Enrollment Trends at West Liberty

The student population at West Liberty University is 2,315 (1,919 undergraduate and 396 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 461 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at West Liberty is 82.89% which is decreased by 741 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 280 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

231 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 352.94% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,468 where 2,315 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.89% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.11% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 741 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 280 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in West Liberty than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,776	2,660	1,071	1,589	116	39	77
2014-15	2,694 -82	2,530 -130	1,023 -48	1,507 -82	164 48	49 10	115 38
2015-16	2,341 -353	2,167 -363	867 -156	1,300 -207	174 10	54 5	120 5
2016-17	2,317 -24	2,109 -58	787 -80	1,322 22	208 34	71 17	137 17
2017-18	2,443 126	2,176 67	824 37	1,352 30	267 59	94 23	173 36
2018-19	2,526 83	2,225 49	815 -9	1,410 58	301 34	111 17	190 17
2019-20	2,496 -30	2,183 -42	790 -25	1,393 -17	313 12	116 5	197 7
2020-21	2,481 -15	2,125 -58	762 -28	1,363 -30	356 43	141 25	215 18
2021-22	2,291 -190	2,087 -38	760 -2	1,327 -36	204 -152	99 -42	105 -110
2022-23	2,315 24	1,919 -168	716 -44	1,203 -124	396 192	141 42	255 150
Average	2,468	2,218	842	1,377	250	92	158

West Liberty University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,218 where 1,919 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 West Liberty University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,660	2,200	919	1,281	460	152	308
2014-15	2,530	2,099	860	1,239	431	163	268
2015-16	2,167	1,848	736	1,112	319	131	188
2016-17	2,109	1,820	693	1,127	289	94	195
2017-18	2,176	1,869	740	1,129	307	84	223
2018-19	2,225	1,871	705	1,166	354	110	244
2019-20	2,183	1,837	683	1,154	346	107	239
2020-21	2,125	1,767	636	1,131	358	126	232
2021-22	2,087	1,798	653	1,145	289	107	182
2022-23	1,919	1,579	598	981	340	118	222
Average	2,218	2,218	722	1,147	2,218	119	230

West Liberty University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 250 where 396 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 West Liberty University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	116	69	23	46	47	16	31
2014-15	164	76	24	52	88	25	63
2015-16	174	90	30	60	84	24	60
2016-17	208	111	45	66	97	26	71
2017-18	267	154	59	95	113	35	78
2018-19	301	123	51	72	178	60	118
2019-20	313	134	54	80	179	62	117
2020-21	356	146	57	89	210	84	126
2021-22	204	123	70	53	81	29	52
2022-23	396	196	78	118	200	63	137
Average	250	250	49	73	250	42	85

West Liberty University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.27%. The percentage was 89.19% 10 years ago and West Liberty still has a high percentage of white students. 0.86% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.06% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Liberty 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	5	26	136	26	2	2,476	24
2014-15	7	19	120	21	1	2,371	31
2015-16	1	16	89	17	2	1,877	30
2016-17	1	12	62	13	2	1,717	22
2017-18	3	11	68	18	3	1,767	109
2018-19	2	11	70	15	1	1,814	44
2019-20	1	17	71	20	1	1,906	40
2020-21	1	14	93	31	2	1,953	28
2021-22	2	22	101	9	2	1,788	164
2022-23	0	20	94	2	2	1,835	172
Average	2	17	90	17	2	1,950	66

West Liberty University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

231 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 352.94% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at West Liberty University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,694	51	750	1,893
2015-16	2,341	49	647	1,645
2016-17	2,317	85	719	1,513
2017-18	2,443	113	617	1,713
2018-19	2,526	133	594	1,799
2019-20	2,496	178	830	1,488
2020-21	2,481	159	757	1,565
2021-22	2,291	129	918	1,244
2022-23	2,315	231	821	1,263
Average	2,434	125	739	1,569

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