William Carey University Student Population

How many students at William Carey? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 5,321 students have enrolled in William Carey University with 3,052 undergraduate and 2,269 graduate students.

By gender, 1,734 male and 3,587 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (6,371 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

1,850 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,311 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

William Carey University has a total of 5,321 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 3,052 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,269 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,734 male and 3,587 female students (the male-female ratio is 33:67) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,003 White, 1,452 Black, and 294 Asian students out of a total of 5,321 are attending at William Carey University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

William Carey University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 60.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, William Carey has 623 students under 18 years old and 7 students over 65 years old. There are 3,236 students under 25 years old, and 2,085 students over 25 years old out of 5,321 total students.

William Carey has 2,182 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 870 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at William Carey, 1 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. It has 1,054 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,215 students aged 25 and over.

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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At William Carey University, 1,850 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,311 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,505 students who live in Mississippi or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 345 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,052 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 538 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 17.63%.467 students have transferred in as full-time status and 71 students transferred in as part-time status.