Student Population at Whittier

Total Enrollment

795

Undergraduate

769

Graduate

Men Students

336

Women Students

459

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 795 students have enrolled at Whittier College - 769 undergraduate and 26 graduate.

By gender, 336 male and 459 female students are attending Whittier College. By attendance status, there are 762 full-time students and 33 part-time students.

The number of students at Whittier College is very small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Providence Christian College and University of the West, its population is very large (average population is 153).

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Whittier'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 California.

Whittier has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 153 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California average (2,024 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Whittier College	795	769	26
Similarly Ranked Schools	153	106	95
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 California	2,024	1,628	1,062

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

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 336 male and 459 female students attending Whittier. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.73 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 Whittier.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Whittier
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	769	747	22
Men	328	322	6
Women	441	425	16

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Whittier
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	26	15	11
Men	8	4	4
Women	18	11	7

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 319 Hispanic students (40.13%) and 191 White students (24.03%) at Whittier College(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Whittier College.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Whittier College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	11	4	7
Asian	44	22	22
Black or African American	43	20	23
Hispanic	300	105	195
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	5	2	3
White	186	80	106
Two or More Races	35	20	15
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	43	16	27
Total	769	328	441

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Whittier College
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0	0
Asian	0	0	0
Black or African American	1	0	1
Hispanic	19	7	12
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	5	0	5
Two or More Races	0	0	0
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	1	1	0
Total	26	8	18

Online Student Population

At Whittier College, 136 students (17.11% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 0 students live in California where Whittier College is located in and 0 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	795	769	26
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	0	0	0
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	136	127	9
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	659	642	17

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	0	0	0
California Residents	0	0	0
Other State in U.S.	0	0	0
Outside of U.S.	0	0	0
Unknown	0	0	0