Student Population at Wesleyan

The following chart compares Wesleyan'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 Connecticut.

Wesleyan has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 2,498 students). The enrollment is close to the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Connecticut average (4,084 students).

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

By gender, there are 1,892 male and 2,119 female students attending Wesleyan. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.89 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 Wesleyan.

By age, there are 3,811 students whose age under twenty five and 119 students whose age is over thirty years old at Wesleyan University.

Especially, 720 students are younger than eighteen and 1 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Wesleyan University, 700 students (17.45% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 694 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, 23 students live in Connecticut where Wesleyan University is located in and 671 students have enrolled from other states.