Wayne State University Student Population and Demographics

WSU Student Population

There are 23,803 students including 16,012 undergraduate and 7,791 graduate students at Wayne State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 17,838 full-time and 5,965 part-time students with gender distribution of 9,557 male and 14,246 female students.

Wayne State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,013 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Wayne State University has a total enrollment of 23,803 with a gender distribution of 40.15% male (9,557 students) and 59.85% female (14,246 students). There are 6,567 male and 9,445 female students in undergraduate school and 2,990 male and 4,801 female students are attending graduate school at Wayne State University.

Student Population By Gender
Wayne State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,803	9,557	14,246
Undergraduate	16,012	6,567	9,445
Graduate	7,791	2,990	4,801
Full-time	17,838	7,226	10,612
Part-time	5,965	2,331	3,634

[Chart] Wayne State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Wayne State University has 17,838 full-time and 5,965 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 12,706 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,306 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 5,132 students are full-time and 2,659 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Wayne State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	23,803	17,838	5,965
Undergraduate	16,012	12,706	3,306
Graduate	7,791	5,132	2,659
Men	9,557	7,226	2,331
Women	14,246	10,612	3,634

[Chart] Wayne State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Wayne State University, 3,013 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,784 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 23,803 students.

In undergraduate schools, 10,497 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,300 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Wayne State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,803	16,012	7,791
Online Exclusively	3,013	1,076	1,937
In Some Online Classes	10,784	9,421	1,363
Not In Online Classes	10,006	5,515	4,491

[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 44 American Indian/Native American, 12,662 White, 4,019 Black/African American, 2,879 Asian, 1,732 Hispanic, 10 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 458 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Wayne State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,803	9,557	14,246
American Indian/Native American	44	17	27
Asian	2,879	1,243	1,636
Black/African American	4,019	1,316	2,703
Hispanic	1,732	662	1,070
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	3	7
White	12,662	5,153	7,509
Two More	997	391	606
Race Un-Known	147	67	80

[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	23,803	16,012	7,791
Under 18	666	666	0
Age 18-19	5,262	5,260	2
Age 20-21	4,894	4,697	197
Age 22-24	5,198	2,935	2,263
Age 25-29	3,929	1,218	2,711
Age 30-34	1,638	507	1,131
Age 35-39	826	259	567
Age 40-49	862	292	570
Age 50-64	442	135	307
Over 64	82	40	42
Age Un-Known	4	3	1

[Chart] Wayne State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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