Student Population at GWU

Total Enrollment

3,144

Undergraduate

1,812

Graduate

1,332

Online Enrollment

897

Men Students

1,016

Women Students

2,128

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 3,144 students have enrolled at Gardner-Webb University - 1,812 undergraduate and 1,332 graduate.

By gender, 1,016 male and 2,128 female students are attending Gardner-Webb University. By attendance status, there are 1,906 full-time students and 1,238 part-time students.

The number of students at Gardner-Webb University is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in North Carolina.

Gardner-Webb University offers online degree/certificate programs and 897 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

The below chart compares the student population between Gardner-Webb University and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 1,016 male and 2,128 female students attending GWU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.48 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at GWU.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at GWU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,812	1,516	296
Men	646	610	36
Women	1,166	906	260

Population by Gender/Attending Status at GWU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,332	390	942
Men	370	103	267
Women	962	287	675

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,641 White students (52.19%) and 772 Black or African American students (24.55%) at Gardner-Webb University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Gardner-Webb University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Gardner-Webb University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	13	2	11
Asian	17	9	8
Black or African American	311	143	168
Hispanic	78	28	50
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	4	1
White	972	279	693
Two or More Races	45	25	20
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	368	155	213
Total	1,812	646	1,166

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Gardner-Webb University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	8	2	6
Asian	18	7	11
Black or African American	461	119	342
Hispanic	31	12	19
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	3	3
White	669	191	478
Two or More Races	30	9	21
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	109	27	82
Total	1,332	370	962

Online Student Population

At Gardner-Webb University, 1,497 students (47.61% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 897 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 734 students live in North Carolina where Gardner-Webb University is located in and 162 students have enrolled from other states.