Enrollment Trends at Wesleyan

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 689 where 531 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 797 students in 2020 and was lowest at 531 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 708 to 531 students, a net loss of 177 (25%).

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	708	660	11	649	48	9	39
2016-17	676 -32	630 -30	14 3	616 -33	46 -2	8 -1	38 -1
2017-18	603 -73	564 -66	13 -1	551 -65	39 -7	9 1	30 -8
2018-19	765 162	725 161	58 45	667 116	40 1	6 -3	34 4
2019-20	797 32	754 29	58	696 29	43 3	6	37 3
2020-21	779 -18	745 -9	44 -14	701 5	34 -9	4 -2	30 -7
2021-22	734 -45	695 -50	43 -1	652 -49	39 5	4	35 5
2022-23	660 -74	614 -81	38 -5	576 -76	46 7	2 -2	44 9
2023-24	641 -19	595 -19	39 1	556 -20	46	1 -1	45 1
2024-25	531 -110	496 -99	30 -9	466 -90	35 -11	2 1	33 -12
Average	689	648	35	613	42	5	37

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 648 where 496 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 Wesleyan College 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	660	511	0	511	149	11	138
2016-17	630	494	0	494	136	14	122
2017-18	564	431	0	431	133	13	120
2018-19	725	490	0	490	235	58	177
2019-20	754	476	0	476	278	58	220
2020-21	745	500	1	499	245	43	202
2021-22	695	455	0	455	240	43	197
2022-23	614	420	0	420	194	38	156
2023-24	595	402	0	402	193	39	154
2024-25	496	359	0	359	137	30	107
Average	648	648	0	454	648	35	159

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 42 where 35 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 Wesleyan College 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	48	47	8	39	1	1	0
2016-17	46	31	3	28	15	5	10
2017-18	39	0	0	0	39	9	30
2018-19	40	33	4	29	7	2	5
2019-20	43	42	6	36	1	0	1
2020-21	34	33	4	29	1	0	1
2021-22	39	37	4	33	2	0	2
2022-23	46	37	2	35	9	0	9
2023-24	46	40	1	39	6	0	6
2024-25	35	30	2	28	5	0	5
Average	42	42	3	30	42	2	7

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 33.90% and the percentage of black students is 35.78% at Wesleyan College. 2.82% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 11.49% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 37.01% to 33.90%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.98% to 2.82%. Black student enrollment increased from 30.79% to 35.78%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.67% to 11.49%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7401 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7658 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wesleyan College 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	0	14	218	26	1	262	19
2016-17	0	17	193	35	1	280	21
2017-18	1	12	196	28	1	245	23
2018-19	1	13	264	40	0	332	27
2019-20	2	8	298	42	0	358	28
2020-21	3	15	314	58	0	316	24
2021-22	0	9	303	52	1	300	27
2022-23	1	10	229	72	1	261	32
2023-24	2	16	228	84	3	236	30
2024-25	1	15	190	61	2	180	29
Average	1	13	243	50	1	277	26