West Virginia Colleges Enrollment Trends

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 126,108, and 116,525 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 81.25% are undergraduate students and 18.75% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 18,151, and the graduate student enrollment decreased by 4,176.

The female to male ratio is 0.91 to 1, meaning that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in West Virginia Colleges.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	138,852	112,829	60,225	52,604	26,023	13,132	12,891
2013-14	135,162 -3,690	110,115 -2,714	58,130 -2,095	51,985 -619	25,047 -976	12,543 -589	12,504 -387
2014-15	136,045 883	111,707 1,592	60,387 2,257	51,320 -665	24,338 -709	11,876 -667	12,462 -42
2015-16	130,272 -5,773	106,987 -4,720	58,053 -2,334	48,934 -2,386	23,285 -1,053	11,403 -473	11,882 -580
2016-17	126,204 -4,068	103,368 -3,619	55,932 -2,121	47,436 -1,498	22,836 -449	11,036 -367	11,800 -82
2017-18	123,978 -2,226	101,984 -1,384	54,559 -1,373	47,425 -11	21,994 -842	10,495 -541	11,499 -301
2018-19	121,360 -2,618	99,932 -2,052	53,027 -1,532	46,905 -520	21,428 -566	10,227 -268	11,201 -298
2019-20	119,915 -1,445	99,022 -910	51,756 -1,271	47,266 361	20,893 -535	9,940 -287	10,953 -248
2020-21	122,106 2,191	99,397 375	52,300 544	47,097 -169	22,709 1,816	11,305 1,365	11,404 451
2021-22	116,774 -5,332	94,809 -4,588	49,907 -2,393	44,902 -2,195	21,965 -744	10,925 -380	11,040 -364
2022-23	116,525 -249	94,678 -131	50,150 243	44,528 -374	21,847 -118	10,976 51	10,871 -169
Average	126,108	103,166	54,948	48,218	22,942	11,260	11,682

Student Population Changes of West Virginia Colleges

West Virginia Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 103,166. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 18,151 from 112,829 to 94,678.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at West Virginia Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	112,829	60,959	29,680	31,279	51,870	30,545	21,325
2013-14	110,115	59,781	29,202	30,579	50,334	28,928	21,406
2014-15	111,707	58,100	28,508	29,592	53,607	31,879	21,728
2015-16	106,987	57,472	28,244	29,228	49,515	29,809	19,706
2016-17	103,368	55,469	27,053	28,416	47,899	28,879	19,020
2017-18	101,984	55,900	27,025	28,875	46,084	27,534	18,550
2018-19	99,932	52,797	24,962	27,835	47,135	28,065	19,070
2019-20	99,022	50,874	23,689	27,185	48,148	28,067	20,081
2020-21	99,397	49,704	22,886	26,818	49,693	29,414	20,279
2021-22	94,809	46,912	21,450	25,462	47,897	28,457	19,440
2022-23	94,678	46,246	21,445	24,801	48,432	28,705	19,727
Average	103,166	103,166	25,831	28,188	103,166	29,117	20,030

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of West Virginia Colleges

West Virginia Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 22,942. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 4,176 from 26,023 to 21,847.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at West Virginia Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	26,023	9,109	4,281	4,828	16,914	8,851	8,063
2013-14	25,047	9,223	4,395	4,828	15,824	8,148	7,676
2014-15	24,338	9,429	4,440	4,989	14,909	7,436	7,473
2015-16	23,285	9,627	4,635	4,992	13,658	6,768	6,890
2016-17	22,836	9,768	4,624	5,144	13,068	6,412	6,656
2017-18	21,994	9,718	4,517	5,201	12,276	5,978	6,298
2018-19	21,428	9,392	4,358	5,034	12,036	5,869	6,167
2019-20	20,893	9,207	4,234	4,973	11,686	5,706	5,980
2020-21	22,709	9,462	4,326	5,136	13,247	6,979	6,268
2021-22	21,965	9,181	4,139	5,042	12,784	6,786	5,998
2022-23	21,847	9,240	4,158	5,082	12,607	6,818	5,789
Average	22,942	22,942	4,373	5,023	22,942	6,886	6,660

Graduate Enrollment Changes of West Virginia Colleges

West Virginia Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.22%. The percentage was 71.29% 10 years ago and West Virginia Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 2.24% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.21% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Virginia Colleges over the past 11 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	618	2,378	17,079	7,437	697	98,988	3,083
2013-14	620	2,185	17,256	7,107	551	95,360	3,236
2014-15	636	2,235	16,686	7,515	591	94,485	3,646
2015-16	542	2,193	14,703	7,384	565	90,118	3,796
2016-17	616	2,113	13,190	7,384	510	87,311	4,076
2017-18	501	2,142	12,261	7,539	546	85,638	4,134
2018-19	477	2,159	11,916	7,966	511	83,203	4,118
2019-20	517	2,206	11,784	8,343	490	81,920	4,263
2020-21	524	2,550	12,154	9,965	549	81,659	4,451
2021-22	504	2,553	11,729	10,122	541	76,914	4,796
2022-23	511	2,606	11,897	10,639	543	75,998	4,825
Average	551	2,302	13,696	8,309	554	86,509	4,039

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of West Virginia Colleges

West Virginia Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

60,397 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 52% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -6.43% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at West Virginia Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	138,852	64,546	12,117	62,189
2013-14	135,162	62,085	12,159	60,918
2014-15	136,045	64,403	12,559	59,083
2015-16	130,272	59,869	13,828	56,575
2016-17	126,204	56,396	17,803	52,005
2017-18	123,978	55,082	18,953	49,943
2018-19	121,360	55,515	18,307	47,538
2019-20	119,915	55,317	19,752	44,846
2020-21	122,105	70,103	32,592	19,410
2021-22	116,774	59,257	27,030	30,487
2022-23	116,525	60,397	25,573	30,555
Average	126,108	60,270	19,152	46,686

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of West Virginia Colleges

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Enrollment Trends for West Virginia Colleges