West Virginia University Student Population

How many students at West Virginia? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 23,643 students have enrolled in West Virginia University with 18,206 undergraduate and 5,437 graduate students.

By gender, 11,183 male and 12,460 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (34,856 students on average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

2,958 students are enrolled exclusively, and 9,975 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

West Virginia University has a total of 23,643 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 18,206 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,437 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 11,183 male and 12,460 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 18,667 White, 797 Black, and 496 Asian students out of a total of 23,643 are attending at West Virginia University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

West Virginia University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 37% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, West Virginia has 657 students under 18 years old and 21 students over 65 years old. There are 19,494 students under 25 years old, and 4,149 students over 25 years old out of 23,643 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 657 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. West Virginia has 17,441 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 765 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,053 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,384 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• 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 West Virginia University, 2,958 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,975 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,519 students who live in West Virginia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,439 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 18,206 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 650 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.57%.607 students have transferred in as full-time status and 43 students transferred in as part-time status.