Student Population at WNC

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

WNC has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 19,599 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Nevada average (15,523 students).

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

By gender, there are 2,064 male and 2,220 female students attending WNC. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.93 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 WNC.

By age, there are 3,134 students whose age under twenty five and 776 students whose age is over thirty years old at Western Nevada College.

Especially, 1,739 students are younger than eighteen and 35 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Western Nevada College, 1,907 students (44.51% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,031 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, 994 students live in Nevada where Western Nevada College is located in and 37 students have enrolled from other states.