Enrollment Trends at Wilmington

The student population at Wilmington University is 14,020 (9,091 undergraduate and 4,929 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,439 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Wilmington is 64.84% which is increased by 958 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 481 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.67 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

10,492 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 127.99% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 14,236 where 14,020 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

64.84% of total students is undergraduate students and 35.16% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 958 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 481 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.67 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Wilmington than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,581	8,133	2,886	5,247	4,448	1,662	2,786
2013-14	13,621 1,040	8,611 478	3,033 147	5,578 331	5,010 562	1,607 -55	3,403 617
2014-15	14,467 846	8,810 199	3,150 117	5,660 82	5,657 647	1,916 309	3,741 338
2015-16	15,002 535	8,801 -9	3,163 13	5,638 -22	6,201 544	2,450 534	3,751 10
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
Average	14,236	8,804	3,171	5,633	5,431	1,869	3,562

Wilmington University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 8,804 where 9,091 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 Wilmington University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,133	3,571	1,477	2,094	4,562	1,409	3,153
2013-14	8,611	3,509	1,446	2,063	5,102	1,587	3,515
2014-15	8,810	3,485	1,452	2,033	5,325	1,698	3,627
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
Average	8,804	8,804	1,340	1,884	8,804	1,832	3,749

Wilmington University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 5,431 where 4,929 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 Wilmington University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,448	1,419	545	874	3,029	1,117	1,912
2013-14	5,010	1,189	459	730	3,821	1,148	2,673
2014-15	5,657	1,757	809	948	3,900	1,107	2,793
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
Average	5,431	5,431	693	829	5,431	1,176	2,733

Wilmington University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.61% and the percentage of black students is 20.86% at Wilmington University. 3.15% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wilmington 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	74	404	2,767	365	10	5,496	119
2013-14	130	236	3,155	387	20	6,580	62
2014-15	153	242	3,428	355	31	6,983	39
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
Average	121	338	3,157	861	26	6,840	204

Wilmington University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

10,492 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 75% of total students. The number of online students has increased 127.99% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wilmington University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,467	4,602	2,692	7,173
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
Average	14,488	7,476	3,334	3,678

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