Student Population at Wheaton

Total Enrollment

2,874

Undergraduate

2,150

Graduate

724

Online Enrollment

210

Men Students

1,315

Women Students

1,559

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 2,874 students have enrolled at Wheaton College - 2,150 undergraduate and 724 graduate.

By gender, 1,315 male and 1,559 female students are attending Wheaton College. By attendance status, there are 2,256 full-time students and 618 part-time students.

The number of students at Wheaton College is average compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Illinois. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Trinity College and Bryn Mawr College, its population is very large (average population is 2,000).

Wheaton College offers online degree/certificate programs and 210 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Wheaton'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 Illinois.

Wheaton has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 2,000 students). The enrollment is close to the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Illinois average (2,545 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Wheaton College	2,874	2,150	724
Similarly Ranked Schools	2,000	1,891	136
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 Illinois	2,545	2,067	1,276

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

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 1,315 male and 1,559 female students attending Wheaton. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.84 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 Wheaton.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Wheaton
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,150	2,089	61
Men	988	954	34
Women	1,162	1,135	27

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Wheaton
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	724	167	557
Men	327	69	258
Women	397	98	299

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,896 White students (65.97%) and 233 Hispanic students (8.11%) at Wheaton College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Wheaton College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Wheaton College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	1	1
Asian	187	82	105
Black or African American	69	36	33
Hispanic	190	74	116
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	1,441	661	780
Two or More Races	124	71	53
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	47	24	23
Total	2,150	988	1,162

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Wheaton College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	4	4	0
Asian	37	17	20
Black or African American	32	12	20
Hispanic	43	18	25
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	455	196	259
Two or More Races	21	13	8
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	27	13	14
Total	724	327	397

Online Student Population

At Wheaton College, 325 students (11.31% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 210 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, 41 students live in Illinois where Wheaton College is located in and 156 students have enrolled from other states.