Widener University Student Population and Demographics

Widener Student Population

There are 5,713 students including 2,975 undergraduate and 2,738 graduate students at Widener University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,593 full-time and 1,120 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,984 male and 3,729 female students.

Widener University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,022 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Widener University has a total enrollment of 5,713 with a gender distribution of 34.73% male (1,984 students) and 65.27% female (3,729 students). There are 1,153 male and 1,822 female students in undergraduate school and 831 male and 1,907 female students are attending graduate school at Widener University.

Student Population By Gender
Widener University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,713	1,984	3,729
Undergraduate	2,975	1,153	1,822
Graduate	2,738	831	1,907
Full-time	4,593	1,757	2,836
Part-time	1,120	227	893

[Chart] Widener University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Widener University has 4,593 full-time and 1,120 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 2,781 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 194 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,812 students are full-time and 926 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Widener University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	5,713	4,593	1,120
Undergraduate	2,975	2,781	194
Graduate	2,738	1,812	926
Men	1,984	1,757	227
Women	3,729	2,836	893

[Chart] Widener University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Widener University, 1,022 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 614 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 5,713 students.

In undergraduate schools, 578 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,058 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Widener University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,713	2,975	2,738
Online Exclusively	1,022	150	872
In Some Online Classes	614	428	186
Not In Online Classes	4,077	2,397	1,680

[Chart] Widener University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Widener University. There are 14 American Indian/Native American, 3,156 White, 1,299 Black/African American, 227 Asian, 534 Hispanic, 2 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 134 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Widener University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,713	1,984	3,729
American Indian/Native American	14	8	6
Asian	227	76	151
Black/African American	1,299	371	928
Hispanic	534	174	360
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	0	2
White	3,156	1,161	1,995
Two More	118	40	78
Race Un-Known	251	94	157

[Chart] Widener UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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