Student Population at Wilkes University

Wilkes University has a total of 5,207 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 2,000 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,207 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 3,695 White, 558 Black, and 201 Asian students out of a total of 5,207 are attending at Wilkes University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, Wilkes has 49 students under 18 years old and 13 students over 65 years old. There are 2,232 students under 25 years old, and 2,974 students over 25 years old out of 5,207 total students.

Wilkes has 1,847 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 153 students aged 25 and over.

It has 385 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,821 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 Wilkes University, 2,983 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,187 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,713 students lived in Pennsylvania or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,270 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 2,000 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 106 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.30%.91 students have transferred in as full-time status and 15 students transferred in as part-time status.