Student Population at West Virginia State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
3,785	3,634	151

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 3,785 students have enrolled in West Virginia State University with 3,634 undergraduate and 151 graduate students.

By gender, 1,570 male and 2,215 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (3,161 students in average - public Master's College and University (smaller programs)).

433 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,007 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

West Virginia State University has a total of 3,785 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 3,634 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 151 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,570 male and 2,215 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	3,785	3,634	151
Men	1,570	1,511	59
Women	2,215	2,123	92

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,921 White, 312 Black, and 61 Asian students out of a total of 3,785 are attending at West Virginia 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	7	2	5
Asian	61	25	36
Black	312	178	134
Hispanic	68	25	43
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	2,921	1,166	1,755
Two or more races	160	66	94
Race Unknown	195	85	110

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	2	2
Asian	60	24	36
Black	291	168	123
Hispanic	65	25	40
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	2,838	1,134	1,704
Two or more races	159	65	94
Race Unknown	171	78	93

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	3	0	3
Asian	1	1	0
Black	21	10	11
Hispanic	3	0	3
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	83	32	51
Two or more races	1	1	0
Race Unknown	24	7	17

Student Age Distribution

By age, WVSU has 1,997 students under 18 years old and 10 students over 65 years old. There are 3,394 students under 25 years old, and 391 students over 25 years old out of 3,785 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 1,997 students are younger than 18 and 8 students are older than 65. WVSU has 3,350 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 284 students aged 25 and over.

It has 44 graduate students aged under 25 and 107 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1,997	1,213	784
18-19	725	407	318
20-21	378	208	170
22-24	294	137	157
25-29	142	79	63
30-34	79	53	26
35-39	54	33	21
40-49	68	46	22
50-64	38	30	8
Over 65	10	9	1

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	1,997	1,213	784
18-19	725	407	318
20-21	378	208	170
22-24	250	114	136
25-29	105	59	46
30-34	59	42	17
35-39	37	21	16
40-49	54	36	18
50-64	21	16	5
Over 65	8	7	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 West Virginia State University, 433 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,007 students are enrolled in some online courses.

405 students lived in West Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 28 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	3,785	433	1,007
Undergraduate	3,634	382	973
Graduate	151	51	34

Online Student Population by Locality
	West Virginia Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	405	26	2
Undergraduate	359	21	2
Graduate	46	5	0

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,634 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 161 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.43%.143 students have transferred in as full-time status and 18 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	1,173
Transfer-in Full-time	143
Regular Part-time	2,300
Transfer-in Part-time	18

Student Population at West Virginia State University

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