West Virginia University Student Population and Demographics

West Virginia Student Population

There are 23,643 students including 18,206 undergraduate and 5,437 graduate students at West Virginia University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 20,733 full-time and 2,910 part-time students with gender distribution of 11,183 male and 12,460 female students.

West Virginia University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,958 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

West Virginia University has a total enrollment of 23,643 with a gender distribution of 47.30% male (11,183 students) and 52.70% female (12,460 students). There are 8,807 male and 9,399 female students in undergraduate school and 2,376 male and 3,061 female students are attending graduate school at West Virginia University.

Student Population By Gender
West Virginia University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,643	11,183	12,460
Undergraduate	18,206	8,807	9,399
Graduate	5,437	2,376	3,061
Full-time	20,733	9,921	10,812
Part-time	2,910	1,262	1,648

[Chart] West Virginia University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

West Virginia University has 20,733 full-time and 2,910 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 16,887 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,319 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 3,846 students are full-time and 1,591 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
West Virginia University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	23,643	20,733	2,910
Undergraduate	18,206	16,887	1,319
Graduate	5,437	3,846	1,591
Men	11,183	9,921	1,262
Women	12,460	10,812	1,648

[Chart] West Virginia University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At West Virginia University, 2,958 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,975 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 23,643 students.

In undergraduate schools, 10,655 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,278 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
West Virginia University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,643	18,206	5,437
Online Exclusively	2,958	1,169	1,789
In Some Online Classes	9,975	9,486	489
Not In Online Classes	10,710	7,551	3,159

[Chart] West Virginia University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at West Virginia University. There are 36 American Indian/Native American, 18,667 White, 797 Black/African American, 496 Asian, 1,058 Hispanic, 9 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 757 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
West Virginia University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,643	11,183	12,460
American Indian/Native American	36	17	19
Asian	496	243	253
Black/African American	797	412	385
Hispanic	1,058	497	561
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	8	1
White	18,667	8,702	9,965
Two More	1,213	563	650
Race Un-Known	383	194	189

[Chart] West Virginia UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at West Virginia University.

Age Distribution
West Virginia University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,643	18,206	5,437
Under 18	657	657	0
Age 18-19	7,158	7,155	3
Age 20-21	7,436	7,296	140
Age 22-24	4,243	2,333	1,910
Age 25-29	2,051	387	1,664
Age 30-34	851	136	715
Age 35-39	467	74	393
Age 40-49	534	102	432
Age 50-64	225	59	166
Over 64	21	7	14
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] West Virginia University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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