Student Population at Winston-Salem State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
5,004	4,513	491

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 5,004 students have enrolled in Winston-Salem State University with 4,513 undergraduate and 491 graduate students.

By gender, 1,194 male and 3,810 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (12,612 students in average - public Doctoral / Research University).

857 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,176 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

Trends NC Population Get Info

Student Population by Gender

Winston-Salem State University has a total of 5,004 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,513 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 491 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,194 male and 3,810 female students (the male-female ratio is 24:76) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	5,004	4,513	491
Men	1,194	1,102	92
Women	3,810	3,411	399

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 425 White, 3,905 Black, and 50 Asian students out of a total of 5,004 are attending at Winston-Salem State 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	18	4	14
Asian	50	11	39
Black	3,905	963	2,942
Hispanic	221	47	174
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	425	80	345
Two or more races	202	32	170
Race Unknown	126	36	90

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	17	4	13
Asian	39	8	31
Black	3,636	920	2,716
Hispanic	202	43	159
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	3	1	2
White	293	53	240
Two or more races	183	31	152
Race Unknown	102	30	72

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	1	0	1
Asian	11	3	8
Black	269	43	226
Hispanic	19	4	15
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	-	-	-
White	132	27	105
Two or more races	19	1	18
Race Unknown	24	6	18

Student Age Distribution

There are 4,004 students under 25 years old, and 1,000 students over 25 years old out of 5,004 total students.

WSSU has 3,869 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 644 students aged 25 and over.

It has 135 graduate students aged under 25 and 356 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	89	67	22
18-19	1,608	1,229	379
20-21	1,558	1,186	372
22-24	749	509	240
25-29	363	276	87
30-34	193	159	34
35-39	152	126	26
40-49	195	173	22
50-64	97	85	12

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	89	67	22
18-19	1,608	1,229	379
20-21	1,554	1,184	370
22-24	618	404	214
25-29	225	170	55
30-34	135	112	23
35-39	93	80	13
40-49	132	116	16
50-64	59	49	10

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 Winston-Salem State University, 857 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,176 students are enrolled in some online courses.

768 students lived in North Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 89 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	5,004	857	3,176
Undergraduate	4,513	553	3,088
Graduate	491	304	88

Online Student Population by Locality
	North Carolina Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	768	78	11
Undergraduate	505	46	2
Graduate	263	32	9

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,513 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 372 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 8.24%.260 students have transferred in as full-time status and 112 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	3,637
Transfer-in Full-time	260
Regular Part-time	504
Transfer-in Part-time	112

Student Population at Winston-Salem State University

Student Population by Gender

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

All Students

Undergraduate

Graduate

Student Age Distribution

All Students

Undergraduate

Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Compare WSSU in a Variety of Ways