Western Kentucky University Student Population and Demographics

WKU Student Population

There are 16,291 students including 14,151 undergraduate and 2,140 graduate students at Western Kentucky University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 12,070 full-time and 4,221 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,146 male and 10,145 female students.

Western Kentucky University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,505 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Western Kentucky University has a total enrollment of 16,291 with a gender distribution of 37.73% male (6,146 students) and 62.27% female (10,145 students). There are 5,431 male and 8,720 female students in undergraduate school and 715 male and 1,425 female students are attending graduate school at Western Kentucky University.

Student Population By Gender
Western Kentucky University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	16,291	6,146	10,145
Undergraduate	14,151	5,431	8,720
Graduate	2,140	715	1,425
Full-time	12,070	4,655	7,415
Part-time	4,221	1,491	2,730

[Chart] Western Kentucky University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Western Kentucky University has 12,070 full-time and 4,221 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 11,299 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,852 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 771 students are full-time and 1,369 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Western Kentucky University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	16,291	12,070	4,221
Undergraduate	14,151	11,299	2,852
Graduate	2,140	771	1,369
Men	6,146	4,655	1,491
Women	10,145	7,415	2,730

[Chart] Western Kentucky University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Western Kentucky University, 3,505 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,624 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 16,291 students.

In undergraduate schools, 8,465 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,664 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Western Kentucky University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,291	14,151	2,140
Online Exclusively	3,505	2,055	1,450
In Some Online Classes	6,624	6,410	214
Not In Online Classes	6,162	5,686	476

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Western Kentucky University. There are 41 American Indian/Native American, 12,231 White, 1,395 Black/African American, 549 Asian, 1,015 Hispanic, 17 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 363 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Western Kentucky University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	16,291	6,146	10,145
American Indian/Native American	41	20	21
Asian	549	209	340
Black/African American	1,395	557	838
Hispanic	1,015	395	620
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	6	11
White	12,231	4,533	7,698
Two More	689	266	423
Race Un-Known	204	97	107

[Chart] Western Kentucky UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Western Kentucky University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,291	14,151	2,140
Under 18	1,804	1,804	0
Age 18-19	4,796	4,796	0
Age 20-21	4,536	4,490	46
Age 22-24	2,261	1,716	545
Age 25-29	1,020	504	516
Age 30-34	583	276	307
Age 35-39	490	230	260
Age 40-49	554	236	318
Age 50-64	224	83	141
Over 64	23	16	7
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Western Kentucky University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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