
2016-17	1,811	1,354	422	932	457	99	358
2017-18	1,742	1,305	438	867	437	95	342
2018-19	1,793	1,191	440	751	602	131	471
2019-20	1,830	1,232	431	801	598	147	451
2020-21	2,239	1,528	525	1,003	711	160	551
2021-22	2,401	1,659	576	1,083	742	186	556
2022-23	2,371	1,550	544	1,006	821	170	651
2023-24	2,335	1,629	592	1,037	706	153	553
2024-25	2,269	1,704	595	1,109	565	123	442
Average	2,053	2,053	496	939	2,053	138	479

William Carey University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.44%. The percentage was 63.83% 10 years ago and William Carey still has a high percentage of white students. 5.53% of enrolled students is Asian and 27.29% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.74% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.83% to 56.44%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.50% to 5.53%. Black student enrollment increased from 27.01% to 27.29%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.68% to 2.74%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6032 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5181 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at William Carey 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	20	148	1,141	71	0	2,696	0
2016-17	17	139	1,215	89	0	2,932	0
2017-18	14	152	1,310	98	0	3,066	0
2018-19	19	183	1,262	121	0	3,242	0
2019-20	17	170	1,275	114	0	3,227	0
2020-21	15	221	1,485	146	0	3,356	0
2021-22	16	250	1,634	156	0	3,380	42
2022-23	10	277	1,580	168	0	3,288	35
2023-24	21	272	1,391	127	0	3,244	24
2024-25	22	294	1,452	146	0	3,003	18
Average	17	211	1,375	124	0	3,143	12

William Carey University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,850 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 35% of total students. The number of online students has increased 230.36% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at William Carey University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,224	560	954	2,710
2016-17	4,619	744	943	2,932
2017-18	4,839	740	945	3,154
2018-19	5,042	1,070	996	2,976
2019-20	5,040	1,155	1,022	2,863
2020-21	5,472	1,528	1,285	2,659
2021-22	5,738	1,188	1,695	2,855
2022-23	5,662	1,241	1,514	2,907
2023-24	5,448	1,593	1,173	2,682
2024-25	5,321	1,850	1,311	2,160
Average	5,141	1,167	1,184	2,790

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Enrollment Trends at William Carey

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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