Wichita State University Student Population and Demographics

WSU Student Population

There are 16,689 students including 13,313 undergraduate and 3,376 graduate students at Wichita State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 10,309 full-time and 6,380 part-time students with gender distribution of 7,040 male and 9,649 female students.

Wichita State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,761 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Wichita State University has a total enrollment of 16,689 with a gender distribution of 42.18% male (7,040 students) and 57.82% female (9,649 students). There are 5,685 male and 7,628 female students in undergraduate school and 1,355 male and 2,021 female students are attending graduate school at Wichita State University.

Student Population By Gender
Wichita State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	16,689	7,040	9,649
Undergraduate	13,313	5,685	7,628
Graduate	3,376	1,355	2,021
Full-time	10,309	4,575	5,734
Part-time	6,380	2,465	3,915

[Chart] Wichita State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Wichita State University has 10,309 full-time and 6,380 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 8,758 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 4,555 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,551 students are full-time and 1,825 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Wichita State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	16,689	10,309	6,380
Undergraduate	13,313	8,758	4,555
Graduate	3,376	1,551	1,825
Men	7,040	4,575	2,465
Women	9,649	5,734	3,915

[Chart] Wichita State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Wichita State University, 4,761 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,354 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 16,689 students.

In undergraduate schools, 8,389 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,726 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Wichita State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,689	13,313	3,376
Online Exclusively	4,761	3,593	1,168
In Some Online Classes	5,354	4,796	558
Not In Online Classes	6,574	4,924	1,650

[Chart] Wichita State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Wichita State University. There are 89 American Indian/Native American, 8,190 White, 989 Black/African American, 1,097 Asian, 2,435 Hispanic, 11 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 422 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Wichita State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	16,689	7,040	9,649
American Indian/Native American	89	27	62
Asian	1,097	516	581
Black/African American	989	381	608
Hispanic	2,435	966	1,469
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	11	6	5
White	8,190	3,254	4,936
Two More	762	302	460
Race Un-Known	261	120	141

[Chart] Wichita State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Wichita State University.

Age Distribution
Wichita State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,689	13,313	3,376
Under 18	971	971	0
Age 18-19	3,394	3,393	1
Age 20-21	3,702	3,616	86
Age 22-24	3,304	2,316	988
Age 25-29	2,091	1,247	844
Age 30-34	1,022	615	407
Age 35-39	824	500	324
Age 40-49	920	461	459
Age 50-64	428	172	256
Over 64	27	16	11
Age Un-Known	6	6	0

[Chart] Wichita State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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