Enrollment Trends at WSU

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,464 where 16,689 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

79.77% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.23% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,812 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 637 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in WSU than male students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,336 where 13,313 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 Wichita State University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,129 where 3,376 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 Wichita State University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 49.07% and the percentage of black students is 5.93% at Wichita State University. 6.57% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.59% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.89% to 49.07%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.45% to 6.57%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.27% to 5.93%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.43% to 14.59%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7279 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6122 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

4,761 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 598.09% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wichita State University from 2015 to 2025.