Enrollment Trends at Wilmington

The student population at Wilmington University is 13,746 (8,858 undergraduate and 4,888 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,256 (8.37%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Wilmington is 64.44% which is increased by 57 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,313 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 63 male students for every 100 female students, up from 60 in 2015.
10,288 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 117.83% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,435 where 13,746 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 15,316 students in 2017 and was lowest at 13,129 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 15,002 to 13,746 students, a net loss of 1,256 (8.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	15,002	8,801	3,163	5,638	6,201	2,450	3,751
2016-17	15,316 314	8,862 61	3,117 -46	5,745 107	6,454 253	2,620 170	3,834 83
2017-18	14,170 -1,146	8,440 -422	2,993 -124	5,447 -298	5,730 -724	2,056 -564	3,674 -160
2018-19	14,786 616	9,042 602	3,181 188	5,861 414	5,744 14	2,023 -33	3,721 47
2019-20	14,730 -56	9,302 260	3,386 205	5,916 55	5,428 -316	1,546 -477	3,882 161
2020-21	14,769 39	9,421 119	3,449 63	5,972 56	5,348 -80	1,535 -11	3,813 -69
2021-22	13,129 -1,640	8,332 -1,089	3,021 -428	5,311 -661	4,797 -551	1,403 -132	3,394 -419
2022-23	14,020 891	9,091 759	3,504 483	5,587 276	4,929 132	1,743 340	3,186 -208
2023-24	14,678 658	9,355 264	3,685 181	5,670 83	5,323 394	2,069 326	3,254 68
2024-25	13,746 -932	8,858 -497	3,472 -213	5,386 -284	4,888 -435	1,857 -212	3,031 -223
Average	14,435	8,950	3,297	5,653	5,484	1,930	3,554

Wilmington University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,950 where 8,858 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 Wilmington University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,801	3,467	1,409	2,058	5,334	1,754	3,580
2016-17	8,862	3,425	1,421	2,004	5,437	1,696	3,741
2017-18	8,440	3,035	1,293	1,742	5,405	1,700	3,705
2018-19	9,042	3,433	1,428	2,005	5,609	1,753	3,856
2019-20	9,302	3,030	1,277	1,753	6,272	2,109	4,163
2020-21	9,421	3,107	1,267	1,840	6,314	2,182	4,132
2021-22	8,332	2,644	1,106	1,538	5,688	1,915	3,773
2022-23	9,091	2,756	1,159	1,597	6,335	2,345	3,990
2023-24	9,355	3,032	1,284	1,748	6,323	2,401	3,922
2024-25	8,858	2,991	1,259	1,732	5,867	2,213	3,654
Average	8,950	8,950	1,290	1,802	8,950	2,007	3,852

Wilmington University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5,484 where 4,888 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 Wilmington University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,201	2,067	1,108	959	4,134	1,342	2,792
2016-17	6,454	2,269	1,304	965	4,185	1,316	2,869
2017-18	5,730	2,021	905	1,116	3,709	1,151	2,558
2018-19	5,744	1,551	726	825	4,193	1,297	2,896
2019-20	5,428	1,084	378	706	4,344	1,168	3,176
2020-21	5,348	1,046	366	680	4,302	1,169	3,133
2021-22	4,797	958	362	596	3,839	1,041	2,798
2022-23	4,929	1,388	665	723	3,541	1,078	2,463
2023-24	5,323	1,920	1,036	884	3,403	1,033	2,370
2024-25	4,888	1,725	911	814	3,163	946	2,217
Average	5,484	5,484	776	827	5,484	1,154	2,727

Wilmington University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.78% and the percentage of black students is 22.43% at Wilmington University. 3.09% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 12.08% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 47.94% to 43.78%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.78% to 3.09%. Black student enrollment decreased from 22.82% to 22.43%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.57% to 12.08%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7407 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7170 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wilmington 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	165	267	3,424	386	39	7,192	24
2016-17	206	322	3,547	380	35	7,218	19
2017-18	149	267	2,685	867	23	5,389	12
2018-19	152	321	3,456	900	28	7,144	124
2019-20	94	380	3,286	1,283	28	7,745	427
2020-21	77	411	3,187	1,501	31	7,764	472
2021-22	71	423	2,869	1,374	22	6,909	445
2022-23	59	442	2,924	1,675	19	6,815	505
2023-24	53	468	3,074	1,780	26	6,570	568
2024-25	50	425	3,083	1,661	25	6,018	576
Average	108	373	3,154	1,181	28	6,876	317

Wilmington University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

10,288 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 75% of total students. The number of online students has increased 117.83% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wilmington University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	15,002	4,723	8,022	2,257
2016-17	15,316	5,611	4,798	4,907
2017-18	14,170	6,025	2,814	5,331
2018-19	14,786	7,750	3,123	3,913
2019-20	14,730	8,355	2,634	3,741
2020-21	14,769	9,978	2,445	2,346
2021-22	13,129	9,747	1,672	1,710
2022-23	14,020	10,492	1,808	1,720
2023-24	14,678	10,941	1,583	2,154
2024-25	13,746	10,288	1,949	1,509
Average	14,435	8,391	3,085	2,959

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Enrollment Trends at Wilmington

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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