Enrollment Trends at William Penn

The student population at William Penn University is 1,425 (1,348 undergraduate and 77 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 210 (12.84%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at William Penn is 94.60% which is decreased by 205 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 5 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 115 male students for every 100 female students, up from 113 in 2015.
226 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 14.72% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,415 where 1,425 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 1,635 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,258 in 2020. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,635 to 1,425 students, a net loss of 210 (12.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,635	1,553	821	732	82	46	36
2016-17	1,487 -148	1,426 -127	722 -99	704 -28	61 -21	32 -14	29 -7
2017-18	1,339 -148	1,282 -144	665 -57	617 -87	57 -4	32	25 -4
2018-19	1,279 -60	1,214 -68	675 10	539 -78	65 8	34 2	31 6
2019-20	1,258 -21	1,195 -19	645 -30	550 11	63 -2	33 -1	30 -1
2020-21	1,350 92	1,276 81	683 38	593 43	74 11	41 8	33 3
2021-22	1,372 22	1,304 28	682 -1	622 29	68 -6	42 1	26 -7
2022-23	1,473 101	1,404 100	694 12	710 88	69 1	46 4	23 -3
2023-24	1,536 63	1,449 45	736 42	713 3	87 18	50 4	37 14
2024-25	1,425 -111	1,348 -101	716 -20	632 -81	77 -10	47 -3	30 -7
Average	1,415	1,345	704	641	70	40	30

William Penn University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,345 where 1,348 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 Penn University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,553	1,415	768	647	138	53	85
2016-17	1,426	1,121	616	505	305	106	199
2017-18	1,282	1,068	597	471	214	68	146
2018-19	1,214	1,032	605	427	182	70	112
2019-20	1,195	1,091	613	478	104	32	72
2020-21	1,276	1,181	645	536	95	38	57
2021-22	1,304	1,210	647	563	94	35	59
2022-23	1,404	1,290	656	634	114	38	76
2023-24	1,449	1,337	695	642	112	41	71
2024-25	1,348	1,241	668	573	107	48	59
Average	1,345	1,345	651	548	1,345	53	94

William Penn University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 70 where 77 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 Penn University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	82	82	46	36	0	0	0
2016-17	61	25	12	13	36	20	16
2017-18	57	12	5	7	45	27	18
2018-19	65	19	7	12	46	27	19
2019-20	63	19	9	10	44	24	20
2020-21	74	42	24	18	32	17	15
2021-22	68	42	30	12	26	12	14
2022-23	69	43	32	11	26	14	12
2023-24	87	56	29	27	31	21	10
2024-25	77	36	22	14	41	25	16
Average	70	70	22	16	70	19	14

William Penn University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.12%. The percentage was 62.75% 10 years ago and William Penn still has a high percentage of white students. 0.21% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.91% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.26% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 62.75% to 57.12%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.53% to 0.21%. Black student enrollment decreased from 17.00% to 16.91%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.77% to 9.26%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6329 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5707 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at William Penn 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	25	278	127	8	1,026	26
2016-17	11	22	242	134	9	923	26
2017-18	10	19	255	119	4	791	23
2018-19	10	22	268	123	6	734	32
2019-20	10	13	258	99	6	682	65
2020-21	7	11	241	141	3	752	52
2021-22	7	12	231	142	9	764	50
2022-23	9	14	232	140	14	853	66
2023-24	15	7	251	154	14	868	85
2024-25	12	3	241	132	8	814	85
Average	10	15	250	131	8	821	51

William Penn University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

226 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 14.72% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at William Penn University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,635	197	465	973
2016-17	1,487	250	289	948
2017-18	1,339	311	337	691
2018-19	1,279	167	200	912
2019-20	1,258	232	171	855
2020-21	1,350	253	209	888
2021-22	1,372	253	200	919
2022-23	1,473	286	248	939
2023-24	1,536	372	161	1,003
2024-25	1,425	226	252	947
Average	1,415	255	253	908

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Enrollment Trends at William Penn

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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