Enrollment Trends at William Jewell

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 879 where 959 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

96.35% of total students is undergraduate students and 3.65% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 129 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 25 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.00 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in William Jewell.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at William Jewell 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	1,063	1,053	440	613	10	2	8
2016-17	997 -66	992 -61	419 -21	573 -40	5 -5	0 -2	5 -3
2017-18	933 -64	928 -64	385 -34	543 -30	5	0	5
2018-19	808 -125	803 -125	364 -21	439 -104	5	0	5
2019-20	739 -69	734 -69	337 -27	397 -42	5	0	5
2020-21	751 12	738 4	357 20	381 -16	13 8	6 6	7 2
2021-22	805 54	779 41	386 29	393 12	26 13	10 4	16 9
2022-23	853 48	824 45	423 37	401 8	29 3	10	19 3
2023-24	886 33	868 44	460 37	408 7	18 -11	6 -4	12 -7
2024-25	959 73	924 56	466 6	458 50	35 17	14 8	21 9
Average	879	864	404	461	15	5	10

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 864 where 924 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 William Jewell 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	1,053	1,026	429	597	27	11	16
2016-17	992	977	413	564	15	6	9
2017-18	928	909	377	532	19	8	11
2018-19	803	779	356	423	24	8	16
2019-20	734	724	331	393	10	6	4
2020-21	738	729	352	377	9	5	4
2021-22	779	770	383	387	9	3	6
2022-23	824	811	413	398	13	10	3
2023-24	868	841	457	384	27	3	24
2024-25	924	879	459	420	45	7	38
Average	864	864	397	448	864	7	13

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 15 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 William Jewell 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	10	1	1	0	9	1	8
2016-17	5	0	0	0	5	0	5
2017-18	5	5	0	5	0	0	0
2018-19	5	0	0	0	5	0	5
2019-20	5	0	0	0	5	0	5
2020-21	13	12	6	6	1	0	1
2021-22	26	23	10	13	3	0	3
2022-23	29	21	10	11	8	0	8
2023-24	18	17	5	12	1	1	0
2024-25	35	25	13	12	10	1	9
Average	15	15	5	6	15	0	4

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.63%. The percentage was 78.17% 10 years ago and William Jewell still has a high percentage of white students. 1.67% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.13% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.78% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.17% to 61.63%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.94% to 1.67%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.33% to 8.13%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.76% to 11.78%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5950 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3824 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at William Jewell College 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	5	10	46	40	1	831	59
2016-17	1	12	40	40	2	785	43
2017-18	1	11	43	39	1	738	43
2018-19	1	10	40	47	3	643	29
2019-20	2	8	40	52	3	574	30
2020-21	1	10	59	63	3	538	43
2021-22	4	8	63	69	4	576	39
2022-23	7	19	67	89	2	550	75
2023-24	10	12	78	105	3	553	59
2024-25	14	16	78	113	2	591	62
Average	5	12	55	66	2	638	48

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

William Jewell College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.