Western Carolina University Student Population

How many students at Western Carolina? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 11,686 students have enrolled in Western Carolina University with 10,112 undergraduate and 1,574 graduate students.

By gender, 4,769 male and 6,917 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (13,360 students on average - public Doctoral / Research University).

2,836 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,047 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

Western Carolina University has a total of 11,686 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 10,112 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,574 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,769 male and 6,917 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,795 White, 800 Black, and 149 Asian students out of a total of 11,686 are attending at Western Carolina University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Western Carolina University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 42% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Western Carolina has 97 students under 18 years old and 5 students over 65 years old. There are 8,555 students under 25 years old, and 3,131 students over 25 years old out of 11,686 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 97 students are younger than 18 and 4 students are older than 65. Western Carolina has 8,067 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,045 students aged 25 and over.

It has 488 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,086 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• 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 Western Carolina University, 2,836 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,047 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,599 students who live in North Carolina or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 237 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 10,112 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,003 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.92%.638 students have transferred in as full-time status and 365 students transferred in as part-time status.