Enrollment Trends for West Virginia Colleges

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 122,555, and 118,129 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 82.33% are undergraduate students and 17.67% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 13,892, and the graduate student enrollment decreased by 3,351.

The women to men ratio is 0.91 to 1, meaning that there are similar numbers of women and men students enrolled in West Virginia Colleges.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at West Virginia Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	136,045	111,707	60,387	51,320	24,338	11,876	12,462
2015-16	130,272 -5,773	106,987 -4,720	58,053 -2,334	48,934 -2,386	23,285 -1,053	11,403 -473	11,882 -580
2016-17	126,204 -4,068	103,368 -3,619	55,932 -2,121	47,436 -1,498	22,836 -449	11,036 -367	11,800 -82
2017-18	123,978 -2,226	101,984 -1,384	54,559 -1,373	47,425 -11	21,994 -842	10,495 -541	11,499 -301
2018-19	121,360 -2,618	99,932 -2,052	53,027 -1,532	46,905 -520	21,428 -566	10,227 -268	11,201 -298
2019-20	119,915 -1,445	99,022 -910	51,756 -1,271	47,266 361	20,893 -535	9,940 -287	10,953 -248
2020-21	122,106 2,191	99,397 375	52,300 544	47,097 -169	22,709 1,816	11,305 1,365	11,404 451
2021-22	116,774 -5,332	94,809 -4,588	49,907 -2,393	44,902 -2,195	21,965 -744	10,925 -380	11,040 -364
2022-23	116,525 -249	94,678 -131	50,150 243	44,528 -374	21,847 -118	10,976 51	10,871 -169
2023-24	116,801 276	95,077 399	50,691 541	44,386 -142	21,724 -123	11,007 31	10,717 -154
2024-25	118,129 1,328	97,142 2,065	51,608 917	45,534 1,148	20,987 -737	10,422 -585	10,565 -152
Average	122,555	100,373	53,488	46,885	22,182	10,874	11,309

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 100,373. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 14,565 from 111,707 to 97,142.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at West Virginia Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	111,707	58,100	28,508	29,592	53,607	31,879	21,728
2015-16	106,987	57,472	28,244	29,228	49,515	29,809	19,706
2016-17	103,368	55,469	27,053	28,416	47,899	28,879	19,020
2017-18	101,984	55,900	27,025	28,875	46,084	27,534	18,550
2018-19	99,932	52,797	24,962	27,835	47,135	28,065	19,070
2019-20	99,022	50,874	23,689	27,185	48,148	28,067	20,081
2020-21	99,397	49,704	22,886	26,818	49,693	29,414	20,279
2021-22	94,809	46,912	21,450	25,462	47,897	28,457	19,440
2022-23	94,678	46,246	21,445	24,801	48,432	28,705	19,727
2023-24	95,077	46,027	21,343	24,684	49,050	29,348	19,702
2024-25	97,142	46,885	21,576	25,309	50,257	30,032	20,225
Average	100,373	100,373	24,380	27,110	100,373	29,108	19,775

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 22,182. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 3,351 from 24,338 to 20,987.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at West Virginia Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	24,338	9,429	4,440	4,989	14,909	7,436	7,473
2015-16	23,285	9,627	4,635	4,992	13,658	6,768	6,890
2016-17	22,836	9,768	4,624	5,144	13,068	6,412	6,656
2017-18	21,994	9,718	4,517	5,201	12,276	5,978	6,298
2018-19	21,428	9,392	4,358	5,034	12,036	5,869	6,167
2019-20	20,893	9,207	4,234	4,973	11,686	5,706	5,980
2020-21	22,709	9,462	4,326	5,136	13,247	6,979	6,268
2021-22	21,965	9,181	4,139	5,042	12,784	6,786	5,998
2022-23	21,847	9,240	4,158	5,082	12,607	6,818	5,789
2023-24	21,724	9,217	4,137	5,080	12,507	6,870	5,637
2024-25	20,987	9,249	4,112	5,137	11,738	6,310	5,428
Average	22,182	22,182	4,335	5,074	22,182	6,539	6,235

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.24%. The percentage was 69.45% 10 years ago and West Virginia Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 2.28% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.95% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Virginia Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2014-15	636	2,235	16,686	7,515	591	94,485	3,646
2015-16	542	2,193	14,703	7,384	565	90,118	3,796
2016-17	616	2,113	13,190	7,384	510	87,311	4,076
2017-18	501	2,142	12,261	7,539	546	85,638	4,134
2018-19	477	2,159	11,916	7,966	511	83,203	4,118
2019-20	517	2,206	11,784	8,343	490	81,920	4,263
2020-21	524	2,550	12,154	9,965	549	81,659	4,451
2021-22	504	2,553	11,729	10,122	541	76,914	4,796
2022-23	511	2,606	11,897	10,639	543	75,998	4,825
2023-24	412	2,645	12,116	11,436	522	74,121	5,153
2024-25	449	2,712	13,012	12,183	556	73,948	5,221
Average	517	2,374	12,859	9,134	539	82,301	4,407

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

63,908 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 54% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -0.99% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at West Virginia Colleges from 2012 to 2025.

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