Wayne State University Student Population and Demographics

WSU Student Population

There are 23,630 students including 15,958 undergraduate and 7,672 graduate students at Wayne State University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 16,985 full-time and 6,645 part-time students with gender distribution of 9,453 male and 14,177 female students. Wayne State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,328 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Wayne State University has a total enrollment of 23,630 with a gender distribution of 40.00% male (9,453 students) and 60.00% female (14,177 students). There are 6,491 male and 9,467 female students in undergraduate school and 2,962 male and 4,710 female students are attending graduate school at Wayne State University.

Student Population By Gender
Wayne State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,630	9,453	14,177
Undergraduate	15,958	6,491	9,467
Graduate	7,672	2,962	4,710
Full-time	16,985	6,735	10,250
Part-time	6,645	2,718	3,927

[Chart] Wayne State University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Wayne State University has 16,985 full-time and 6,645 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 12,106 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,852 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 4,879 students are full-time and 2,793 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Wayne State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	23,630	16,985	6,645
Undergraduate	15,958	12,106	3,852
Graduate	7,672	4,879	2,793
Men	9,453	6,735	2,718
Women	14,177	10,250	3,927

[Chart] Wayne State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Wayne State University, 3,328 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,452 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 23,630 students. In undergraduate schools, 10,926 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,854 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Wayne State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,630	15,958	7,672
Online Exclusively	3,328	1,577	1,751
In Some Online Classes	10,452	9,349	1,103
Not In Online Classes	9,850	5,032	4,818

[Chart] Wayne State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Wayne State University. There are 53 American Indian/Native American, 13,182 White, 3,531 Black/African American, 2,725 Asian, 1,456 Hispanic, 11 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 592 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Wayne State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,630	9,453	14,177
American Indian/Native American	53	22	31
Asian	2,725	1,195	1,530
Black/African American	3,531	1,114	2,417
Hispanic	1,456	530	926
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	6	5
White	13,182	5,327	7,855
Two More	909	353	556
Race Un-Known	517	239	278

[Chart] Wayne State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Wayne State University.

Age Distribution
Wayne State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,630	15,958	7,672
Under 18	531	531	0
Age 18-19	4,713	4,712	1
Age 20-21	5,296	5,156	140
Age 22-24	5,370	3,156	2,214
Age 25-29	3,984	1,306	2,678
Age 30-34	1,570	449	1,121
Age 35-39	802	243	559
Age 40-49	843	216	627
Age 50-64	428	147	281
Over 64	89	38	51
Age Un-Known	4	4	0

[Chart] Wayne State University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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