William & Mary Student Population

How many students at W & M? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 9,818 students have enrolled in William & Mary with 7,063 undergraduate and 2,755 graduate students.

By gender, 4,053 male and 5,765 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,875 students on average - public Research University (high research activity)).

1,098 students are enrolled exclusively, and 223 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

William & Mary has a total of 9,818 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 7,063 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,755 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,053 male and 5,765 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,077 White, 610 Black, and 963 Asian students out of a total of 9,818 are attending at William & Mary. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

William & Mary is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 59.2% 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, W & M has 55 students under 18 years old and 9 students over 65 years old. There are 7,782 students under 25 years old, and 2,036 students over 25 years old out of 9,818 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 55 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. W & M has 6,978 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 85 students aged 25 and over.

It has 804 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,951 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 William & Mary, 1,098 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 223 students are enrolled in some online courses.

705 students who live in Virginia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 393 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,063 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 183 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.59%.179 students have transferred in as full-time status and 4 students transferred in as part-time status.