Wilkes University Student Population and Demographics

Wilkes Student Population

There are 5,381 students including 2,076 undergraduate and 3,305 graduate students at Wilkes University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 2,374 full-time and 3,007 part-time students with gender distribution of 1,699 male and 3,682 female students.

Wilkes University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,097 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Wilkes University has a total enrollment of 5,381 with a gender distribution of 31.57% male (1,699 students) and 68.43% female (3,682 students). There are 1,001 male and 1,075 female students in undergraduate school and 698 male and 2,607 female students are attending graduate school at Wilkes University.

Student Population By Gender
Wilkes University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,381	1,699	3,682
Undergraduate	2,076	1,001	1,075
Graduate	3,305	698	2,607
Full-time	2,374	1,077	1,297
Part-time	3,007	622	2,385

[Chart] Wilkes University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Wilkes University has 2,374 full-time and 3,007 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 1,896 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 180 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 478 students are full-time and 2,827 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Wilkes University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	5,381	2,374	3,007
Undergraduate	2,076	1,896	180
Graduate	3,305	478	2,827
Men	1,699	1,077	622
Women	3,682	1,297	2,385

[Chart] Wilkes University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Wilkes University, 3,097 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,264 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 5,381 students.

In undergraduate schools, 1,185 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,176 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Wilkes University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,381	2,076	3,305
Online Exclusively	3,097	84	3,013
In Some Online Classes	1,264	1,101	163
Not In Online Classes	1,020	891	129

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Wilkes University. There are 7 American Indian/Native American, 3,547 White, 666 Black/African American, 256 Asian, 478 Hispanic, 6 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 91 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Wilkes University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	5,381	1,699	3,682
American Indian/Native American	7	2	5
Asian	256	63	193
Black/African American	666	154	512
Hispanic	478	160	318
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	2	4
White	3,547	1,154	2,393
Two More	155	50	105
Race Un-Known	88	41	47

[Chart] Wilkes UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Wilkes University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,381	2,076	3,305
Under 18	32	32	0
Age 18-19	838	836	2
Age 20-21	771	689	82
Age 22-24	660	364	296
Age 25-29	687	81	606
Age 30-34	540	32	508
Age 35-39	579	20	559
Age 40-49	866	18	848
Age 50-64	391	4	387
Over 64	16	0	16
Age Un-Known	1	0	1

[Chart] Wilkes University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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