Student Population at RWU

Total Enrollment

4,350

Undergraduate

4,038

Graduate

312

Online Enrollment

364

Men Students

2,057

Women Students

2,293

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 4,350 students have enrolled at Roger Williams University - 4,038 undergraduate and 312 graduate.

By gender, 2,057 male and 2,293 female students are attending Roger Williams University. By attendance status, there are 3,817 full-time students and 533 part-time students.

The number of students at Roger Williams University is average compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Rhode Island.

Roger Williams University offers online degree/certificate programs and 364 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares RWU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Rhode Island.

The enrollment is close to the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Rhode Island average (4,079 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Roger Williams University	4,350	4,038	312
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 Rhode Island	4,079	3,710	739

The below chart compares the student population between Roger Williams University and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 2,057 male and 2,293 female students attending RWU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.90 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 RWU.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at RWU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	4,038	3,603	435
Men	1,943	1,723	220
Women	2,095	1,880	215

Population by Gender/Attending Status at RWU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	312	214	98
Men	114	76	38
Women	198	138	60

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 3,014 White students (69.29%) and 517 Hispanic students (11.89%) at Roger Williams University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Roger Williams University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Roger Williams University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	13	6	7
Asian	91	42	49
Black or African American	170	79	91
Hispanic	474	191	283
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	2,788	1,373	1,415
Two or More Races	113	48	65
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	327	169	158
Total	4,038	1,943	2,095

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Roger Williams University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	4	4	0
Asian	5	1	4
Black or African American	15	7	8
Hispanic	43	9	34
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	226	86	140
Two or More Races	8	2	6
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	9	4	5
Total	312	114	198

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 3,856 students whose age under twenty five and 341 students whose age is over thirty years old at Roger Williams University.

Especially, 100 students are younger than eighteen and 2 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Roger Williams University.

Population by Student Age at Roger Williams University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	4,038	1,943	2,095
Under 18	100	40	60
18-19	1,640	731	909
20-21	1,614	773	841
22-24	300	186	114
25-29	112	54	58
30-34	83	48	35
35-39	60	36	24
40-49	87	51	36
50-64	40	22	18
65 and over	2	2	0
Total	4,038	1,943	2,095

Population by Student Age at Roger Williams University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	312	114	198
20-21	10	1	9
22-24	192	75	117
25-29	41	13	28
30-34	18	8	10
35-39	14	3	11
40-49	24	9	15
50-64	13	5	8
Total	312	114	198

Online Student Population

At Roger Williams University, 774 students (17.79% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 364 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, 212 students live in Rhode Island where Roger Williams University is located in and 152 students have enrolled from other states.