William Rainey Harper College Student Population and Demographics

Harper College Student Population

William Rainey Harper College has a total enrollment of 13,988 (all undergraduate students) for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 4,053 full-time and 9,935 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,091 male and 7,897 female students.

William Rainey Harper College is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,136 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

William Rainey Harper College has a total enrollment of 13,988 with a gender distribution of 43.54% male (6,091 students) and 56.46% female (7,897 students).

Student Population By Gender
William Rainey Harper College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	13,988	6,091	7,897
Full-time	4,053	2,024	2,029
Part-time	9,935	4,067	5,868

[Chart] William Rainey Harper College 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

William Rainey Harper College has 4,053 full-time and 9,935 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,053 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 9,935 students are attending with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
William Rainey Harper College
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	13,988	4,053	9,935
Men	6,091	2,024	4,067
Women	7,897	2,029	5,868

[Chart] William Rainey Harper College Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At William Rainey Harper College, 2,136 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,735 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 13,988 students.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
William Rainey Harper College
	Total	Undergraduate
Total	13,988	13,988
Online Exclusively	2,136	2,136
In Some Online Classes	3,735	3,735
Not In Online Classes	8,117	8,117

[Chart] William Rainey Harper College Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at William Rainey Harper College. There are 18 American Indian/Native American, 5,750 White, 574 Black/African American, 1,887 Asian, 4,696 Hispanic, 245 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 321 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
William Rainey Harper College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	13,988	6,091	7,897
American Indian/Native American	18	12	6
Asian	1,887	849	1,038
Black/African American	574	222	352
Hispanic	4,696	1,875	2,821
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	245	121	124
White	5,750	2,603	3,147
Two More	588	287	301
Race Un-Known	54	34	20

[Chart] William Rainey Harper CollegeRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at William Rainey Harper College.

Student Age Distribution
William Rainey Harper College
	Undergraduate
Total	13,988
Under 18	2,205
Age 18-19	3,880
Age 20-21	2,113
Age 22-24	1,653
Age 25-29	1,230
Age 30-34	779
Age 35-39	644
Age 40-49	901
Age 50-64	502
Over 64	80
Age Un-Known	1

[Chart] William Rainey Harper College 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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