Student Population at Western Illinois University

Western Illinois University has a total of 7,643 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 5,309 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,334 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 4,037 White, 1,310 Black, and 88 Asian students out of a total of 7,643 are attending at Western Illinois University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, Western Illinois has 148 students under 18 years old and 24 students over 65 years old. There are 5,212 students under 25 years old, and 2,431 students over 25 years old out of 7,643 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 148 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Western Illinois has 4,470 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 839 students aged 25 and over.

It has 742 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,592 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Western Illinois University, 1,807 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,734 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,324 students lived in Illinois or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 483 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 5,309 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 640 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 12.06%.512 students have transferred in as full-time status and 128 students transferred in as part-time status.