Student Population at Western Michigan University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
17,000	13,589	3,411

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 17,000 students have enrolled in Western Michigan University with 13,589 undergraduate and 3,411 graduate students.

By gender, 8,054 male and 8,946 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

1,811 students are enrolled exclusively, and 8,726 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 Michigan University has a total of 17,000 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 13,589 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,411 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 8,054 male and 8,946 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,000	13,589	3,411
Men	8,054	6,768	1,286
Women	8,946	6,821	2,125

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 11,381 White, 1,383 Black, and 513 Asian students out of a total of 17,000 are attending at Western Michigan 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	68	25	43
Asian	513	248	265
Black	1,383	604	779
Hispanic	1,339	596	743
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	10	4	6
White	11,381	5,313	6,068
Two or more races	628	283	345
Race Unknown	310	153	157

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	50	20	30
Asian	350	185	165
Black	1,122	513	609
Hispanic	1,138	527	611
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	7	2	5
White	9,333	4,650	4,683
Two or more races	557	258	299
Race Unknown	286	143	143

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	18	5	13
Asian	163	63	100
Black	261	91	170
Hispanic	201	69	132
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	2	1
White	2,048	663	1,385
Two or more races	71	25	46
Race Unknown	24	10	14

Student Age Distribution

By age, WMU has 444 students under 18 years old and 15 students over 65 years old. There are 13,399 students under 25 years old, and 3,601 students over 25 years old out of 17,000 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 444 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. WMU has 12,369 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,220 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,030 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,381 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	444	284	160
18-19	4,194	2,243	1,951
20-21	4,918	2,570	2,348
22-24	3,843	1,853	1,990
25-29	1,803	927	876
30-34	725	396	329
35-39	404	230	174
40-49	458	298	160
50-64	196	134	62
Over 65	15	11	4

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	444	284	160
18-19	4,193	2,242	1,951
20-21	4,866	2,533	2,333
22-24	2,866	1,203	1,663
25-29	739	297	442
30-34	247	124	123
35-39	90	52	38
40-49	104	63	41
50-64	39	23	16
Over 65	1	0	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 Michigan University, 1,811 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,726 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,653 students lived in Michigan or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 158 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	17,000	1,811	8,726
Undergraduate	13,589	883	8,134
Graduate	3,411	928	592

Online Student Population by Locality
	Michigan Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,653	144	14
Undergraduate	830	48	5
Graduate	823	96	9

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 13,589 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 972 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.15%.817 students have transferred in as full-time status and 155 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	10,604
Transfer-in Full-time	817
Regular Part-time	2,013
Transfer-in Part-time	155

Student Population at Western Michigan University

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