Student Population at West Virginia University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
24,741	19,059	5,682

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 24,741 students have enrolled in West Virginia University with 19,059 undergraduate and 5,682 graduate students.

By gender, 11,687 male and 13,054 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

2,446 students are enrolled exclusively, and 10,710 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 University has a total of 24,741 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 19,059 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,682 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 11,687 male and 13,054 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	24,741	19,059	5,682
Men	11,687	9,179	2,508
Women	13,054	9,880	3,174

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 19,625 White, 835 Black, and 503 Asian students out of a total of 24,741 are attending at West Virginia 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	30	11	19
Asian	503	249	254
Black	835	463	372
Hispanic	1,009	469	540
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	14	11	3
White	19,625	9,136	10,489
Two or more races	1,229	525	704
Race Unknown	301	148	153

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	26	8	18
Asian	325	172	153
Black	601	359	242
Hispanic	805	374	431
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	12	9	3
White	15,527	7,397	8,130
Two or more races	1,067	461	606
Race Unknown	248	127	121

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	4	3	1
Asian	178	77	101
Black	234	104	130
Hispanic	204	95	109
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	2	0
White	4,098	1,739	2,359
Two or more races	162	64	98
Race Unknown	53	21	32

Student Age Distribution

By age, West Virginia has 668 students under 18 years old and 15 students over 65 years old. There are 20,531 students under 25 years old, and 4,210 students over 25 years old out of 24,741 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 668 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. West Virginia has 18,309 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 750 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,222 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,460 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	668	425	243
18-19	7,351	3,936	3,415
20-21	7,751	4,186	3,565
22-24	4,761	2,340	2,421
25-29	2,195	1,120	1,075
30-34	879	427	452
35-39	445	218	227
40-49	490	287	203
50-64	186	106	80
Over 65	15	9	6

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	668	425	243
18-19	7,351	3,936	3,415
20-21	7,638	4,105	3,533
22-24	2,652	1,072	1,580
25-29	391	150	241
30-34	133	69	64
35-39	83	38	45
40-49	91	48	43
50-64	49	34	15
Over 65	3	3	0

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 University, 2,446 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,710 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,217 students lived in West Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,229 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	24,741	2,446	10,710
Undergraduate	19,059	815	10,102
Graduate	5,682	1,631	608

Online Student Population by Locality
	West Virginia Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,217	1,196	33
Undergraduate	490	321	4
Graduate	727	875	29

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 19,059 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 664 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.48%.619 students have transferred in as full-time status and 45 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	16,924
Transfer-in Full-time	619
Regular Part-time	1,471
Transfer-in Part-time	45

Student Population at West Virginia University

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