Enrollment Trends at The Wright Institute

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 499 where 518 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 520 students in 2023 and was lowest at 451 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 451 to 518 students, a net gain of 67 (14.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at The Wright Institute since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	451	104	347
2016-17	479 28	119 15	360 13
2017-18	506 27	135 16	371 11
2018-19	483 -23	116 -19	367 -4
2019-20	487 4	106 -10	381 14
2020-21	514 27	108 2	406 25
2021-22	517 3	111 3	406
2022-23	520 3	108 -3	412 6
2023-24	511 -9	107 -1	404 -8
2024-25	518 7	112 5	406 2
Average	499	113	386

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.21%. The percentage was 64.08% 10 years ago and The Wright Institute still has a high percentage of white students. 14.09% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.05% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.09% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.08% to 55.21%. Asian enrollment grew from 10.64% to 14.09%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.21% to 4.05%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.76% to 14.09%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6495 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5627 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

• Trends Table
• 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	4	48	19	35	0	289	39
2016-17	3	57	17	35	0	296	48
2017-18	3	62	22	26	0	324	47
2018-19	4	60	16	23	0	317	41
2019-20	2	61	19	33	0	310	42
2020-21	2	66	21	30	0	331	45
2021-22	2	61	25	31	0	319	55
2022-23	2	75	29	66	0	293	31
2023-24	0	66	24	77	0	293	26
2024-25	0	73	21	73	0	286	34
Average	2	63	21	43	0	306	41

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

The Wright Institute does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.