Enrollment Trends at Wingate

The student population at Wingate University is 3,458 (2,673 undergraduate and 785 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 309 (9.81%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Wingate is 77.30% which is increased by 650 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 341 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 63 male students for every 100 female students, down from 66 in 2015.
258 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,620.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,460 where 3,458 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 3,689 students in 2019 and was lowest at 3,149 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,149 to 3,458 students, a net gain of 309 (9.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,149	2,023	811	1,212	1,126	442	684
2016-17	3,193 44	2,084 61	827 16	1,257 45	1,109 -17	443 1	666 -18
2017-18	3,620 427	2,592 508	1,010 183	1,582 325	1,028 -81	396 -47	632 -34
2018-19	3,689 69	2,726 134	1,077 67	1,649 67	963 -65	361 -35	602 -30
2019-20	3,681 -8	2,764 38	1,088 11	1,676 27	917 -46	312 -49	605 3
2020-21	3,653 -28	2,683 -81	1,063 -25	1,620 -56	970 53	311 -1	659 54
2021-22	3,439 -214	2,483 -200	1,029 -34	1,454 -166	956 -14	289 -22	667 8
2022-23	3,396 -43	2,510 27	1,026 -3	1,484 30	886 -70	250 -39	636 -31
2023-24	3,322 -74	2,464 -46	1,042 16	1,422 -62	858 -28	272 22	586 -50
2024-25	3,458 136	2,673 209	1,108 66	1,565 143	785 -73	233 -39	552 -34
Average	3,460	2,500	1,008	1,492	960	331	629

Wingate University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,500 where 2,673 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 Wingate University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,023	1,969	786	1,183	54	25	29
2016-17	2,084	2,044	809	1,235	40	18	22
2017-18	2,592	2,537	984	1,553	55	26	29
2018-19	2,726	2,683	1,058	1,625	43	19	24
2019-20	2,764	2,706	1,057	1,649	58	31	27
2020-21	2,683	2,602	1,026	1,576	81	37	44
2021-22	2,483	2,408	991	1,417	75	38	37
2022-23	2,510	2,454	1,007	1,447	56	19	37
2023-24	2,464	2,424	1,023	1,401	40	19	21
2024-25	2,673	2,611	1,080	1,531	62	28	34
Average	2,500	2,500	982	1,462	2,500	26	30

Wingate University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 960 where 785 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 Wingate University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,126	660	253	407	466	189	277
2016-17	1,109	681	251	430	428	192	236
2017-18	1,028	694	242	452	334	154	180
2018-19	963	678	226	452	285	135	150
2019-20	917	693	209	484	224	103	121
2020-21	970	760	218	542	210	93	117
2021-22	956	754	194	560	202	95	107
2022-23	886	716	183	533	170	67	103
2023-24	858	671	191	480	187	81	106
2024-25	785	618	164	454	167	69	98
Average	960	960	213	479	960	118	150

Wingate University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 44.79% and the percentage of black students is 20.36% at Wingate University. 2.43% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 9.11% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 62.15% to 44.79%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.51% to 2.43%. Black student enrollment increased from 14.32% to 20.36%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.79% to 9.11%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7443 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5904 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wingate 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	17	79	451	88	4	1,957	120
2016-17	20	92	462	104	2	1,953	159
2017-18	18	115	585	129	4	2,063	242
2018-19	13	125	636	139	6	2,196	231
2019-20	11	109	671	80	3	1,989	240
2020-21	16	119	744	216	4	2,017	249
2021-22	20	103	715	212	2	1,825	243
2022-23	15	85	705	253	2	1,712	262
2023-24	15	86	734	291	4	1,575	235
2024-25	15	84	704	315	3	1,549	236
Average	16	100	641	183	3	1,884	222

Wingate University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

258 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,620.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wingate University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,149	15	163	2,971
2016-17	3,193	15	190	2,988
2017-18	3,620	13	128	3,479
2018-19	3,689	0	122	3,567
2019-20	3,681	48	180	3,453
2020-21	3,653	449	2,411	793
2021-22	3,439	191	1,070	2,178
2022-23	3,396	209	956	2,231
2023-24	3,322	232	1,329	1,761
2024-25	3,458	258	1,391	1,809
Average	3,460	143	794	2,523

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Enrollment Trends at Wingate

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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