Enrollment Trends at WMU

The student population at Western Michigan University is 17,000 (13,589 undergraduate and 3,411 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 7,294 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WMU is 79.94% which is decreased by 5,609 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,685 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.11 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,811 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 88.25% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 21,702 where 17,000 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.94% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.06% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 5,609 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,685 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.11 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in WMU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24,294	19,198	9,576	9,622	5,096	2,165	2,931
2014-15	23,914 -380	18,889 -309	9,522 -54	9,367 -255	5,025 -71	2,178 13	2,847 -84
2015-16	23,529 -385	18,567 -322	9,425 -97	9,142 -225	4,962 -63	2,128 -50	2,834 -13
2016-17	23,227 -302	18,313 -254	9,243 -182	9,070 -72	4,914 -48	2,059 -69	2,855 21
2017-18	22,869 -358	17,936 -377	9,041 -202	8,895 -175	4,933 19	2,068 9	2,865 10
2018-19	22,562 -307	17,760 -176	9,118 77	8,642 -253	4,802 -131	1,915 -153	2,887 22
2019-20	21,470 -1,092	17,051 -709	8,722 -396	8,329 -313	4,419 -383	1,720 -195	2,699 -188
2020-21	19,887 -1,583	15,969 -1,082	8,074 -648	7,895 -434	3,918 -501	1,472 -248	2,446 -253
2021-22	18,266 -1,621	14,587 -1,382	7,303 -771	7,284 -611	3,679 -239	1,375 -97	2,304 -142
2022-23	17,000 -1,266	13,589 -998	6,768 -535	6,821 -463	3,411 -268	1,286 -89	2,125 -179
Average	21,702	17,186	8,679	8,507	4,516	1,837	2,679

Western Michigan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 17,186 where 13,589 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 Michigan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19,198	15,879	7,927	7,952	3,319	1,649	1,670
2014-15	18,889	15,713	7,957	7,756	3,176	1,565	1,611
2015-16	18,567	15,416	7,880	7,536	3,151	1,545	1,606
2016-17	18,313	15,048	7,684	7,364	3,265	1,559	1,706
2017-18	17,936	15,063	7,671	7,392	2,873	1,370	1,503
2018-19	17,760	14,983	7,737	7,246	2,777	1,381	1,396
2019-20	17,051	14,558	7,427	7,131	2,493	1,295	1,198
2020-21	15,969	13,296	6,657	6,639	2,673	1,417	1,256
2021-22	14,587	12,149	6,066	6,083	2,438	1,237	1,201
2022-23	13,589	11,421	5,643	5,778	2,168	1,125	1,043
Average	17,186	17,186	7,265	7,088	17,186	1,414	1,419

Western Michigan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,516 where 3,411 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 Michigan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,096	1,163	437	726	3,933	1,728	2,205
2014-15	5,025	1,246	483	763	3,779	1,695	2,084
2015-16	4,962	1,118	410	708	3,844	1,718	2,126
2016-17	4,914	1,153	407	746	3,761	1,652	2,109
2017-18	4,933	1,110	416	694	3,823	1,652	2,171
2018-19	4,802	1,047	344	703	3,755	1,571	2,184
2019-20	4,419	955	294	661	3,464	1,426	2,038
2020-21	3,918	919	281	638	2,999	1,191	1,808
2021-22	3,679	876	226	650	2,803	1,149	1,654
2022-23	3,411	1,275	419	856	2,136	867	1,269
Average	4,516	4,516	372	715	4,516	1,465	1,965

Western Michigan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.95%. The percentage was 72.31% 10 years ago and WMU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.02% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.14% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Western Michigan 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	107	356	2,503	1,073	29	17,567	664
2014-15	106	388	2,634	1,117	28	16,843	696
2015-16	93	430	2,644	1,162	25	16,415	689
2016-17	96	464	2,628	1,190	17	16,061	752
2017-18	99	494	2,562	1,283	19	15,721	786
2018-19	99	550	2,374	1,485	19	15,166	753
2019-20	95	571	2,191	1,431	18	14,441	744
2020-21	79	570	1,906	1,448	14	13,476	681
2021-22	73	519	1,552	1,458	10	12,365	617
2022-23	68	513	1,383	1,339	10	11,381	628
Average	92	486	2,238	1,299	19	14,944	701

Western Michigan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,811 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 88.25% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Western Michigan University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	23,914	962	3,352	19,600
2015-16	23,529	1,000	3,556	18,973
2016-17	23,227	1,104	3,934	18,189
2017-18	22,869	1,180	4,105	17,584
2018-19	22,562	1,236	4,416	16,910
2019-20	21,470	1,318	4,656	15,496
2020-21	19,887	7,025	11,131	1,731
2021-22	18,266	2,770	10,416	5,080
2022-23	17,000	1,811	8,726	6,463
Average	21,414	2,045	6,032	13,336

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