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Total Enrollment 156,935
Undergraduate 112,807
Graduate 44,128
Men 57,842
Women 99,093

WGU Student Population

There are 156,935 students including 112,807 undergraduate and 44,128 graduate students at Western Governors University for the academic year 2022-2023. By gender, there are 57,842 male and 99,093 female students at Western Governors University. Western Governors University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 156,935 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Western Governors University has a total enrollment of 156,935 with a gender distribution of 36.86% male (57,842 students) and 63.14% female (99,093 students). There are 45,265 male and 67,542 female students in undergraduate school and 12,577 male and 31,551 female students are attending graduate school at Western Governors University.
Student Population By Gender
Western Governors University
TotalMenWomen
Total156,93557,84299,093
Undergraduate112,80745,26567,542
Graduate44,12812,57731,551
Full-time156,93557,84299,093
Part-time000
[Chart] Western Governors University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Western Governors University, 156,935 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 156,935 students. In undergraduate schools, 112,807 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 44,128 students are attending some online courses.
2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Western Governors University
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total156,935112,80744,128
Online Exclusively156,935112,80744,128
In Some Online Classes000
Not In Online Classes000
[Chart] Western Governors University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Western Governors University. There are 1,682 American Indian/Native American, 93,418 White, 17,422 Black/African American, 6,203 Asian, 19,551 Hispanic, 760 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 6,826 students with other races.
Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Western Governors University
TotalMenWomen
Total156,93557,84299,093
American Indian/Native American1,6825831,099
Asian6,2032,9753,228
Black/African American17,4226,34611,076
Hispanic19,5517,95311,598
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander760283477
White93,41832,85360,565
Two More4,7431,9212,822
Race Un-Known13,1044,9058,199
[Chart] Western Governors UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Western Governors University.
Age Distribution
Western Governors University
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total156,935112,80744,128
Under 1830291
Age 18-198948913
Age 20-213,7253,64976
Age 22-2412,26610,1802,086
Age 25-2931,73623,3238,413
Age 30-3432,32123,7998,522
Age 35-3927,12819,2117,917
Age 40-4934,60222,99811,604
Age 50-6413,8938,5505,343
Over 64315160155
Age Un-Known25178
[Chart] Western Governors University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment