Student Population at Western Carolina University

Western Carolina University has a total of 11,635 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 9,956 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,679 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 8,905 White, 742 Black, and 148 Asian students out of a total of 11,635 are attending at Western Carolina University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, Western Carolina has 120 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 8,285 students under 25 years old, and 3,350 students over 25 years old out of 11,635 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 120 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Western Carolina has 7,852 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,104 students aged 25 and over.

It has 433 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,246 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Western Carolina University, 2,858 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,482 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,631 students lived in North Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 227 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 9,956 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,050 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.55%.639 students have transferred in as full-time status and 411 students transferred in as part-time status.