Student Population at W & M

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

W & M has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 47,874 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Virginia average (12,989 students).

The below chart compares the student population between William & Mary and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 4,053 male and 5,765 female students attending W & M. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.70 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 W & M.

By age, there are 7,782 students whose age under twenty five and 1,188 students whose age is over thirty years old at William & Mary.

Especially, 55 students are younger than eighteen and 9 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at William & Mary.

At William & Mary, 1,321 students (13.45% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,098 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, 705 students live in Virginia where William & Mary is located in and 366 students have enrolled from other states.