Enrollment Trends at West Virginia

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 26,370 where 23,643 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 28,776 to 23,643 students, a loss of 5,133 (17.8%).

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

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• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	28,776	22,498	12,066	10,432	6,278	2,774	3,504
2016-17	28,488 -288	22,350 -148	11,976 -90	10,374 -58	6,138 -140	2,727 -47	3,411 -93
2017-18	28,406 -82	22,501 151	11,877 -99	10,624 250	5,905 -233	2,613 -114	3,292 -119
2018-19	26,864 -1,542	21,155 -1,346	10,885 -992	10,270 -354	5,709 -196	2,554 -59	3,155 -137
2019-20	26,839 -25	21,086 -69	10,566 -319	10,520 250	5,753 44	2,577 23	3,176 21
2020-21	26,269 -570	20,495 -591	9,965 -601	10,530 10	5,774 21	2,617 40	3,157 -19
2021-22	25,474 -795	19,599 -896	9,392 -573	10,207 -323	5,875 101	2,607 -10	3,268 111
2022-23	24,741 -733	19,059 -540	9,179 -213	9,880 -327	5,682 -193	2,508 -99	3,174 -94
2023-24	24,200 -541	18,615 -444	8,922 -257	9,693 -187	5,585 -97	2,463 -45	3,122 -52
2024-25	23,643 -557	18,206 -409	8,807 -115	9,399 -294	5,437 -148	2,376 -87	3,061 -61
Average	26,370	20,556	10,364	10,193	5,814	2,582	3,232

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 20,556 where 18,206 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at West Virginia University since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
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Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	22,498	20,532	11,201	9,331	1,966	865	1,101
2016-17	22,350	20,524	11,128	9,396	1,826	848	978
2017-18	22,501	20,712	11,063	9,649	1,789	814	975
2018-19	21,155	19,568	10,171	9,397	1,587	714	873
2019-20	21,086	19,369	9,814	9,555	1,717	752	965
2020-21	20,495	18,726	9,209	9,517	1,769	756	1,013
2021-22	19,599	18,020	8,726	9,294	1,579	666	913
2022-23	19,059	17,543	8,514	9,029	1,516	665	851
2023-24	18,615	17,126	8,295	8,831	1,489	627	862
2024-25	18,206	16,887	8,248	8,639	1,319	559	760
Average	20,556	20,556	9,637	9,264	20,556	727	929

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5,814 where 5,437 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at West Virginia University since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,278	4,634	2,208	2,426	1,644	566	1,078
2016-17	6,138	4,595	2,198	2,397	1,543	529	1,014
2017-18	5,905	4,442	2,121	2,321	1,463	492	971
2018-19	5,709	4,278	2,035	2,243	1,431	519	912
2019-20	5,753	4,187	1,968	2,219	1,566	609	957
2020-21	5,774	4,216	1,939	2,277	1,558	678	880
2021-22	5,875	4,264	1,913	2,351	1,611	694	917
2022-23	5,682	4,142	1,844	2,298	1,540	664	876
2023-24	5,585	4,101	1,805	2,296	1,484	658	826
2024-25	5,437	3,846	1,673	2,173	1,591	703	888
Average	5,814	5,814	1,970	2,300	5,814	611	932

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.95%. The percentage was 79.35% 10 years ago and West Virginia still has a high percentage of white students. 2.10% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.37% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.47% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.35% to 78.95%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.79% to 2.10%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.25% to 3.37%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.32% to 4.47%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3704 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3661 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 University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	36	516	1,224	954	20	22,835	895
2016-17	37	510	1,278	987	19	22,316	992
2017-18	33	513	1,194	985	18	22,189	1,065
2018-19	28	488	1,042	981	21	21,221	963
2019-20	34	541	1,001	1,009	21	21,238	964
2020-21	37	586	974	1,031	19	21,026	997
2021-22	32	543	919	1,032	15	20,144	1,239
2022-23	30	503	835	1,009	14	19,625	1,229
2023-24	30	499	763	1,005	14	19,237	1,220
2024-25	36	496	797	1,058	9	18,667	1,213
Average	33	520	1,003	1,005	17	20,850	1,078