Enrollment Trends at WSU

The student population at Wayne State University is 23,630 (15,958 undergraduate and 7,672 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,267 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WSU is 67.53% which is decreased by 2,644 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,623 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.50 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,328 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 154.82% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 26,556 where 23,630 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

67.53% of total students is undergraduate students and 32.47% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,644 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,623 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.50 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in WSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	27,897	18,602	8,236	10,366	9,295	3,897	5,398
2014-15	27,578 -319	18,347 -255	8,204 -32	10,143 -223	9,231 -64	3,965 68	5,266 -132
2015-16	27,140 -438	17,587 -760	7,826 -378	9,761 -382	9,553 322	4,317 352	5,236 -30
2016-17	27,238 98	17,220 -367	7,655 -171	9,565 -196	10,018 465	4,634 317	5,384 148
2017-18	27,064 -174	17,297 77	7,676 21	9,621 56	9,767 -251	4,321 -313	5,446 62
2018-19	27,025 -39	17,574 277	7,599 -77	9,975 354	9,451 -316	4,015 -306	5,436 -10
2019-20	26,824 -201	17,643 69	7,516 -83	10,127 152	9,181 -270	3,799 -216	5,382 -54
2020-21	26,241 -583	17,503 -140	7,190 -326	10,313 186	8,738 -443	3,483 -316	5,255 -127
2021-22	24,919 -1,322	16,839 -664	6,835 -355	10,004 -309	8,080 -658	3,232 -251	4,848 -407
2022-23	23,630 -1,289	15,958 -881	6,491 -344	9,467 -537	7,672 -408	2,962 -270	4,710 -138
Average	26,556	17,457	7,523	9,934	9,099	3,863	5,236

Wayne State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 17,457 where 15,958 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 University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18,602	12,221	5,393	6,828	6,381	2,843	3,538
2014-15	18,347	12,030	5,367	6,663	6,317	2,837	3,480
2015-16	17,587	11,856	5,308	6,548	5,731	2,518	3,213
2016-17	17,220	12,003	5,293	6,710	5,217	2,362	2,855
2017-18	17,297	12,389	5,391	6,998	4,908	2,285	2,623
2018-19	17,574	12,956	5,396	7,560	4,618	2,203	2,415
2019-20	17,643	13,107	5,404	7,703	4,536	2,112	2,424
2020-21	17,503	13,407	5,314	8,093	4,096	1,876	2,220
2021-22	16,839	12,900	5,070	7,830	3,939	1,765	2,174
2022-23	15,958	12,106	4,828	7,278	3,852	1,663	2,189
Average	17,457	17,457	5,276	7,221	17,457	2,246	2,713

Wayne State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 9,099 where 7,672 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 University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,295	5,875	2,607	3,268	3,420	1,290	2,130
2014-15	9,231	5,807	2,666	3,141	3,424	1,299	2,125
2015-16	9,553	6,066	2,939	3,127	3,487	1,378	2,109
2016-17	10,018	6,230	3,067	3,163	3,788	1,567	2,221
2017-18	9,767	5,909	2,764	3,145	3,858	1,557	2,301
2018-19	9,451	5,790	2,528	3,262	3,661	1,487	2,174
2019-20	9,181	5,528	2,308	3,220	3,653	1,491	2,162
2020-21	8,738	5,424	2,174	3,250	3,314	1,309	2,005
2021-22	8,080	5,071	2,031	3,040	3,009	1,201	1,808
2022-23	7,672	4,879	1,907	2,972	2,793	1,055	1,738
Average	9,099	9,099	2,499	3,159	9,099	1,363	2,077

Wayne State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.79%. The percentage was 54.32% 10 years ago and WSU still has a high percentage of white students. 11.53% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.94% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wayne State University 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	100	2,110	5,077	982	37	15,153	631
2014-15	82	2,057	4,881	983	35	15,004	689
2015-16	72	2,024	4,460	1,056	22	15,020	781
2016-17	75	2,113	4,188	1,154	20	15,434	842
2017-18	65	2,247	4,115	1,186	19	15,607	897
2018-19	73	2,332	4,059	1,266	17	15,765	969
2019-20	78	2,556	3,923	1,367	18	14,784	1,843
2020-21	68	2,680	3,901	1,447	15	14,540	1,800
2021-22	67	2,711	3,681	1,495	12	13,710	1,535
2022-23	53	2,725	3,531	1,456	11	13,182	909
Average	73	2,356	4,182	1,239	21	14,820	1,090

Wayne State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,328 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 154.82% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wayne State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	27,578	1,306	4,232	22,040
2015-16	27,140	1,380	4,790	20,970
2016-17	27,238	1,603	5,169	20,466
2017-18	27,064	1,733	5,774	19,557
2018-19	27,025	1,859	6,953	18,213
2019-20	26,824	1,906	7,300	17,618
2020-21	26,241	18,883	5,135	2,223
2021-22	24,919	6,526	13,128	5,265
2022-23	23,630	3,328	10,452	9,850
Average	26,407	4,280	6,993	15,134

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