Enrollment Trends at West Virginia

The student population at West Virginia University is 24,741 (19,059 undergraduate and 5,682 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,966 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at West Virginia is 77.03% which is decreased by 3,768 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,198 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,446 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -17.81% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 27,655 where 24,741 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.03% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.97% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,768 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,198 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in West Virginia than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	29,707	22,827	12,431	10,396	6,880	3,027	3,853
2013-14	29,466 -241	22,757 -70	12,326 -105	10,431 35	6,709 -171	2,995 -32	3,714 -139
2014-15	29,175 -291	22,563 -194	12,251 -75	10,312 -119	6,612 -97	2,848 -147	3,764 50
2015-16	28,776 -399	22,498 -65	12,066 -185	10,432 120	6,278 -334	2,774 -74	3,504 -260
2016-17	28,488 -288	22,350 -148	11,976 -90	10,374 -58	6,138 -140	2,727 -47	3,411 -93
2017-18	28,406 -82	22,501 151	11,877 -99	10,624 250	5,905 -233	2,613 -114	3,292 -119
2018-19	26,864 -1,542	21,155 -1,346	10,885 -992	10,270 -354	5,709 -196	2,554 -59	3,155 -137
2019-20	26,839 -25	21,086 -69	10,566 -319	10,520 250	5,753 44	2,577 23	3,176 21
2020-21	26,269 -570	20,495 -591	9,965 -601	10,530 10	5,774 21	2,617 40	3,157 -19
2021-22	25,474 -795	19,599 -896	9,392 -573	10,207 -323	5,875 101	2,607 -10	3,268 111
2022-23	24,741 -733	19,059 -540	9,179 -213	9,880 -327	5,682 -193	2,508 -99	3,174 -94
Average	27,655	21,535	11,174	10,361	6,120	2,713	3,406

West Virginia University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 21,535 where 19,059 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 University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	22,827	21,118	11,700	9,418	1,709	731	978
2013-14	22,757	21,027	11,587	9,440	1,730	739	991
2014-15	22,563	20,863	11,434	9,429	1,700	817	883
2015-16	22,498	20,532	11,201	9,331	1,966	865	1,101
2016-17	22,350	20,524	11,128	9,396	1,826	848	978
2017-18	22,501	20,712	11,063	9,649	1,789	814	975
2018-19	21,155	19,568	10,171	9,397	1,587	714	873
2019-20	21,086	19,369	9,814	9,555	1,717	752	965
2020-21	20,495	18,726	9,209	9,517	1,769	756	1,013
2021-22	19,599	18,020	8,726	9,294	1,579	666	913
2022-23	19,059	17,543	8,514	9,029	1,516	665	851
Average	21,535	21,535	10,413	9,405	21,535	761	956

West Virginia University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 6,120 where 5,682 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 University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,880	4,777	2,291	2,486	2,103	736	1,367
2013-14	6,709	4,769	2,319	2,450	1,940	676	1,264
2014-15	6,612	4,749	2,235	2,514	1,863	613	1,250
2015-16	6,278	4,634	2,208	2,426	1,644	566	1,078
2016-17	6,138	4,595	2,198	2,397	1,543	529	1,014
2017-18	5,905	4,442	2,121	2,321	1,463	492	971
2018-19	5,709	4,278	2,035	2,243	1,431	519	912
2019-20	5,753	4,187	1,968	2,219	1,566	609	957
2020-21	5,774	4,216	1,939	2,277	1,558	678	880
2021-22	5,875	4,264	1,913	2,351	1,611	694	917
2022-23	5,682	4,142	1,844	2,298	1,540	664	876
Average	6,120	6,120	2,097	2,362	6,120	616	1,044

West Virginia University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.32%. The percentage was 82.46% 10 years ago and West Virginia still has a high percentage of white students. 2.03% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.37% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Virginia 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	64	553	1,180	863	27	24,495	705
2013-14	53	526	1,204	931	26	23,956	810
2014-15	42	545	1,232	935	25	23,350	867
2015-16	36	516	1,224	954	20	22,835	895
2016-17	37	510	1,278	987	19	22,316	992
2017-18	33	513	1,194	985	18	22,189	1,065
2018-19	28	488	1,042	981	21	21,221	963
2019-20	34	541	1,001	1,009	21	21,238	964
2020-21	37	586	974	1,031	19	21,026	997
2021-22	32	543	919	1,032	15	20,144	1,239
2022-23	30	503	835	1,009	14	19,625	1,229
Average	39	529	1,098	974	20	22,036	975

West Virginia University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,446 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -17.81% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at West Virginia University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	29,175	2,976	1,707	24,492
2015-16	28,776	3,081	1,801	23,894
2016-17	28,488	2,912	4,604	20,972
2017-18	28,406	2,843	5,308	20,255
2018-19	26,864	2,577	5,231	19,056
2019-20	26,839	2,725	6,471	17,643
2020-21	26,269	9,668	15,125	1,476
2021-22	25,474	2,575	11,100	11,799
2022-23	24,741	2,446	10,710	11,585
Average	27,226	3,534	6,895	16,797

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