Enrollment Trends at Western Illinois

The student population at Western Illinois University is 7,643 (5,309 undergraduate and 2,334 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,064 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Western Illinois is 69.46% which is decreased by 4,564 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 500 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,807 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 153.44% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,279 where 7,643 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

69.46% of total students is undergraduate students and 30.54% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 4,564 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 500 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.30 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Western Illinois than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,707	9,873	5,053	4,820	1,834	745	1,089
2014-15	11,458 -249	9,645 -228	4,891 -162	4,754 -66	1,813 -21	721 -24	1,092 3
2015-16	11,094 -364	9,141 -504	4,542 -349	4,599 -155	1,953 140	796 75	1,157 65
2016-17	10,373 -721	8,543 -598	4,191 -351	4,352 -247	1,830 -123	755 -41	1,075 -82
2017-18	9,441 -932	7,599 -944	3,753 -438	3,846 -506	1,842 12	793 38	1,049 -26
2018-19	8,502 -939	6,754 -845	3,262 -491	3,492 -354	1,748 -94	728 -65	1,020 -29
2019-20	7,624 -878	5,958 -796	2,821 -441	3,137 -355	1,666 -82	668 -60	998 -22
2020-21	7,490 -134	5,854 -104	2,642 -179	3,212 75	1,636 -30	633 -35	1,003 5
2021-22	7,455 -35	5,394 -460	2,347 -295	3,047 -165	2,061 425	884 251	1,177 174
2022-23	7,643 188	5,309 -85	2,280 -67	3,029 -18	2,334 273	1,043 159	1,291 114
Average	9,279	7,407	3,578	3,829	1,872	777	1,095

Western Illinois University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,407 where 5,309 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 Illinois University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,873	8,805	4,531	4,274	1,068	522	546
2014-15	9,645	8,607	4,347	4,260	1,038	544	494
2015-16	9,141	8,106	4,011	4,095	1,035	531	504
2016-17	8,543	7,482	3,662	3,820	1,061	529	532
2017-18	7,599	6,668	3,256	3,412	931	497	434
2018-19	6,754	5,949	2,849	3,100	805	413	392
2019-20	5,958	5,151	2,408	2,743	807	413	394
2020-21	5,854	4,999	2,230	2,769	855	412	443
2021-22	5,394	4,574	1,966	2,608	820	381	439
2022-23	5,309	4,469	1,910	2,559	840	370	470
Average	7,407	7,407	3,117	3,364	7,407	461	465

Western Illinois University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,872 where 2,334 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 Illinois University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,834	800	384	416	1,034	361	673
2014-15	1,813	838	373	465	975	348	627
2015-16	1,953	882	408	474	1,071	388	683
2016-17	1,830	878	429	449	952	326	626
2017-18	1,842	963	474	489	879	319	560
2018-19	1,748	829	402	427	919	326	593
2019-20	1,666	729	330	399	937	338	599
2020-21	1,636	704	320	384	932	313	619
2021-22	2,061	1,007	531	476	1,054	353	701
2022-23	2,334	1,267	694	573	1,067	349	718
Average	1,872	1,872	435	455	1,872	342	640

Western Illinois University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.82%. The percentage was 67.72% 10 years ago and Western Illinois still has a high percentage of white students. 1.15% of enrolled students is Asian and 17.14% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Illinois 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	23	118	1,751	842	9	7,928	217
2014-15	16	109	1,897	983	10	7,343	248
2015-16	15	105	1,895	1,049	9	7,001	257
2016-17	12	97	1,871	1,055	5	6,368	269
2017-18	10	88	1,775	994	2	5,681	260
2018-19	8	95	1,568	940	3	5,124	237
2019-20	11	91	1,308	821	5	4,736	183
2020-21	14	101	1,392	858	7	4,525	190
2021-22	9	87	1,262	781	8	4,317	185
2022-23	10	88	1,310	768	9	4,037	185
Average	13	98	1,603	909	7	5,706	223

Western Illinois University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,807 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 153.44% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western Illinois University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,458	713	2,053	8,692
2015-16	11,094	898	2,210	7,986
2016-17	10,373	925	2,413	7,035
2017-18	9,441	922	2,296	6,223
2018-19	8,502	959	2,495	5,048
2019-20	7,624	1,061	2,627	3,936
2020-21	7,490	1,790	4,705	995
2021-22	7,455	1,744	4,203	1,508
2022-23	7,643	1,807	3,734	2,102
Average	9,009	1,202	2,971	4,836

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