West Virginia University Student Population

Population By Gender/Attending Status

For academic year 2022-2023, total 24,741 students enrolled into West Virginia University. 19,059 enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,682 students enrolled in graduate programs. By attending status. there are 21,685 full-time and 3,056 part-time students. By gender, 11,687 male and 13,054 female students are attending at West Virginia University. Next table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for West Virginia University.

Gender Distribution
Attending Status

Student Population By Gender
West Virginia University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	24,741	11,687	13,054
Undergraduate	19,059	9,179	9,880
Graduate	5,682	2,508	3,174

Student Population By Attending Status
West Virginia University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	24,741	21,685	3,056
Undergraduate	19,059	17,543	1,516
Graduate	5,682	4,142	1,540

Population by Race/Ethnicity

Next tables summarize the students population by race/ethnicity at West Virginia University.

There are 19,625 White (79.32%), 835 Black/African American (3.37%), 1,009 Hispanic (4.08%), 503 Asian (2.03%), and 2,769 students with other races.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at West Virginia University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	24,741	11,687	13,054
American Indian/Native American	30	11	19
Asian	503	249	254
Black/African American	835	463	372
Hispanic	1,009	469	540
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	14	11	3
White	19,625	9,136	10,489
Two More	1,229	525	704
Un-Known	301	148	153

Undergraduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at West Virginia University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	19,059	9,179	9,880
American Indian/Native American	26	8	18
Asian	325	172	153
Black/African American	601	359	242
Hispanic	805	374	431
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	9	3
White	15,527	7,397	8,130
Two More	1,067	461	606
Un-Known	248	127	121

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at West Virginia University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,682	2,508	3,174
American Indian/Native American	4	3	1
Asian	178	77	101
Black/African American	234	104	130
Hispanic	204	95	109
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	2	0
White	4,098	1,739	2,359
Two More	162	64	98
Un-Known	53	21	32

Online Student Population

West Virginia University offers the distance learning opportunities (online degree program and/or courses) for both undergraduate and graduate programs. 2,446 students (9.89% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 10,710 students (43.29% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. Next table summarizes the online student population for West Virginia University.

Distance Learning Student Population at West Virginia University
	Total	Enrolled Exclusively	Enrolled Some Courses	Not In Online Courses
Total	24,741	2,446	10,710	11,585
Undergraduate	19,059	815	10,102	8,142
Graduate	5,682	1,631	608	3,443

Population by Student Age

The following table summarizes the students population by age at West Virginia University. 12,512 students are aged 20 to 24 (50.57% of total students), 8,019 students are aged below 20 (32.41%), 201 students are aged above 50 (0.81%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at West Virginia University.

Student Population By Age at West Virginia University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	24,741	11,687	13,054
Under 18	668	243	425
Age 18-19	7,351	3,415	3,936
Age 20-21	7,751	3,565	4,186
Age 22-24	4,761	2,421	2,340
Age 25-29	2,195	1,075	1,120
Age 30-34	879	452	427
Age 35-39	445	227	218
Age 40-49	490	203	287
Age 50-64	186	80	106
Over 64	15	6	9

Undergraduate Student Population By Age at West Virginia University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	19,059	9,179	9,880
Under 18	668	243	425
Age 18-19	7,351	3,415	3,936
Age 20-21	7,638	3,533	4,105
Age 22-24	2,652	1,580	1,072
Age 25-29	391	241	150
Age 30-34	133	64	69
Age 35-39	83	45	38
Age 40-49	91	43	48
Age 50-64	49	15	34
Over 64	3	0	3

Graduate Student Population By Age at West Virginia University
	Total	Male	Female
Total	5,682	2,508	3,174
Age 20-21	113	32	81
Age 22-24	2,109	841	1,268
Age 25-29	1,804	834	970
Age 30-34	746	388	358
Age 35-39	362	182	180
Age 40-49	399	160	239
Age 50-64	137	65	72
Over 64	12	6	6

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