Enrollment Trends at WSSU

The student population at Winston-Salem State University is 5,004 (4,513 undergraduate and 491 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 395 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WSSU is 90.19% which is decreased by 425 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 30 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 3.19 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

857 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 95.22% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,169 where 5,004 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

90.19% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.81% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 425 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 30 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.19 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in WSSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,399	4,938	1,432	3,506	461	123	338
2014-15	5,220 -179	4,793 -145	1,340 -92	3,453 -53	427 -34	113 -10	314 -24
2015-16	5,107 -113	4,686 -107	1,344 4	3,342 -111	421 -6	110 -3	311 -3
2016-17	5,151 44	4,759 73	1,362 18	3,397 55	392 -29	106 -4	286 -25
2017-18	5,098 -53	4,688 -71	1,356 -6	3,332 -65	410 18	92 -14	318 32
2018-19	5,190 92	4,741 53	1,309 -47	3,432 100	449 39	116 24	333 15
2019-20	5,121 -69	4,656 -85	1,237 -72	3,419 -13	465 16	119 3	346 13
2020-21	5,169 48	4,689 33	1,136 -101	3,553 134	480 15	108 -11	372 26
2021-22	5,226 57	4,726 37	1,126 -10	3,600 47	500 20	95 -13	405 33
2022-23	5,004 -222	4,513 -213	1,102 -24	3,411 -189	491 -9	92 -3	399 -6
Average	5,169	4,719	1,274	3,445	450	107	342

Winston-Salem State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,719 where 4,513 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 Winston-Salem State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,938	4,317	1,260	3,057	621	172	449
2014-15	4,793	4,098	1,201	2,897	695	139	556
2015-16	4,686	4,016	1,207	2,809	670	137	533
2016-17	4,759	4,117	1,238	2,879	642	124	518
2017-18	4,688	4,072	1,226	2,846	616	130	486
2018-19	4,741	4,124	1,177	2,947	617	132	485
2019-20	4,656	4,067	1,135	2,932	589	102	487
2020-21	4,689	4,033	1,012	3,021	656	124	532
2021-22	4,726	3,961	993	2,968	765	133	632
2022-23	4,513	3,897	970	2,927	616	132	484
Average	4,719	4,719	1,142	2,928	4,719	133	516

Winston-Salem State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 450 where 491 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 Winston-Salem State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	461	297	78	219	164	45	119
2014-15	427	273	74	199	154	39	115
2015-16	421	272	71	201	149	39	110
2016-17	392	279	79	200	113	27	86
2017-18	410	274	64	210	136	28	108
2018-19	449	287	74	213	162	42	120
2019-20	465	276	66	210	189	53	136
2020-21	480	320	61	259	160	47	113
2021-22	500	361	66	295	139	29	110
2022-23	491	335	66	269	156	26	130
Average	450	450	70	228	450	38	115

Winston-Salem State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 8.49% and the percentage of black students is 78.04% at Winston-Salem State University. 1.00% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Winston-Salem 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	26	54	3,757	102	2	1,050	111
2014-15	23	35	3,618	118	2	1,001	140
2015-16	26	37	3,546	163	4	913	169
2016-17	23	39	3,645	172	4	865	197
2017-18	19	42	3,714	184	1	761	172
2018-19	18	56	3,833	183	0	756	170
2019-20	18	56	3,834	188	1	647	195
2020-21	14	61	3,710	220	1	448	193
2021-22	17	51	3,929	230	4	493	216
2022-23	18	50	3,905	221	3	425	202
Average	20	48	3,749	178	2	736	177

Winston-Salem State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

857 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 95.22% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Winston-Salem State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,220	439	1,063	3,718
2015-16	5,107	459	1,045	3,603
2016-17	5,151	774	1,528	2,849
2017-18	5,098	704	1,807	2,587
2018-19	5,190	736	1,865	2,589
2019-20	5,121	694	1,881	2,546
2020-21	5,169	1,482	3,449	238
2021-22	5,226	1,966	3,066	194
2022-23	5,004	857	3,176	971
Average	5,143	901	2,098	2,144

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