Enrollment Trends at WSU

The student population at Wichita State University is 16,216 (12,049 undergraduate and 4,167 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,500 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WSU is 74.30% which is decreased by 17 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,517 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

3,537 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 359.35% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 15,015 where 16,216 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.30% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.70% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 17 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,517 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 and it means that there are slightly 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 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	14,716	12,066	5,560	6,506	2,650	1,206	1,444
2013-14	14,386 -330	11,670 -396	5,564 4	6,106 -400	2,716 66	1,318 112	1,398 -46
2014-15	14,857 471	11,876 206	5,703 139	6,173 67	2,981 265	1,462 144	1,519 121
2015-16	14,240 -617	11,501 -375	5,453 -250	6,048 -125	2,739 -242	1,323 -139	1,416 -103
2016-17	14,166 -74	11,585 84	5,420 -33	6,165 117	2,581 -158	1,223 -100	1,358 -58
2017-18	15,075 909	12,398 813	5,685 265	6,713 548	2,677 96	1,186 -37	1,491 133
2018-19	15,778 703	13,006 608	5,891 206	7,115 402	2,772 95	1,259 73	1,513 22
2019-20	15,342 -436	12,623 -383	5,754 -137	6,869 -246	2,719 -53	1,165 -94	1,554 41
2020-21	14,999 -343	11,946 -677	5,276 -478	6,670 -199	3,053 334	1,112 -53	1,941 387
2021-22	15,394 395	12,078 132	5,341 65	6,737 67	3,316 263	1,392 280	1,924 -17
2022-23	16,216 822	12,049 -29	5,257 -84	6,792 55	4,167 851	1,963 571	2,204 280
Average	15,015	12,073	5,537	6,536	2,943	1,328	1,615

Wichita State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 12,073 where 12,049 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 Wichita State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,066	8,670	4,065	4,605	3,396	1,495	1,901
2013-14	11,670	8,807	4,240	4,567	2,863	1,324	1,539
2014-15	11,876	8,909	4,348	4,561	2,967	1,355	1,612
2015-16	11,501	8,683	4,090	4,593	2,818	1,363	1,455
2016-17	11,585	8,687	4,070	4,617	2,898	1,350	1,548
2017-18	12,398	8,749	4,081	4,668	3,649	1,604	2,045
2018-19	13,006	8,855	4,118	4,737	4,151	1,773	2,378
2019-20	12,623	8,994	4,144	4,850	3,629	1,610	2,019
2020-21	11,946	8,586	3,849	4,737	3,360	1,427	1,933
2021-22	12,078	8,529	3,811	4,718	3,549	1,530	2,019
2022-23	12,049	8,338	3,692	4,646	3,711	1,565	2,146
Average	12,073	12,073	4,046	4,664	12,073	1,491	1,872

Wichita State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,943 where 4,167 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 Wichita State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,650	1,263	554	709	1,387	652	735
2013-14	2,716	1,377	664	713	1,339	654	685
2014-15	2,981	1,519	794	725	1,462	668	794
2015-16	2,739	1,427	704	723	1,312	619	693
2016-17	2,581	1,320	601	719	1,261	622	639
2017-18	2,677	1,243	567	676	1,434	619	815
2018-19	2,772	1,200	508	692	1,572	751	821
2019-20	2,719	1,147	464	683	1,572	701	871
2020-21	3,053	1,235	463	772	1,818	649	1,169
2021-22	3,316	1,624	764	860	1,692	628	1,064
2022-23	4,167	2,400	1,316	1,084	1,767	647	1,120
Average	2,943	2,943	673	760	2,943	655	855

Wichita State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.19%. The percentage was 63.94% 10 years ago and WSU still has a high percentage of white students. 5.90% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.20% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wichita 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	138	897	903	1,123	13	9,410	290
2013-14	111	901	797	1,154	19	9,012	335
2014-15	117	934	829	1,287	14	8,951	429
2015-16	96	919	750	1,343	11	8,671	481
2016-17	89	940	776	1,452	12	8,542	524
2017-18	94	949	856	1,655	15	8,930	620
2018-19	107	958	930	1,761	13	9,300	605
2019-20	98	975	886	1,847	13	8,741	647
2020-21	96	918	816	1,752	16	8,550	638
2021-22	91	770	797	1,763	18	8,394	662
2022-23	92	956	843	2,027	17	8,139	682
Average	103	920	835	1,560	15	8,785	538

Wichita State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,537 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 359.35% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wichita State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,857	770	6,013	8,074
2015-16	14,240	682	6,801	6,757
2016-17	14,166	1,006	6,867	6,293
2017-18	15,075	1,780	7,041	6,254
2018-19	15,778	2,588	7,117	6,073
2019-20	15,342	2,904	4,892	7,546
2020-21	14,999	3,081	4,858	7,060
2021-22	15,394	3,424	5,338	6,632
2022-23	16,216	3,537	5,756	6,923
Average	15,119	2,197	6,076	6,846

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