Enrollment Trends at Washington State

The student population at Washington State University is 27,539 (22,612 undergraduate and 4,927 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 140 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Washington State is 82.11% which is decreased by 523 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 383 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

4,255 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 48.62% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 29,643 where 27,539 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.11% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.89% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 523 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 383 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Washington State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Washington State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	27,679	23,135	11,462	11,673	4,544	2,102	2,442
2013-14	27,642 -37	23,070 -65	11,379 -83	11,691 18	4,572 28	2,228 126	2,344 -98
2014-15	28,686 1,044	23,867 797	11,636 257	12,231 540	4,819 247	2,322 94	2,497 153
2015-16	29,686 1,000	24,470 603	11,789 153	12,681 450	5,216 397	2,564 242	2,652 155
2016-17	30,142 456	24,904 434	11,902 113	13,002 321	5,238 22	2,550 -14	2,688 36
2017-18	30,614 472	25,277 373	12,023 121	13,254 252	5,337 99	2,609 59	2,728 40
2018-19	31,478 864	26,098 821	12,334 311	13,764 510	5,380 43	2,541 -68	2,839 111
2019-20	31,607 129	26,062 -36	12,171 -163	13,891 127	5,545 165	2,621 80	2,924 85
2020-21	31,159 -448	25,470 -592	11,560 -611	13,910 19	5,689 144	2,655 34	3,034 110
2021-22	29,843 -1,316	24,278 -1,192	11,145 -415	13,133 -777	5,565 -124	2,489 -166	3,076 42
2022-23	27,539 -2,304	22,612 -1,666	10,593 -552	12,019 -1,114	4,927 -638	2,094 -395	2,833 -243
Average	29,643	24,477	11,636	12,841	5,167	2,434	2,732

Washington State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 24,477 where 22,612 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 Washington State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	23,135	20,082	10,199	9,883	3,053	1,263	1,790
2013-14	23,070	20,312	10,195	10,117	2,758	1,184	1,574
2014-15	23,867	20,843	10,309	10,534	3,024	1,327	1,697
2015-16	24,470	21,384	10,433	10,951	3,086	1,356	1,730
2016-17	24,904	21,652	10,418	11,234	3,252	1,484	1,768
2017-18	25,277	22,166	10,656	11,510	3,111	1,367	1,744
2018-19	26,098	22,877	10,863	12,014	3,221	1,471	1,750
2019-20	26,062	23,092	10,816	12,276	2,970	1,355	1,615
2020-21	25,470	22,315	10,194	12,121	3,155	1,366	1,789
2021-22	24,278	21,272	9,843	11,429	3,006	1,302	1,704
2022-23	22,612	19,812	9,396	10,416	2,800	1,197	1,603
Average	24,477	24,477	10,302	11,135	24,477	1,334	1,706

Washington State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 5,167 where 4,927 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 Washington State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,544	3,293	1,533	1,760	1,251	569	682
2013-14	4,572	3,292	1,546	1,746	1,280	682	598
2014-15	4,819	3,400	1,608	1,792	1,419	714	705
2015-16	5,216	3,588	1,728	1,860	1,628	836	792
2016-17	5,238	3,557	1,721	1,836	1,681	829	852
2017-18	5,337	3,685	1,738	1,947	1,652	871	781
2018-19	5,380	3,806	1,772	2,034	1,574	769	805
2019-20	5,545	3,875	1,789	2,086	1,670	832	838
2020-21	5,689	3,661	1,624	2,037	2,028	1,031	997
2021-22	5,565	3,586	1,532	2,054	1,979	957	1,022
2022-23	4,927	3,316	1,336	1,980	1,611	758	853
Average	5,167	5,167	1,630	1,921	5,167	804	811

Washington State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.79%. The percentage was 66.47% 10 years ago and Washington State still has a high percentage of white students. 7.30% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.80% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Washington State University over the past 12 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	182	1,360	766	2,348	102	18,398	1,494
2013-14	164	1,445	838	2,683	104	17,763	1,660
2014-15	169	1,497	896	3,077	100	18,000	1,863
2015-16	173	1,544	932	3,490	104	17,850	2,001
2016-17	227	1,706	919	3,827	104	17,430	1,915
2017-18	197	1,799	928	4,016	112	17,696	1,868
2018-19	187	1,932	964	4,334	136	18,330	1,882
2019-20	176	2,026	875	4,528	120	18,514	1,914
2020-21	152	2,045	892	4,650	114	18,443	1,963
2021-22	151	2,097	870	4,349	143	17,821	1,961
2022-23	166	2,010	771	4,113	138	16,190	1,919
Average	177	1,769	877	3,765	116	17,858	1,858

Washington State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,255 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 48.62% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Washington State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	28,686	2,863	1,421	24,402
2015-16	29,686	3,165	1,784	24,737
2016-17	30,142	3,159	1,933	25,050
2017-18	30,614	3,234	2,577	24,803
2018-19	31,478	3,345	2,937	25,196
2019-20	31,607	3,574	3,018	25,015
2020-21	31,159	29,156	1,683	320
2021-22	29,843	4,690	4,066	21,087
2022-23	27,539	4,255	3,357	19,927
Average	30,084	6,382	2,531	21,171

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