Enrollment Trends at WSC

The student population at Wayne State College is 4,773 (3,860 undergraduate and 913 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,267 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WSC is 80.87% which is increased by 869 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 398 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.49 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

845 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 139.38% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,813 where 4,773 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.87% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.13% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 869 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 398 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.49 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in WSC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wayne State College since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,506	2,991	1,277	1,714	515	231	284
2014-15	3,470 -36	2,969 -22	1,263 -14	1,706 -8	501 -14	217 -14	284 0
2015-16	3,431 -39	2,913 -56	1,250 -13	1,663 -43	518 17	208 -9	310 26
2016-17	3,357 -74	2,837 -76	1,233 -17	1,604 -59	520 2	210 2	310 0
2017-18	3,292 -65	2,757 -80	1,171 -62	1,586 -18	535 15	212 2	323 13
2018-19	3,633 341	2,975 218	1,298 127	1,677 91	658 123	244 32	414 91
2019-20	3,890 257	3,148 173	1,325 27	1,823 146	742 84	266 22	476 62
2020-21	4,202 312	3,440 292	1,437 112	2,003 180	762 20	280 14	482 6
2021-22	4,580 378	3,766 326	1,543 106	2,223 220	814 52	285 5	529 47
2022-23	4,773 193	3,860 94	1,636 93	2,224 1	913 99	282 -3	631 102
Average	3,813	3,166	1,343	1,822	648	244	404

Wayne State College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,166 where 3,860 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 Wayne State College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,991	2,735	1,173	1,562	256	104	152
2014-15	2,969	2,693	1,164	1,529	276	99	177
2015-16	2,913	2,611	1,137	1,474	302	113	189
2016-17	2,837	2,455	1,093	1,362	382	140	242
2017-18	2,757	2,404	1,045	1,359	353	126	227
2018-19	2,975	2,572	1,137	1,435	403	161	242
2019-20	3,148	2,635	1,132	1,503	513	193	320
2020-21	3,440	2,822	1,202	1,620	618	235	383
2021-22	3,766	2,814	1,175	1,639	952	368	584
2022-23	3,860	2,857	1,220	1,637	1,003	416	587
Average	3,166	3,166	1,148	1,512	3,166	196	310

Wayne State College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 648 where 913 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 Wayne State College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	515	80	31	49	435	200	235
2014-15	501	122	32	90	379	185	194
2015-16	518	123	25	98	395	183	212
2016-17	520	140	30	110	380	180	200
2017-18	535	133	30	103	402	182	220
2018-19	658	161	35	126	497	209	288
2019-20	742	188	44	144	554	222	332
2020-21	762	155	41	114	607	239	368
2021-22	814	149	42	107	665	243	422
2022-23	913	181	67	114	732	215	517
Average	648	648	38	106	648	206	299

Wayne State College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.11%. The percentage was 75.58% 10 years ago and WSC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.49% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wayne State College 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	18	14	86	212	4	2,650	64
2014-15	25	19	95	229	2	2,734	55
2015-16	28	20	90	225	2	2,834	71
2016-17	30	19	89	258	1	2,782	78
2017-18	35	19	98	265	3	2,717	78
2018-19	42	25	118	267	3	2,992	98
2019-20	45	30	117	334	0	3,128	113
2020-21	50	37	106	395	3	3,382	116
2021-22	53	40	98	500	1	3,617	124
2022-23	46	56	119	502	2	3,776	126
Average	37	28	102	319	2	3,061	92

Wayne State College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

845 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 139.38% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wayne State College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,470	353	651	2,466
2015-16	3,431	356	719	2,356
2016-17	3,357	384	710	2,263
2017-18	3,292	426	462	2,404
2018-19	3,633	556	562	2,515
2019-20	3,890	661	710	2,519
2020-21	4,202	785	929	2,488
2021-22	4,580	845	1,114	2,621
2022-23	4,773	845	1,139	2,789
Average	3,848	579	777	2,491

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