Enrollment Trends at Wright State University-Main Campus

The student population at Wright State University-Main Campus is 9,678 (6,938 undergraduate and 2,740 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 7,102 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Wright State University-Main Campus is 71.69% which is decreased by 6,205 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 897 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,224 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 27.70% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 14,330 where 9,678 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.69% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.31% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 6,205 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 897 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Wright State University-Main Campus than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wright State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	16,780	13,143	6,271	6,872	3,637	1,602	2,035
2013-14	16,656 -124	12,796 -347	6,222 -49	6,574 -298	3,860 223	1,779 177	2,081 46
2014-15	16,842 186	12,682 -114	6,186 -36	6,496 -78	4,160 300	1,969 190	2,191 110
2015-16	17,070 228	12,722 40	6,140 -46	6,582 86	4,348 188	2,115 146	2,233 42
2016-17	16,655 -415	12,504 -218	6,000 -140	6,504 -78	4,151 -197	1,942 -173	2,209 -24
2017-18	15,957 -698	12,115 -389	5,823 -177	6,292 -212	3,842 -309	1,698 -244	2,144 -65
2018-19	14,403 -1,554	10,925 -1,190	5,216 -607	5,709 -583	3,478 -364	1,490 -208	1,988 -156
2019-20	12,356 -2,047	9,371 -1,554	4,398 -818	4,973 -736	2,985 -493	1,289 -201	1,696 -292
2020-21	10,936 -1,420	8,332 -1,039	3,738 -660	4,594 -379	2,604 -381	1,137 -152	1,467 -229
2021-22	10,295 -641	7,477 -855	3,393 -345	4,084 -510	2,818 214	1,280 143	1,538 71
2022-23	9,678 -617	6,938 -539	3,100 -293	3,838 -246	2,740 -78	1,289 9	1,451 -87
Average	14,330	10,819	5,135	5,683	3,511	1,599	1,912

Wright State University-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 10,819 where 6,938 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 Wright State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	13,143	10,324	4,900	5,424	2,819	1,371	1,448
2013-14	12,796	9,987	4,858	5,129	2,809	1,364	1,445
2014-15	12,682	9,937	4,882	5,055	2,745	1,304	1,441
2015-16	12,722	9,940	4,831	5,109	2,782	1,309	1,473
2016-17	12,504	9,675	4,653	5,022	2,829	1,347	1,482
2017-18	12,115	9,423	4,520	4,903	2,692	1,303	1,389
2018-19	10,925	8,449	4,024	4,425	2,476	1,192	1,284
2019-20	9,371	7,226	3,333	3,893	2,145	1,065	1,080
2020-21	8,332	6,359	2,847	3,512	1,973	891	1,082
2021-22	7,477	5,564	2,505	3,059	1,913	888	1,025
2022-23	6,938	5,147	2,274	2,873	1,791	826	965
Average	10,819	10,819	3,966	4,400	10,819	1,169	1,283

Wright State University-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,511 where 2,740 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 Wright State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,637	2,713	1,228	1,485	924	374	550
2013-14	3,860	2,913	1,369	1,544	947	410	537
2014-15	4,160	1,616	775	841	2,544	1,194	1,350
2015-16	4,348	1,674	814	860	2,674	1,301	1,373
2016-17	4,151	1,533	721	812	2,618	1,221	1,397
2017-18	3,842	1,357	591	766	2,485	1,107	1,378
2018-19	3,478	1,316	559	757	2,162	931	1,231
2019-20	2,985	1,221	490	731	1,764	799	965
2020-21	2,604	1,131	443	688	1,473	694	779
2021-22	2,818	1,142	427	715	1,676	853	823
2022-23	2,740	1,199	508	691	1,541	781	760
Average	3,511	3,511	720	899	3,511	879	1,013

Wright State University-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.03%. The percentage was 71.74% 10 years ago and Wright State University-Main Campus still has a high percentage of white students. 3.92% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.54% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wright State University-Main Campus 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	38	442	2,041	413	18	12,038	535
2013-14	31	456	1,859	418	18	11,582	561
2014-15	38	454	1,939	450	19	11,382	582
2015-16	31	498	1,855	506	19	11,504	591
2016-17	24	542	1,750	532	11	11,571	580
2017-18	25	499	1,634	523	13	11,409	606
2018-19	26	501	1,469	490	11	10,409	572
2019-20	21	466	1,332	430	10	8,857	535
2020-21	17	442	1,172	414	8	7,848	517
2021-22	15	393	1,052	399	8	7,047	476
2022-23	13	379	1,020	406	4	6,294	478
Average	25	461	1,557	453	13	9,995	548

Wright State University-Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,224 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 27.70% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wright State University-Main Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	16,842	0	3,776	13,066
2015-16	17,070	0	5,543	11,527
2016-17	16,655	873	3,316	12,466
2017-18	15,957	274	4,458	11,225
2018-19	14,403	180	4,283	9,940
2019-20	12,356	993	3,614	7,749
2020-21	10,936	5,979	3,965	992
2021-22	10,295	1,528	5,482	3,285
2022-23	9,678	1,224	4,822	3,632
Average	13,799	1,228	4,362	8,209

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