Enrollment Trends at Tennessee Wesleyan

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,069 where 1,198 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

76.63% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.37% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 87 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 258 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Tennessee Wesleyan than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Tennessee Wesleyan University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,027	1,005	357	648	22	8	14
2016-17	1,037 10	1,015 10	378 21	637 -11	22	9 1	13 -1
2017-18	951 -86	935 -80	345 -33	590 -47	16 -6	5 -4	11 -2
2018-19	1,008 57	977 42	363 18	614 24	31 15	10 5	21 10
2019-20	1,141 133	1,060 83	400 37	660 46	81 50	20 10	61 40
2020-21	1,116 -25	990 -70	380 -20	610 -50	126 45	28 8	98 37
2021-22	1,086 -30	974 -16	350 -30	624 14	112 -14	26 -2	86 -12
2022-23	1,052 -34	929 -45	361 11	568 -56	123 11	33 7	90 4
2023-24	1,074 22	857 -72	326 -35	531 -37	217 94	69 36	148 58
2024-25	1,198 124	918 61	329 3	589 58	280 63	115 46	165 17
Average	1,069	966	359	607	103	32	71

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 966 where 918 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Tennessee Wesleyan University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,005	940	328	612	65	29	36
2016-17	1,015	911	341	570	104	37	67
2017-18	935	863	321	542	72	24	48
2018-19	977	885	319	566	92	44	48
2019-20	1,060	966	364	602	94	36	58
2020-21	990	948	360	588	42	20	22
2021-22	974	895	318	577	79	32	47
2022-23	929	834	322	512	95	39	56
2023-24	857	766	288	478	91	38	53
2024-25	918	786	292	494	132	37	95
Average	966	966	325	554	966	34	53

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 103 where 280 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Tennessee Wesleyan University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22	3	1	2	19	7	12
2016-17	22	4	2	2	18	7	11
2017-18	16	2	1	1	14	4	10
2018-19	31	12	4	8	19	6	13
2019-20	81	44	7	37	37	13	24
2020-21	126	83	13	70	43	15	28
2021-22	112	71	13	58	41	13	28
2022-23	123	79	18	61	44	15	29
2023-24	217	206	68	138	11	1	10
2024-25	280	266	111	155	14	4	10
Average	103	103	24	53	103	9	18

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.95%. The percentage was 77.31% 10 years ago and Tennessee Wesleyan still has a high percentage of white students. 2.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.51% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.31% to 67.95%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.68% to 2.25%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.50% to 4.51%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.82% to 5.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5323 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3953 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Tennessee Wesleyan University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	1	7	77	29	1	794	24
2016-17	0	4	36	10	0	525	19
2017-18	1	9	84	45	0	725	38
2018-19	1	8	100	32	2	737	38
2019-20	3	9	116	51	1	826	27
2020-21	4	11	104	59	0	819	36
2021-22	2	11	78	56	4	805	31
2022-23	2	13	64	51	2	788	30
2023-24	0	19	54	55	1	770	20
2024-25	1	27	54	64	1	814	30
Average	2	12	77	45	1	760	29