Western Illinois University Student Population

How many students at Western Illinois? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 6,332 students have enrolled in Western Illinois University with 4,525 undergraduate and 1,807 graduate students.

By gender, 2,569 male and 3,763 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (10,123 students on average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,607 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,917 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Western Illinois University has a total of 6,332 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 4,525 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,807 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,569 male and 3,763 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,615 White, 966 Black, and 90 Asian students out of a total of 6,332 are attending at Western Illinois University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Western Illinois University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 63.8% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Western Illinois has 133 students under 18 years old and 30 students over 65 years old. There are 4,138 students under 25 years old, and 2,194 students over 25 years old out of 6,332 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 133 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Western Illinois has 3,682 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 843 students aged 25 and over.

It has 456 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,351 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Western Illinois University, 1,607 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,917 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,348 students who live in Illinois or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 259 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,525 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 596 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.17%.480 students have transferred in as full-time status and 116 students transferred in as part-time status.