Student Population by Gender

Wichita State University has a total of 16,216 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 12,049 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,167 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 7,220 male and 8,996 female students (the male-female ratio is 45:55) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total16,21612,0494,167
Men7,2205,2571,963
Women8,9966,7922,204
Wichita State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartWichita State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartWichita State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,139 White, 843 Black, and 956 Asian students out of a total of 16,216 are attending at Wichita State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Wichita State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartWichita State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartWichita State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American923062
Asian956450506
Black843327516
Hispanic2,0278261,201
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders17710
White8,1393,2904,849
Two or more races682260422
Race Unknown341141200
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American772552
Asian850401449
Black698280418
Hispanic1,8237741,049
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1578
White6,3132,7093,604
Two or more races592226366
Race Unknown287123164
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American523
Asian432122
Black652540
Hispanic21990129
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders101
White751252499
Two or more races672542
Race Unknown26917

Student Age Distribution

By age, WSU has 740 students under 18 years old and 40 students over 65 years old. There are 11,089 students under 25 years old, and 5,127 students over 25 years old out of 16,216 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 740 students are younger than 18 and 19 students are older than 65. WSU has 9,373 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,676 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,716 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,451 students aged 25 and over.
Wichita State University 2023 Student Population by Age chartWichita State University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartWichita State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartWichita State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartWichita State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartWichita State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart
All Students Undergraduate Graduate
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18740494246
18-193,2021,7481,454
20-213,4541,9481,506
22-243,6931,7371,956
25-292,1631,1021,061
30-341,100693407
35-39700454246
40-49792557235
50-6433224092
Over 65402317
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18740494246
18-193,2021,7481,454
20-213,2881,8641,424
22-242,1431,0581,085
25-291,123605518
30-34624407217
35-39411273138
40-49381253128
50-641188335
Over 6519712
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Wichita State University, 3,537 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,756 students are enrolled in some online courses.
Wichita State University 2023 Online Student Population chart
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students16,2163,5375,756
Undergraduate12,0492,5884,998
Graduate4,167949758
Online Student Population by Locality
Kansas ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students03,5370
Undergraduate02,5880
Graduate09490

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 12,049 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,224 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.16%.919 students have transferred in as full-time status and 305 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time7,419
Transfer-in Full-time919
Regular Part-time3,406
Transfer-in Part-time305
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