Student Population at Western Carolina

The following chart compares Western Carolina's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in North Carolina.

Western Carolina has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 16,011 students). The enrollment is close to the Public, 4-Years Colleges in North Carolina average (13,968 students).

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

By gender, there are 4,769 male and 6,917 female students attending Western Carolina. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.69 to 1 and the ratio is similar to 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 Western Carolina.

By age, there are 8,555 students whose age under twenty five and 2,180 students whose age is over thirty years old at Western Carolina University.

Especially, 97 students are younger than eighteen and 5 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Western Carolina University, 5,883 students (50.34% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,836 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, 2,599 students live in North Carolina where Western Carolina University is located in and 155 students have enrolled from other states.