Enrollment Trends at Widener

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,010 where 5,713 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

52.07% of total students is undergraduate students and 47.93% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 518 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 928 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.88 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Widener than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Widener 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	5,303	3,493	1,575	1,918	1,810	444	1,366
2016-17	6,402 1,099	3,597 104	1,596 21	2,001 83	2,805 995	812 368	1,993 627
2017-18	6,518 116	3,436 -161	1,489 -107	1,947 -54	3,082 277	851 39	2,231 238
2018-19	6,621 103	3,367 -69	1,440 -49	1,927 -20	3,254 172	894 43	2,360 129
2019-20	6,496 -125	3,223 -144	1,388 -52	1,835 -92	3,273 19	882 -12	2,391 31
2020-21	6,150 -346	2,912 -311	1,256 -132	1,656 -179	3,238 -35	897 15	2,341 -50
2021-22	5,875 -275	2,766 -146	1,159 -97	1,607 -49	3,109 -129	874 -23	2,235 -106
2022-23	5,416 -459	2,555 -211	1,061 -98	1,494 -113	2,861 -248	801 -73	2,060 -175
2023-24	5,610 194	2,811 256	1,112 51	1,699 205	2,799 -62	816 15	1,983 -77
2024-25	5,713 103	2,975 164	1,153 41	1,822 123	2,738 -61	831 15	1,907 -76
Average	6,010	3,114	1,323	1,791	2,897	810	2,087

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,114 where 2,975 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 Widener 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	3,493	2,941	1,372	1,569	552	203	349
2016-17	3,597	2,981	1,386	1,595	616	210	406
2017-18	3,436	2,919	1,324	1,595	517	165	352
2018-19	3,367	2,915	1,303	1,612	452	137	315
2019-20	3,223	2,784	1,254	1,530	439	134	305
2020-21	2,912	2,633	1,180	1,453	279	76	203
2021-22	2,766	2,540	1,096	1,444	226	63	163
2022-23	2,555	2,339	997	1,342	216	64	152
2023-24	2,811	2,591	1,055	1,536	220	57	163
2024-25	2,975	2,781	1,109	1,672	194	44	150
Average	3,114	3,114	1,208	1,535	3,114	115	256

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,897 where 2,738 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 Widener 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	1,810	713	189	524	1,097	255	842
2016-17	2,805	1,405	530	875	1,400	282	1,118
2017-18	3,082	1,446	552	894	1,636	299	1,337
2018-19	3,254	1,581	594	987	1,673	300	1,373
2019-20	3,273	1,666	626	1,040	1,607	256	1,351
2020-21	3,238	1,754	642	1,112	1,484	255	1,229
2021-22	3,109	1,754	631	1,123	1,355	243	1,112
2022-23	2,861	1,742	623	1,119	1,119	178	941
2023-24	2,799	1,792	642	1,150	1,007	174	833
2024-25	2,738	1,812	648	1,164	926	183	743
Average	2,897	2,897	568	999	2,897	243	1,088

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.24%. The percentage was 65.64% 10 years ago and Widener still has a high percentage of white students. 3.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 22.74% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.64% to 55.24%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.51% to 3.97%. Black student enrollment increased from 15.97% to 22.74%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.02% to 9.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6324 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5394 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Widener University 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	16	186	847	266	5	3,481	109
2016-17	31	214	1,003	326	3	4,206	146
2017-18	21	221	1,078	361	3	4,221	166
2018-19	24	210	1,051	365	1	4,294	199
2019-20	19	202	974	394	1	4,246	169
2020-21	14	208	903	374	1	3,955	156
2021-22	9	191	905	369	4	3,685	128
2022-23	7	190	900	380	4	3,329	108
2023-24	11	199	1,080	478	6	3,316	112
2024-25	14	227	1,299	534	2	3,156	118
Average	17	205	1,004	385	3	3,789	141