Western Kentucky University Student Population and Demographics

WKU Student Population

There are 16,493 students including 14,440 undergraduate and 2,053 graduate students at Western Kentucky University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 11,904 full-time and 4,589 part-time students with gender distribution of 6,183 male and 10,310 female students. Western Kentucky University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,162 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Western Kentucky University has a total enrollment of 16,493 with a gender distribution of 37.49% male (6,183 students) and 62.51% female (10,310 students). There are 5,490 male and 8,950 female students in undergraduate school and 693 male and 1,360 female students are attending graduate school at Western Kentucky University.

Student Population By Gender
Western Kentucky University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	16,493	6,183	10,310
Undergraduate	14,440	5,490	8,950
Graduate	2,053	693	1,360
Full-time	11,904	4,527	7,377
Part-time	4,589	1,656	2,933

[Chart] Western Kentucky University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Western Kentucky University has 11,904 full-time and 4,589 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 11,163 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,277 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 741 students are full-time and 1,312 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Western Kentucky University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	16,493	11,904	4,589
Undergraduate	14,440	11,163	3,277
Graduate	2,053	741	1,312
Men	6,183	4,527	1,656
Women	10,310	7,377	2,933

[Chart] Western Kentucky University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Western Kentucky University, 3,162 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,396 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 16,493 students. In undergraduate schools, 8,063 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,495 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Western Kentucky University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,493	14,440	2,053
Online Exclusively	3,162	1,939	1,223
In Some Online Classes	6,396	6,124	272
Not In Online Classes	6,935	6,377	558

[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 37 American Indian/Native American, 12,784 White, 1,349 Black/African American, 505 Asian, 857 Hispanic, 16 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 317 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Western Kentucky University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	16,493	6,183	10,310
American Indian/Native American	37	18	19
Asian	505	179	326
Black/African American	1,349	537	812
Hispanic	857	306	551
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	16	8	8
White	12,784	4,727	8,057
Two More	602	233	369
Race Un-Known	176	84	92

[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	16,493	14,440	2,053
Under 18	2,062	2,062	0
Age 18-19	4,812	4,811	1
Age 20-21	4,496	4,453	43
Age 22-24	2,337	1,754	583
Age 25-29	992	498	494
Age 30-34	592	324	268
Age 35-39	457	233	224
Age 40-49	554	225	329
Age 50-64	161	64	97
Over 64	30	16	14
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Western Kentucky University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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