Student Population at Washington University in St Louis

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
17,012	8,132	8,880

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 17,012 students have enrolled in Washington University in St Louis with 8,132 undergraduate and 8,880 graduate students.

By gender, 7,969 male and 9,043 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

780 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,277 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Washington University in St Louis has a total of 17,012 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 8,132 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 8,880 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 7,969 male and 9,043 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,012	8,132	8,880
Men	7,969	3,690	4,279
Women	9,043	4,442	4,601

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,382 White, 1,169 Black, and 2,270 Asian students out of a total of 17,012 are attending at Washington University in St Louis. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	32	10	22
Asian	2,270	1,059	1,211
Black	1,169	384	785
Hispanic	1,345	567	778
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	14	6	8
White	6,382	2,826	3,556
Two or more races	766	350	416
Race Unknown	365	178	187

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	9	4	5
Asian	1,583	748	835
Black	750	241	509
Hispanic	940	406	534
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	8	4	4
White	3,570	1,670	1,900
Two or more races	492	206	286
Race Unknown	141	58	83

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	0	0	0
Asian	18	11	7
Black	23	7	16
Hispanic	19	7	12
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	0	0	0
White	81	39	42
Two or more races	8	3	5
Race Unknown	8	2	6

Student Age Distribution

By age, WUSTL has 64 students under 18 years old and 23 students over 65 years old. There are 11,595 students under 25 years old, and 5,417 students over 25 years old out of 17,012 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 64 students are younger than 18 and 12 students are older than 65. WUSTL has 7,528 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 604 students aged 25 and over.

It has 4,067 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,813 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	64	41	23
18-19	3,212	1,800	1,412
20-21	3,707	1,942	1,765
22-24	4,612	2,433	2,179
25-29	3,097	1,578	1,519
30-34	1,104	559	545
35-39	478	268	210
40-49	523	293	230
50-64	192	113	79
Over 65	23	16	7

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	64	41	23
18-19	3,209	1,797	1,412
20-21	3,548	1,850	1,698
22-24	707	315	392
25-29	130	80	50
30-34	126	93	33
35-39	103	85	18
40-49	159	119	40
50-64	74	54	20
Over 65	12	8	4

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Washington University in St Louis, 780 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,277 students are enrolled in some online courses.

384 students lived in Missouri or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 396 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	17,012	780	1,277
Undergraduate	8,132	350	467
Graduate	8,880	430	810

Online Student Population by Locality
	Missouri Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	384	342	54
Undergraduate	259	87	4
Graduate	125	255	50

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 8,132 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 194 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 2.39%.127 students have transferred in as full-time status and 67 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	7,318
Transfer-in Full-time	127
Regular Part-time	620
Transfer-in Part-time	67

Student Population at Washington University in St Louis

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