Western Carolina University Student Population and Demographics

Western Carolina Student Population

There are 11,686 students including 10,112 undergraduate and 1,574 graduate students at Western Carolina University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 9,170 full-time and 2,516 part-time students with gender distribution of 4,769 male and 6,917 female students.

Western Carolina University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,836 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Western Carolina University has a total enrollment of 11,686 with a gender distribution of 40.81% male (4,769 students) and 59.19% female (6,917 students). There are 4,283 male and 5,829 female students in undergraduate school and 486 male and 1,088 female students are attending graduate school at Western Carolina University.

Student Population By Gender
Western Carolina University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	11,686	4,769	6,917
Undergraduate	10,112	4,283	5,829
Graduate	1,574	486	1,088
Full-time	9,170	3,872	5,298
Part-time	2,516	897	1,619

[Chart] Western Carolina University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Western Carolina University has 9,170 full-time and 2,516 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 8,290 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,822 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 880 students are full-time and 694 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Western Carolina University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	11,686	9,170	2,516
Undergraduate	10,112	8,290	1,822
Graduate	1,574	880	694
Men	4,769	3,872	897
Women	6,917	5,298	1,619

[Chart] Western Carolina University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Western Carolina University, 2,836 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,047 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 11,686 students.

In undergraduate schools, 4,882 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,001 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Western Carolina University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	11,686	10,112	1,574
Online Exclusively	2,836	2,207	629
In Some Online Classes	3,047	2,675	372
Not In Online Classes	5,803	5,230	573

[Chart] Western Carolina University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Western Carolina University. There are 100 American Indian/Native American, 8,795 White, 800 Black/African American, 149 Asian, 984 Hispanic, 9 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 256 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Western Carolina University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	11,686	4,769	6,917
American Indian/Native American	100	35	65
Asian	149	59	90
Black/African American	800	367	433
Hispanic	984	389	595
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	5	4
White	8,795	3,562	5,233
Two More	512	203	309
Race Un-Known	98	53	45

[Chart] Western Carolina UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Western Carolina University.

Age Distribution
Western Carolina University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	11,686	10,112	1,574
Under 18	97	97	0
Age 18-19	3,712	3,711	1
Age 20-21	3,054	2,997	57
Age 22-24	1,692	1,262	430
Age 25-29	951	617	334
Age 30-34	684	457	227
Age 35-39	537	380	157
Age 40-49	677	421	256
Age 50-64	277	166	111
Over 64	5	4	1
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Western Carolina University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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