North Carolina Wesleyan University Student Population

How many students at North Carolina Wesleyan? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 1,419 students have enrolled in North Carolina Wesleyan University with 1,262 undergraduate and 157 graduate students.

By gender, 641 male and 778 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (1,196 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields).

492 students are enrolled exclusively, and 233 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

North Carolina Wesleyan University has a total of 1,419 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 1,262 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 157 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 641 male and 778 female students (the male-female ratio is 45:55) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 291 White, 527 Black, and 7 Asian students out of a total of 1,419 are attending at North Carolina Wesleyan University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

North Carolina Wesleyan University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 77% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, North Carolina Wesleyan has 9 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 847 students under 25 years old, and 497 students over 25 years old out of 1,345 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 9 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. North Carolina Wesleyan has 819 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 392 students aged 25 and over.

It has 28 graduate students aged under 25 and 105 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

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 North Carolina Wesleyan University, 492 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 233 students are enrolled in some online courses.

447 students who live in North Carolina or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 45 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,262 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 128 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.14%.101 students have transferred in as full-time status and 27 students transferred in as part-time status.