Enrollment Trends at Wright State University-Main Campus

The student population at Wright State University-Main Campus is 10,603 (7,505 undergraduate and 3,098 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 6,467 (37.89%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Wright State University-Main Campus is 70.78% which is decreased by 5,217 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,250 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 84 male students for every 100 female students, down from 94 in 2015.
1,031 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 18.10% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,784 where 10,603 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 17,070 students in 2016 and was lowest at 9,678 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 17,070 to 10,603 students, a net loss of 6,467 (37.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wright State University-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	17,070	12,722	6,140	6,582	4,348	2,115	2,233
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
2023-24	9,884 206	7,012 74	3,204 104	3,808 -30	2,872 132	1,336 47	1,536 85
2024-25	10,603 719	7,505 493	3,353 149	4,152 344	3,098 226	1,476 140	1,622 86
Average	12,784	9,490	4,437	5,054	3,294	1,505	1,788

Wright State University-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,490 where 7,505 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 Wright State University-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	7,012	5,297	2,396	2,901	1,715	808	907
2024-25	7,505	5,788	2,569	3,219	1,717	784	933
Average	9,490	9,490	3,395	3,892	9,490	1,041	1,162

Wright State University-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,294 where 3,098 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 Wright State University-Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,872	1,299	554	745	1,573	782	791
2024-25	3,098	1,242	518	724	1,856	958	898
Average	3,294	3,294	563	749	3,294	943	1,040

Wright State University-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.75%. The percentage was 67.39% 10 years ago and Wright State University-Main Campus still has a high percentage of white students. 3.86% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.71% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.06% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.39% to 60.75%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.92% to 3.86%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.87% to 9.71%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.96% to 4.06%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6154 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5311 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	12	355	1,000	372	6	6,292	524
2024-25	13	409	1,030	430	10	6,441	578
Average	20	448	1,331	450	10	8,767	546

Wright State University-Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,031 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 18.10% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wright State University-Main Campus from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	9,884	943	4,574	4,367
2024-25	10,603	1,031	5,174	4,398
Average	12,784	1,303	4,523	6,958

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