Western Illinois University Student Population and Demographics

Western Illinois Student Population

There are 7,643 students including 5,309 undergraduate and 2,334 graduate students at Western Illinois University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 5,736 full-time and 1,907 part-time students with gender distribution of 3,323 male and 4,320 female students. Western Illinois University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,807 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Western Illinois University has a total enrollment of 7,643 with a gender distribution of 43.48% male (3,323 students) and 56.52% female (4,320 students). There are 2,280 male and 3,029 female students in undergraduate school and 1,043 male and 1,291 female students are attending graduate school at Western Illinois University.

Student Population By Gender
Western Illinois University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	7,643	3,323	4,320
Undergraduate	5,309	2,280	3,029
Graduate	2,334	1,043	1,291
Full-time	5,736	2,604	3,132
Part-time	1,907	719	1,188

[Chart] Western Illinois University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Western Illinois University has 5,736 full-time and 1,907 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 4,469 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 840 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,267 students are full-time and 1,067 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Western Illinois University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	7,643	5,736	1,907
Undergraduate	5,309	4,469	840
Graduate	2,334	1,267	1,067
Men	3,323	2,604	719
Women	4,320	3,132	1,188

[Chart] Western Illinois University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Western Illinois University, 1,807 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,734 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 7,643 students. In undergraduate schools, 3,760 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,781 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Western Illinois University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	7,643	5,309	2,334
Online Exclusively	1,807	937	870
In Some Online Classes	3,734	2,823	911
Not In Online Classes	2,102	1,549	553

[Chart] Western Illinois University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Western Illinois University. There are 10 American Indian/Native American, 4,037 White, 1,310 Black/African American, 88 Asian, 768 Hispanic, 9 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 124 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Western Illinois University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	7,643	3,323	4,320
American Indian/Native American	10	6	4
Asian	88	37	51
Black/African American	1,310	540	770
Hispanic	768	311	457
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	6	3
White	4,037	1,688	2,349
Two More	185	69	116
Race Un-Known	128	55	73

[Chart] Western Illinois UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Western Illinois University.

Age Distribution
Western Illinois University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	7,643	5,309	2,334
Under 18	148	148	0
Age 18-19	1,684	1,684	0
Age 20-21	1,778	1,732	46
Age 22-24	1,602	906	696
Age 25-29	940	315	625
Age 30-34	533	186	347
Age 35-39	321	118	203
Age 40-49	434	150	284
Age 50-64	179	64	115
Over 64	24	6	18
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Western Illinois University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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