Enrollment Trends at WUSTL

The student population at Washington University in St Louis is 17,012 (8,132 undergraduate and 8,880 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,980 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WUSTL is 47.80% which is increased by 796 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,184 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.13 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

780 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 400.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,490 where 17,012 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

47.80% of total students is undergraduate students and 52.20% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 796 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 2,184 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.13 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in WUSTL than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Washington University in St Louis since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14,032	7,336	3,596	3,740	6,696	3,266	3,430
2014-15	14,348 316	7,401 65	3,567 -29	3,834 94	6,947 251	3,494 228	3,453 23
2015-16	14,688 340	7,504 103	3,564 -3	3,940 106	7,184 237	3,658 164	3,526 73
2016-17	15,047 359	7,555 51	3,525 -39	4,030 90	7,492 308	3,775 117	3,717 191
2017-18	15,303 256	7,675 120	3,542 17	4,133 103	7,628 136	3,734 -41	3,894 177
2018-19	15,852 549	7,751 76	3,611 69	4,140 7	8,101 473	3,831 97	4,270 376
2019-20	16,191 339	7,822 71	3,636 25	4,186 46	8,369 268	3,904 73	4,465 195
2020-21	15,449 -742	7,653 -169	3,563 -73	4,090 -96	7,796 -573	3,721 -183	4,075 -390
2021-22	16,973 1,524	8,034 381	3,724 161	4,310 220	8,939 1,143	4,252 531	4,687 612
2022-23	17,012 39	8,132 98	3,690 -34	4,442 132	8,880 -59	4,279 27	4,601 -86
Average	15,490	7,686	3,602	4,085	7,803	3,791	4,012

Washington University in St Louis Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,686 where 8,132 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Washington University in St Louis since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,336	6,587	3,328	3,259	749	268	481
2014-15	7,401	6,686	3,308	3,378	715	259	456
2015-16	7,504	6,819	3,308	3,511	685	256	429
2016-17	7,555	6,915	3,298	3,617	640	227	413
2017-18	7,675	7,074	3,332	3,742	601	210	391
2018-19	7,751	7,146	3,394	3,752	605	217	388
2019-20	7,822	7,139	3,415	3,724	683	221	462
2020-21	7,653	7,077	3,370	3,707	576	193	383
2021-22	8,034	7,348	3,508	3,840	686	216	470
2022-23	8,132	7,445	3,504	3,941	687	186	501
Average	7,686	7,686	3,377	3,647	7,686	225	437

Washington University in St Louis Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 7,803 where 8,880 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Washington University in St Louis since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,696	5,491	2,657	2,834	1,205	609	596
2014-15	6,947	5,633	2,821	2,812	1,314	673	641
2015-16	7,184	5,845	2,967	2,878	1,339	691	648
2016-17	7,492	6,044	2,998	3,046	1,448	777	671
2017-18	7,628	6,174	3,010	3,164	1,454	724	730
2018-19	8,101	6,627	3,164	3,463	1,474	667	807
2019-20	8,369	6,735	3,156	3,579	1,634	748	886
2020-21	7,796	6,127	2,925	3,202	1,669	796	873
2021-22	8,939	7,477	3,600	3,877	1,462	652	810
2022-23	8,880	7,184	3,456	3,728	1,696	823	873
Average	7,803	7,803	3,075	3,258	7,803	716	754

Washington University in St Louis Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.51% and the percentage of black students is 6.87% at Washington University in St Louis. 13.34% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Washington University in St Louis over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	46	1,844	819	597	4	7,408	371
2014-15	37	1,945	803	660	3	7,434	387
2015-16	47	1,939	853	738	4	7,364	413
2016-17	45	1,932	953	856	5	7,332	453
2017-18	41	1,865	1,078	975	6	7,266	482
2018-19	37	1,841	1,217	1,038	9	7,205	519
2019-20	39	1,839	1,242	1,083	11	6,958	608
2020-21	35	1,998	1,173	1,161	14	6,766	617
2021-22	36	2,141	1,201	1,273	18	6,777	700
2022-23	32	2,270	1,169	1,345	14	6,382	766
Average	40	1,961	1,051	973	9	7,089	532

Washington University in St Louis Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

780 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 400.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Washington University in St Louis from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,348	156	143	14,049
2015-16	14,688	227	149	14,312
2016-17	15,047	264	160	14,623
2017-18	15,303	359	168	14,776
2018-19	15,852	434	204	15,214
2019-20	16,191	503	434	15,254
2020-21	15,449	2,401	10,702	2,346
2021-22	16,973	775	2,544	13,654
2022-23	17,012	780	1,277	14,955
Average	15,651	655	1,753	13,243

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