Student Population at Western Illinois University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
7,643	5,309	2,334

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 7,643 students have enrolled in Western Illinois University with 5,309 undergraduate and 2,334 graduate students.

By gender, 3,323 male and 4,320 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,807 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,734 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Western Illinois University has a total of 7,643 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 5,309 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,334 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,323 male and 4,320 female students (the male-female ratio is 43:57) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	7,643	5,309	2,334
Men	3,323	2,280	1,043
Women	4,320	3,029	1,291

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,037 White, 1,310 Black, and 88 Asian students out of a total of 7,643 are attending at Western Illinois University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	10	6	4
Asian	88	37	51
Black	1,310	540	770
Hispanic	768	311	457
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	9	6	3
White	4,037	1,688	2,349
Two or more races	185	69	116
Race Unknown	128	55	73

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	10	6	4
Asian	71	32	39
Black	1,169	475	694
Hispanic	658	281	377
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	7	6	1
White	2,989	1,331	1,658
Two or more races	155	60	95
Race Unknown	69	28	41

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	-	-	-
Asian	17	5	12
Black	141	65	76
Hispanic	110	30	80
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	0	2
White	1,048	357	691
Two or more races	30	9	21
Race Unknown	59	27	32

Student Age Distribution

By age, Western Illinois has 148 students under 18 years old and 24 students over 65 years old. There are 5,212 students under 25 years old, and 2,431 students over 25 years old out of 7,643 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 148 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Western Illinois has 4,470 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 839 students aged 25 and over.

It has 742 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,592 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	148	92	56
18-19	1,684	997	687
20-21	1,778	1,015	763
22-24	1,602	814	788
25-29	940	503	437
30-34	533	298	235
35-39	321	188	133
40-49	434	287	147
50-64	179	113	66
Over 65	24	13	11

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	148	92	56
18-19	1,684	997	687
20-21	1,732	988	744
22-24	906	477	429
25-29	315	164	151
30-34	186	108	78
35-39	118	73	45
40-49	150	88	62
50-64	64	37	27
Over 65	6	5	1

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Western Illinois University, 1,807 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,734 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,324 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 483 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	7,643	1,807	3,734
Undergraduate	5,309	937	2,823
Graduate	2,334	870	911

Online Student Population by Locality
	Illinois Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,324	207	276
Undergraduate	744	121	72
Graduate	580	86	204

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,309 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 640 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 12.06%.512 students have transferred in as full-time status and 128 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	3,957
Transfer-in Full-time	512
Regular Part-time	712
Transfer-in Part-time	128

Student Population at Western Illinois University

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