How Student Population Changes at W & M

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,783 where 9,654 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

70.41% of total students is undergraduate students and 29.59% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 626 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 770 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in W & M than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at William & Mary since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,258	6,171	2,797	3,374	2,087	1,025	1,062
2013-14	8,376 118	6,271 100	2,814 17	3,457 83	2,105 18	975 -50	1,130 68
2014-15	8,437 61	6,299 28	2,756 -58	3,543 86	2,138 33	982 7	1,156 26
2015-16	8,484 47	6,301 2	2,743 -13	3,558 15	2,183 45	1,049 67	1,134 -22
2016-17	8,617 133	6,276 -25	2,664 -79	3,612 54	2,341 158	1,182 133	1,159 25
2017-18	8,740 123	6,285 9	2,664 0	3,621 9	2,455 114	1,210 28	1,245 86
2018-19	8,817 77	6,377 92	2,690 26	3,687 66	2,440 -15	1,162 -48	1,278 33
2019-20	8,773 -44	6,256 -121	2,623 -67	3,633 -54	2,517 77	1,182 20	1,335 57
2020-21	8,939 166	6,236 -20	2,571 -52	3,665 32	2,703 186	1,268 86	1,435 100
2021-22	9,517 578	6,543 307	2,721 150	3,822 157	2,974 271	1,269 1	1,705 270
2022-23	9,654 137	6,797 254	2,835 114	3,962 140	2,857 -117	1,217 -52	1,640 -65
Average	8,783	6,347	2,716	3,630	2,436	1,138	1,298

Student Population Changes of William & Mary

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,347 where 6,797 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at William & Mary since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,171	6,097	2,765	3,332	74	32	42
2013-14	6,271	6,195	2,777	3,418	76	37	39
2014-15	6,299	6,214	2,712	3,502	85	44	41
2015-16	6,301	6,217	2,699	3,518	84	44	40
2016-17	6,276	6,209	2,631	3,578	67	33	34
2017-18	6,285	6,199	2,618	3,581	86	46	40
2018-19	6,377	6,300	2,663	3,637	77	27	50
2019-20	6,256	6,190	2,587	3,603	66	36	30
2020-21	6,236	6,131	2,524	3,607	105	47	58
2021-22	6,543	6,465	2,688	3,777	78	33	45
2022-23	6,797	6,716	2,795	3,921	81	40	41
Average	6,347	6,347	2,678	3,589	6,347	38	42

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of William & Mary

William & Mary Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,436 where 2,857 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at William & Mary since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,087	1,672	826	846	415	199	216
2013-14	2,105	1,655	800	855	450	175	275
2014-15	2,138	1,669	803	866	469	179	290
2015-16	2,183	1,675	838	837	508	211	297
2016-17	2,341	1,772	904	868	569	278	291
2017-18	2,455	1,766	865	901	689	345	344
2018-19	2,440	1,686	809	877	754	353	401
2019-20	2,517	1,638	796	842	879	386	493
2020-21	2,703	1,700	805	895	1,003	463	540
2021-22	2,974	1,741	783	958	1,233	486	747
2022-23	2,857	1,693	764	929	1,164	453	711
Average	2,436	2,436	818	879	2,436	321	419

Graduate Enrollment Changes of William & Mary

William & Mary Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.95%. The percentage was 60.21% 10 years ago and W & M still has a high percentage of white students. 9.46% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.78% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at William & Mary over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	25	446	597	610	5	4,972	319
2013-14	20	487	582	629	7	5,124	341
2014-15	19	557	603	629	4	5,161	323
2015-16	10	585	613	645	0	5,174	329
2016-17	18	573	613	682	3	5,237	355
2017-18	16	580	650	715	5	5,312	363
2018-19	16	571	658	723	6	5,325	389
2019-20	15	631	582	714	6	5,308	449
2020-21	14	683	638	687	7	5,492	486
2021-22	17	833	668	752	11	5,774	509
2022-23	10	913	655	792	9	5,884	566
Average	16	624	624	689	6	5,342	403

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of William & Mary

William & Mary Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,042 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at William & Mary from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,437	0	0	8,437
2015-16	8,484	94	23	8,367
2016-17	8,617	197	16	8,404
2017-18	8,740	338	33	8,369
2018-19	8,817	376	18	8,423
2019-20	8,773	414	18	8,341
2020-21	8,939	3,150	5,213	576
2021-22	9,517	1,052	1,359	7,106
2022-23	9,654	1,042	386	8,226
Average	8,886	740	785	7,361

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of William & Mary

Enrollment Trends at W & M

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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