Wichita State University Student Population and Demographics

WSU Student Population

There are 16,216 students including 12,049 undergraduate and 4,167 graduate students at Wichita State University for the academic year 2022-2023. By attending status, there are 10,738 full-time and 5,478 part-time students with gender distribution of 7,220 male and 8,996 female students. Wichita State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 3,537 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Wichita State University has a total enrollment of 16,216 with a gender distribution of 44.52% male (7,220 students) and 55.48% female (8,996 students). There are 5,257 male and 6,792 female students in undergraduate school and 1,963 male and 2,204 female students are attending graduate school at Wichita State University.

Student Population By Gender
Wichita State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	16,216	7,220	8,996
Undergraduate	12,049	5,257	6,792
Graduate	4,167	1,963	2,204
Full-time	10,738	5,008	5,730
Part-time	5,478	2,212	3,266

[Chart] Wichita State University 2023 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Wichita State University has 10,738 full-time and 5,478 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 8,338 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 3,711 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 2,400 students are full-time and 1,767 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Wichita State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	16,216	10,738	5,478
Undergraduate	12,049	8,338	3,711
Graduate	4,167	2,400	1,767
Men	7,220	5,008	2,212
Women	8,996	5,730	3,266

[Chart] Wichita State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Wichita State University, 3,537 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,756 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 16,216 students. In undergraduate schools, 7,586 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,707 students are attending some online courses.

2023 Distance Learning Enrollment
Wichita State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	16,216	12,049	4,167
Online Exclusively	3,537	2,588	949
In Some Online Classes	5,756	4,998	758
Not In Online Classes	6,923	4,463	2,460

[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 92 American Indian/Native American, 8,139 White, 843 Black/African American, 956 Asian, 2,027 Hispanic, 17 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 401 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Wichita State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	16,216	7,220	8,996
American Indian/Native American	92	30	62
Asian	956	450	506
Black/African American	843	327	516
Hispanic	2,027	826	1,201
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	17	7	10
White	8,139	3,290	4,849
Two More	682	260	422
Race Un-Known	341	141	200

[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	16,216	12,049	4,167
Under 18	740	740	0
Age 18-19	3,202	3,202	0
Age 20-21	3,454	3,288	166
Age 22-24	3,693	2,143	1,550
Age 25-29	2,163	1,123	1,040
Age 30-34	1,100	624	476
Age 35-39	700	411	289
Age 40-49	792	381	411
Age 50-64	332	118	214
Over 64	40	19	21
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Wichita State University 2023 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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