Wilberforce University Student Population

How many students at Wilberforce?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Wilberforce University has a total enrollment of 838 students, including 822 undergraduate and 16 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 391 male students (46.7%) and 447 female students (53.3%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 832 Black students (99.3%) and 2 White students (0.2%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 822 undergraduate students (98.1%) and 16 graduate students (1.9%).
• Class Delivery: 17 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 0 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Baccalaureate College - Diverse Fields - which average 1,196 - Wilberforce's body is smaller.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 391 male (46.66%) and 447 female (53.34%) students are attending Wilberforce University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 87.47.

By class level, 822 (98.09%) are undergraduate students and 16 (1.91%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 46.96% are male and 53.04% are female, while among graduate students, 31.25% are male and 68.75% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2 White, and 832 Black students out of a total of 838 are attending at Wilberforce University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Wilberforce University is not very diverse with a diversity index of 1.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Wilberforce has 18 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 546 students under 25 years old, and 71 students over 25 years old out of 617 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 18 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Wilberforce has 541 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 61 students aged 25 and over.

It has 5 graduate students aged under 25 and 10 students aged 25 and over.

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

• 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 Wilberforce University, 17 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 822 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 118 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 14.36%.102 students have transferred in as full-time status and 16 students transferred in as part-time status.