Enrollment Trends at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 821 where 835 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.11 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	832	429	403
2016-17	847 15	429	418 15
2017-18	849 2	415 -14	434 16
2018-19	841 -8	430 15	411 -23
2019-20	809 -32	417 -13	392 -19
2020-21	800 -9	396 -21	404 12
2021-22	806 6	411 15	395 -9
2022-23	793 -13	398 -13	395
2023-24	795 2	385 -13	410 15
2024-25	835 40	396 11	439 29
Average	821	411	410

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.10%. The percentage was 71.15% 10 years ago and West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine still has a high percentage of white students. 20.24% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.51% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.51% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.15% to 69.10%. Asian enrollment grew from 18.27% to 20.24%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.73% to 2.51%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 2.52% to 2.51%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4788 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4583 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	4	152	31	21	0	592	0
2016-17	1	139	30	32	15	601	0
2017-18	1	161	33	31	11	578	0
2018-19	4	161	27	26	10	577	0
2019-20	4	149	27	21	8	569	0
2020-21	5	145	23	27	10	561	0
2021-22	6	147	21	22	11	575	0
2022-23	0	156	11	22	0	556	26
2023-24	0	159	14	23	0	550	31
2024-25	0	169	21	21	0	577	32
Average	3	154	24	25	7	574	9

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.