Western Michigan University Student Population and Demographics

WMU Student Population

There are 17,000 students including 13,589 undergraduate and 3,411 graduate students at Western Michigan University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 12,696 full-time and 4,304 part-time students with gender distribution of 8,054 male and 8,946 female students. Western Michigan University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,811 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Western Michigan University has a total enrollment of 17,000 with a gender distribution of 47.38% male (8,054 students) and 52.62% female (8,946 students). There are 6,768 male and 6,821 female students in undergraduate school and 1,286 male and 2,125 female students are attending graduate school at Western Michigan University.

Student Population By Gender
Western Michigan University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,000	8,054	8,946
Undergraduate	13,589	6,768	6,821
Graduate	3,411	1,286	2,125
Full-time	12,696	6,062	6,634
Part-time	4,304	1,992	2,312

[Chart] Western Michigan University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Western Michigan University has 12,696 full-time and 4,304 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 11,421 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,168 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,275 students are full-time and 2,136 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Western Michigan University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	17,000	12,696	4,304
Undergraduate	13,589	11,421	2,168
Graduate	3,411	1,275	2,136
Men	8,054	6,062	1,992
Women	8,946	6,634	2,312

[Chart] Western Michigan University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Western Michigan University, 1,811 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,726 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 17,000 students. In undergraduate schools, 9,017 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,520 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Western Michigan University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	17,000	13,589	3,411
Online Exclusively	1,811	883	928
In Some Online Classes	8,726	8,134	592
Not In Online Classes	6,463	4,572	1,891

[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 68 American Indian/Native American, 11,381 White, 1,383 Black/African American, 513 Asian, 1,339 Hispanic, 10 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 436 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Western Michigan University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	17,000	8,054	8,946
American Indian/Native American	68	25	43
Asian	513	248	265
Black/African American	1,383	604	779
Hispanic	1,339	596	743
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	4	6
White	11,381	5,313	6,068
Two More	628	283	345
Race Un-Known	310	153	157

[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	17,000	13,589	3,411
Under 18	444	444	0
Age 18-19	4,194	4,193	1
Age 20-21	4,918	4,866	52
Age 22-24	3,843	2,866	977
Age 25-29	1,803	739	1,064
Age 30-34	725	247	478
Age 35-39	404	90	314
Age 40-49	458	104	354
Age 50-64	196	39	157
Over 64	15	1	14
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Western Michigan University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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