Student Population at Peirce

Total Enrollment

929

Undergraduate

799

Graduate

130

Online Enrollment

929

Men Students

220

Women Students

709

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 929 students have enrolled at Peirce College - 799 undergraduate and 130 graduate.

By gender, 220 male and 709 female students are attending Peirce College. By attendance status, there are 164 full-time students and 765 part-time students.

The number of students at Peirce College is very small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Central Penn College and Grove City College, its population is small (average population is 1,417).

Peirce College is an online exclusive school (all degree/program offered only via distance learning) and, therefore, all students have enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Peirce's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania.

Peirce has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 1,417 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania average (2,751 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Peirce College	929	799	130
Similarly Ranked Schools	1,417	1,378	53
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania	2,751	2,277	1,010

The below chart compares the student population between Peirce College and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 220 male and 709 female students attending Peirce. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.31 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 Peirce.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Peirce
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	799	135	664
Men	195	41	154
Women	604	94	510

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Peirce
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	130	29	101
Men	25	7	18
Women	105	22	83

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 485 Black or African American students (52.21%) and 199 White students (21.42%) at Peirce College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Peirce College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Peirce College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	5	0	5
Asian	25	13	12
Black or African American	407	77	330
Hispanic	101	30	71
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	4	0	4
White	173	49	124
Two or More Races	10	3	7
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	74	23	51
Total	799	195	604

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Peirce College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	3	1	2
Black or African American	78	13	65
Hispanic	13	0	13
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	26	8	18
Two or More Races	0	0	0
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	8	2	6
Total	130	25	105

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 61 students whose age under twenty five and 737 students whose age is over thirty years old at Peirce College.

Especially, 8 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Peirce College.

Population by Student Age at Peirce College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	799	195	604
18-19	7	4	3
20-21	13	6	7
22-24	40	17	23
25-29	115	37	78
30-34	153	43	110
35-39	157	27	130
40-49	186	37	149
50-64	122	22	100
65 and over	6	2	4
Total	799	195	604

Population by Student Age at Peirce College
	Total	Men	Women
Total	130	25	105
22-24	1	0	1
25-29	16	1	15
30-34	23	8	15
35-39	22	4	18
40-49	43	9	34
50-64	23	3	20
65 and over	2	0	2
Total	130	25	105

Online Student Population

Peirce College is an online school that all degree/certificate programs are offered via only distance learning and all 929 students enrolled throught online

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	929	799	130
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	929	799	130
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	0	0	0
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	0	0	0

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	929	799	130
Pennsylvania Residents	620	526	94
Other State in U.S.	309	273	36
Outside of U.S.	0	0	0
Unknown	0	0	0