Student Population at Wilkes

The following chart compares Wilkes'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 Pennsylvania.

Wilkes has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 4,500 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Pennsylvania average (2,751 students).

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

By gender, there are 1,699 male and 3,682 female students attending Wilkes. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.46 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 Wilkes.

By age, there are 2,301 students whose age under twenty five and 2,392 students whose age is over thirty years old at Wilkes University.

Especially, 32 students are younger than eighteen and 16 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Wilkes University, 4,361 students (81.04% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 3,097 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, 1,869 students live in Pennsylvania where Wilkes University is located in and 1,206 students have enrolled from other states.