Western Michigan University Student Population and Demographics

WMU Student Population

There are 16,744 students including 13,027 undergraduate and 3,717 graduate students at Western Michigan University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 12,338 full-time and 4,406 part-time students with gender distribution of 7,664 male and 9,080 female students.

Western Michigan University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,238 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Western Michigan University has a total enrollment of 16,744 with a gender distribution of 45.77% male (7,664 students) and 54.23% female (9,080 students). There are 6,296 male and 6,731 female students in undergraduate school and 1,368 male and 2,349 female students are attending graduate school at Western Michigan University.

Student Population By Gender
Western Michigan University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	16,744	7,664	9,080
Undergraduate	13,027	6,296	6,731
Graduate	3,717	1,368	2,349
Full-time	12,338	5,728	6,610
Part-time	4,406	1,936	2,470

[Chart] Western Michigan University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Western Michigan University has 12,338 full-time and 4,406 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 10,990 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,037 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,348 students are full-time and 2,369 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Western Michigan University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	16,744	12,338	4,406
Undergraduate	13,027	10,990	2,037
Graduate	3,717	1,348	2,369
Men	7,664	5,728	1,936
Women	9,080	6,610	2,470

[Chart] Western Michigan University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Western Michigan University, 2,238 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,676 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 16,744 students.

In undergraduate schools, 8,091 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,823 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Western Michigan University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,744	13,027	3,717
Online Exclusively	2,238	889	1,349
In Some Online Classes	7,676	7,202	474
Not In Online Classes	6,830	4,936	1,894

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

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Western Michigan University. There are 74 American Indian/Native American, 11,030 White, 1,319 Black/African American, 563 Asian, 1,458 Hispanic, 9 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 533 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Western Michigan University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	16,744	7,664	9,080
American Indian/Native American	74	30	44
Asian	563	253	310
Black/African American	1,319	566	753
Hispanic	1,458	614	844
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	3	6
White	11,030	4,955	6,075
Two More	704	311	393
Race Un-Known	428	222	206

[Chart] Western Michigan UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Western Michigan University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,744	13,027	3,717
Under 18	585	585	0
Age 18-19	4,298	4,296	2
Age 20-21	4,408	4,348	60
Age 22-24	3,435	2,472	963
Age 25-29	1,716	677	1,039
Age 30-34	737	242	495
Age 35-39	554	166	388
Age 40-49	687	167	520
Age 50-64	306	68	238
Over 64	18	6	12
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Western Michigan University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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