Enrollment Trends at WCSU

The student population at Western Connecticut State University is 4,417 (3,799 undergraduate and 618 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,608 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WCSU is 86.01% which is decreased by 1,693 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 85 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.20 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

397 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 356.32% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,493 where 4,417 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.01% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.99% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,693 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 85 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.20 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in WCSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,025	5,492	2,563	2,929	533	189	344
2014-15	5,952 -73	5,442 -50	2,541 -22	2,901 -28	510 -23	174 -15	336 -8
2015-16	5,826 -126	5,298 -144	2,478 -63	2,820 -81	528 18	185 11	343 7
2016-17	5,721 -105	5,181 -117	2,486 8	2,695 -125	540 12	165 -20	375 32
2017-18	5,664 -57	5,082 -99	2,462 -24	2,620 -75	582 42	157 -8	425 50
2018-19	5,642 -22	5,028 -54	2,421 -41	2,607 -13	614 32	154 -3	460 35
2019-20	5,631 -11	4,982 -46	2,364 -57	2,618 11	649 35	160 6	489 29
2020-21	5,246 -385	4,640 -342	2,210 -154	2,430 -188	606 -43	145 -15	461 -28
2021-22	4,802 -444	4,172 -468	1,987 -223	2,185 -245	630 24	160 15	470 9
2022-23	4,417 -385	3,799 -373	1,844 -143	1,955 -230	618 -12	160 0	458 -12
Average	5,493	4,912	2,336	2,576	581	165	416

Western Connecticut State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,912 where 3,799 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 Western Connecticut State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,492	4,394	2,069	2,325	1,098	494	604
2014-15	5,442	4,365	2,068	2,297	1,077	473	604
2015-16	5,298	4,250	2,024	2,226	1,048	454	594
2016-17	5,181	4,116	2,025	2,091	1,065	461	604
2017-18	5,082	4,089	2,032	2,057	993	430	563
2018-19	5,028	4,128	1,998	2,130	900	423	477
2019-20	4,982	4,074	1,975	2,099	908	389	519
2020-21	4,640	3,849	1,849	2,000	791	361	430
2021-22	4,172	3,440	1,651	1,789	732	336	396
2022-23	3,799	3,165	1,543	1,622	634	301	333
Average	4,912	4,912	1,923	2,064	4,912	412	512

Western Connecticut State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 581 where 618 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 Western Connecticut State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	533	71	24	47	462	165	297
2014-15	510	57	20	37	453	154	299
2015-16	528	78	27	51	450	158	292
2016-17	540	79	22	57	461	143	318
2017-18	582	99	31	68	483	126	357
2018-19	614	53	14	39	561	140	421
2019-20	649	67	25	42	582	135	447
2020-21	606	68	27	41	538	118	420
2021-22	630	81	23	58	549	137	412
2022-23	618	69	21	48	549	139	410
Average	581	581	23	49	581	142	367

Western Connecticut State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.63%. The percentage was 69.41% 10 years ago and WCSU still has a high percentage of white students. 4.57% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.72% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Connecticut 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	13	190	602	816	11	4,182	61
2014-15	13	200	668	900	10	3,929	67
2015-16	10	227	680	987	8	3,648	60
2016-17	8	235	626	965	6	3,530	161
2017-18	12	221	572	977	4	3,563	152
2018-19	10	236	532	1,041	4	3,484	146
2019-20	10	250	498	1,130	1	3,394	167
2020-21	10	255	451	1,111	0	3,065	204
2021-22	13	219	409	1,116	1	2,664	193
2022-23	14	202	385	1,104	0	2,369	211
Average	11	224	542	1,015	5	3,383	142

Western Connecticut State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

397 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 356.32% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western Connecticut State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,952	87	640	5,225
2015-16	5,826	118	898	4,810
2016-17	5,721	153	956	4,612
2017-18	5,664	166	1,012	4,486
2018-19	5,642	207	1,326	4,109
2019-20	5,631	232	1,345	4,054
2020-21	5,246	1,844	3,153	249
2021-22	4,802	469	2,116	2,217
2022-23	4,417	397	1,872	2,148
Average	5,433	408	1,480	3,546

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