Enrollment Trends at WVSU

The student population at West Virginia State University is 3,785 (3,634 undergraduate and 151 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,141 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WVSU is 96.01% which is increased by 1,073 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 68 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

433 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 783.67% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,401 where 3,785 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

96.01% of total students is undergraduate students and 3.99% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,073 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 68 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in WVSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,644	2,561	1,130	1,431	83	26	57
2013-14	2,677 33	2,622 61	1,184 54	1,438 7	55 -28	24 -2	31 -26
2014-15	2,884 207	2,836 214	1,266 82	1,570 132	48 -7	22 -2	26 -5
2015-16	3,166 282	3,107 271	1,385 119	1,722 152	59 11	32 10	27 1
2016-17	3,514 348	3,433 326	1,486 101	1,947 225	81 22	32 0	49 22
2017-18	3,879 365	3,755 322	1,595 109	2,160 213	124 43	48 16	76 27
2018-19	3,692 -187	3,571 -184	1,456 -139	2,115 -45	121 -3	49 1	72 -4
2019-20	4,120 428	4,009 438	1,625 169	2,384 269	111 -10	40 -9	71 -1
2020-21	3,638 -482	3,502 -507	1,472 -153	2,030 -354	136 25	54 14	82 11
2021-22	3,415 -223	3,281 -221	1,376 -96	1,905 -125	134 -2	56 2	78 -4
2022-23	3,785 370	3,634 353	1,511 135	2,123 218	151 17	59 3	92 14
Average	3,401	3,301	1,408	1,893	100	40	60

West Virginia State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,301 where 3,634 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 West Virginia State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,561	1,848	836	1,012	713	294	419
2013-14	2,622	1,889	884	1,005	733	300	433
2014-15	2,836	1,950	888	1,062	886	378	508
2015-16	3,107	1,860	848	1,012	1,247	537	710
2016-17	3,433	1,797	858	939	1,636	628	1,008
2017-18	3,755	1,786	822	964	1,969	773	1,196
2018-19	3,571	1,644	729	915	1,927	727	1,200
2019-20	4,009	1,585	677	908	2,424	948	1,476
2020-21	3,502	1,498	679	819	2,004	793	1,211
2021-22	3,281	1,317	604	713	1,964	772	1,192
2022-23	3,634	1,316	585	731	2,318	926	1,392
Average	3,301	3,301	765	916	3,301	643	977

West Virginia State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 100 where 151 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 West Virginia State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	83	34	16	18	49	10	39
2013-14	55	33	16	17	22	8	14
2014-15	48	28	16	12	20	6	14
2015-16	59	31	20	11	28	12	16
2016-17	81	33	17	16	48	15	33
2017-18	124	44	23	21	80	25	55
2018-19	121	50	24	26	71	25	46
2019-20	111	48	21	27	63	19	44
2020-21	136	62	31	31	74	23	51
2021-22	134	75	37	38	59	19	40
2022-23	151	82	40	42	69	19	50
Average	100	100	24	24	100	16	37

West Virginia State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.17%. The percentage was 55.64% 10 years ago and WVSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.24% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Virginia 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	13	21	298	18	0	1,471	0
2013-14	12	9	269	15	0	1,468	0
2014-15	14	10	277	14	0	1,394	0
2015-16	10	9	300	20	0	1,452	208
2016-17	150	19	346	47	5	1,866	239
2017-18	15	21	344	52	7	2,648	150
2018-19	28	35	299	42	10	2,738	181
2019-20	30	46	311	66	9	3,124	201
2020-21	20	36	319	64	6	2,613	161
2021-22	12	47	308	72	4	2,632	148
2022-23	7	61	312	68	2	2,921	160
Average	28	29	308	43	4	2,212	132

West Virginia State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

433 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 783.67% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at West Virginia State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,884	49	691	2,144
2015-16	3,166	102	884	2,180
2016-17	3,514	108	926	2,480
2017-18	3,879	216	796	2,867
2018-19	3,692	398	977	2,317
2019-20	4,120	377	869	2,874
2020-21	3,638	770	930	1,938
2021-22	3,415	407	910	2,098
2022-23	3,785	433	1,007	2,345
Average	3,566	318	888	2,360

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