Enrollment Trends at William Carey

The student population at William Carey University is 5,662 (3,291 undergraduate and 2,371 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,654 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at William Carey is 58.12% which is increased by 964 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 690 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.08 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,241 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 213.38% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,769 where 5,662 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

58.12% of total students is undergraduate students and 41.88% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 964 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 690 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.08 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in William Carey than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at William Carey University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,008	2,327	741	1,586	1,681	505	1,176
2013-14	3,882 -126	2,257 -70	807 66	1,450 -136	1,625 -56	520 15	1,105 -71
2014-15	3,936 54	2,276 19	789 -18	1,487 37	1,660 35	511 -9	1,149 44
2015-16	4,224 288	2,487 211	921 132	1,566 79	1,737 77	518 7	1,219 70
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
Average	4,769	2,870	1,017	1,853	1,899	583	1,316

William Carey University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,870 where 3,291 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at William Carey University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,327	1,894	623	1,271	433	118	315
2013-14	2,257	1,886	705	1,181	371	102	269
2014-15	2,276	1,874	659	1,215	402	130	272
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
Average	2,870	2,870	635	1,200	2,870	383	653

William Carey University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,899 where 2,371 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at William Carey University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,681	1,020	347	673	661	158	503
2013-14	1,625	940	357	583	685	163	522
2014-15	1,660	1,035	374	661	625	137	488
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
Average	1,899	1,899	441	833	1,899	142	482

William Carey University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.07%. The percentage was 62.35% 10 years ago and William Carey still has a high percentage of white students. 4.89% of enrolled students is Asian and 27.91% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at William Carey University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	15	81	1,178	69	0	2,499	0
2013-14	16	104	1,053	65	0	2,491	0
2014-15	17	119	1,096	59	0	2,500	0
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
Average	16	168	1,294	105	0	2,971	7

William Carey University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,241 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 213.38% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at William Carey University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,936	396	588	2,952
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
Average	4,952	958	1,105	2,890

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