Enrollment Trends at West Liberty

The student population at West Liberty University is 2,299 (1,934 undergraduate and 365 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 42 (1.79%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at West Liberty is 84.12% which is decreased by 233 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 191 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 61 male students for every 100 female students, down from 65 in 2015.
196 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 300.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,386 where 2,299 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,526 students in 2019 and was lowest at 2,291 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,341 to 2,299 students, a net loss of 42 (1.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at West Liberty University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,341	2,167	867	1,300	174	54	120
2016-17	2,317 -24	2,109 -58	787 -80	1,322 22	208 34	71 17	137 17
2017-18	2,443 126	2,176 67	824 37	1,352 30	267 59	94 23	173 36
2018-19	2,526 83	2,225 49	815 -9	1,410 58	301 34	111 17	190 17
2019-20	2,496 -30	2,183 -42	790 -25	1,393 -17	313 12	116 5	197 7
2020-21	2,481 -15	2,125 -58	762 -28	1,363 -30	356 43	141 25	215 18
2021-22	2,291 -190	2,087 -38	760 -2	1,327 -36	204 -152	99 -42	105 -110
2022-23	2,315 24	1,919 -168	716 -44	1,203 -124	396 192	141 42	255 150
2023-24	2,348 33	1,944 25	764 48	1,180 -23	404 8	127 -14	277 22
2024-25	2,299 -49	1,934 -10	761 -3	1,173 -7	365 -39	114 -13	251 -26
Average	2,386	2,087	785	1,302	299	107	192

West Liberty University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,087 where 1,934 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at West Liberty University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,167	1,848	736	1,112	319	131	188
2016-17	2,109	1,820	693	1,127	289	94	195
2017-18	2,176	1,869	740	1,129	307	84	223
2018-19	2,225	1,871	705	1,166	354	110	244
2019-20	2,183	1,837	683	1,154	346	107	239
2020-21	2,125	1,767	636	1,131	358	126	232
2021-22	2,087	1,798	653	1,145	289	107	182
2022-23	1,919	1,579	598	981	340	118	222
2023-24	1,944	1,532	589	943	412	175	237
2024-25	1,934	1,471	584	887	463	177	286
Average	2,087	2,087	662	1,078	2,087	123	225

West Liberty University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 299 where 365 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at West Liberty University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	174	90	30	60	84	24	60
2016-17	208	111	45	66	97	26	71
2017-18	267	154	59	95	113	35	78
2018-19	301	123	51	72	178	60	118
2019-20	313	134	54	80	179	62	117
2020-21	356	146	57	89	210	84	126
2021-22	204	123	70	53	81	29	52
2022-23	396	196	78	118	200	63	137
2023-24	404	238	70	168	166	57	109
2024-25	365	187	63	124	178	51	127
Average	299	299	58	93	299	49	100

West Liberty University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.16%. The percentage was 80.18% 10 years ago and West Liberty still has a high percentage of white students. 0.91% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.18% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 0.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.18% to 75.16%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.68% to 0.91%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.80% to 5.18%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 0.73% to 0.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4287 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3554 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Liberty University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	1	16	89	17	2	1,877	30
2016-17	1	12	62	13	2	1,717	22
2017-18	3	11	68	18	3	1,767	109
2018-19	2	11	70	15	1	1,814	44
2019-20	1	17	71	20	1	1,906	40
2020-21	1	14	93	31	2	1,953	28
2021-22	2	22	101	9	2	1,788	164
2022-23	0	20	94	2	2	1,835	172
2023-24	0	15	92	7	5	1,719	133
2024-25	5	21	119	5	8	1,728	138
Average	2	16	86	14	3	1,810	88

West Liberty University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

196 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 300.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at West Liberty University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,341	49	647	1,645
2016-17	2,317	85	719	1,513
2017-18	2,443	113	617	1,713
2018-19	2,526	133	594	1,799
2019-20	2,496	178	830	1,488
2020-21	2,481	159	757	1,565
2021-22	2,291	129	918	1,244
2022-23	2,315	231	821	1,263
2023-24	2,348	290	858	1,200
2024-25	2,299	196	1,122	981
Average	2,386	156	788	1,441

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Enrollment Trends at West Liberty

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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