Student Population at Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University has a total of 17,000 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 13,589 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,411 students joined graduate programs.

By race/ethnicity, 11,381 White, 1,383 Black, and 513 Asian students out of a total of 17,000 are attending at Western Michigan University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

By age, WMU has 444 students under 18 years old and 15 students over 65 years old. There are 13,399 students under 25 years old, and 3,601 students over 25 years old out of 17,000 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 444 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. WMU has 12,369 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,220 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,030 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,381 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 Michigan University, 1,811 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,726 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,653 students lived in Michigan or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 158 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Among 13,589 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 972 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 7.15%.817 students have transferred in as full-time status and 155 students transferred in as part-time status.