William Carey University Student Population

Population By Gender/Attending Status

For academic year 2022-2023, total 5,662 students enrolled into William Carey University. 3,291 enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,371 students enrolled in graduate programs. By attending status. there are 3,256 full-time and 2,406 part-time students. By gender, 1,841 male and 3,821 female students are attending at William Carey University. Next table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for William Carey University.

Gender Distribution
Attending Status

Student Population By Gender
William Carey University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,662	1,841	3,821
Undergraduate	3,291	1,127	2,164
Graduate	2,371	714	1,657

Student Population By Attending Status
William Carey University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	5,662	3,256	2,406
Undergraduate	3,291	1,706	1,585
Graduate	2,371	1,550	821

Population by Race/Ethnicity

Next tables summarize the students population by race/ethnicity at William Carey University.

There are 3,288 White (58.07%), 1,580 Black/African American (27.91%), 168 Hispanic (2.97%), 277 Asian (4.89%), and 349 students with other races.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at William Carey University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,662	1,841	3,821
American Indian/Native American	10	3	7
Asian	277	129	148
Black/African American	1,580	397	1,183
Hispanic	168	51	117
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	3,288	1,098	2,190
Two More	35	10	25
Un-Known	90	36	54

Undergraduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at William Carey University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,291	1,127	2,164
American Indian/Native American	7	3	4
Asian	64	28	36
Black/African American	847	258	589
Hispanic	118	36	82
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	2,056	711	1,345
Two More	32	9	23
Un-Known	58	22	36

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at William Carey University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,371	714	1,657
American Indian/Native American	3	0	3
Asian	213	101	112
Black/African American	733	139	594
Hispanic	50	15	35
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	1,232	387	845
Two More	3	1	2
Un-Known	32	14	18

Online Student Population

William Carey University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for both undergraduate and graduate programs. 1,241 students (21.92% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 1,514 students (26.74% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. Next table summarizes the online student population for William Carey University.

Distance Learning Student Population at William Carey University
	Total	Enrolled Exclusively	Enrolled Some Courses	Not In Online Courses
Total	5,662	1,241	1,514	2,907
Undergraduate	3,291	502	1,033	1,756
Graduate	2,371	739	481	1,151

Population by Student Age

The following table summarizes the students population by age at William Carey University. 1,182 students are aged 20 to 24 (20.88% of total students), 1,611 students are aged below 20 (28.45%), 299 students are aged above 50 (5.28%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at William Carey University.

Student Population By Age at William Carey University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,662	1,841	3,821
Under 18	304	106	198
Age 18-19	1,307	520	787
Age 20-21	375	141	234
Age 22-24	807	277	530
Age 25-29	1,005	398	607
Age 30-34	519	135	384
Age 35-39	419	90	329
Age 40-49	627	129	498
Age 50-64	281	44	237
Over 64	18	1	17

Undergraduate Student Population By Age at William Carey University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,291	1,127	2,164
Under 18	304	106	198
Age 18-19	1,307	520	787
Age 20-21	368	139	229
Age 22-24	593	210	383
Age 25-29	257	71	186
Age 30-34	145	24	121
Age 35-39	123	20	103
Age 40-49	140	31	109
Age 50-64	53	6	47
Over 64	1	0	1

Graduate Student Population By Age at William Carey University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	2,371	714	1,657
Age 20-21	7	2	5
Age 22-24	214	67	147
Age 25-29	748	327	421
Age 30-34	374	111	263
Age 35-39	296	70	226
Age 40-49	487	98	389
Age 50-64	228	38	190
Over 64	17	1	16

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