Enrollment Statistics at West Virginia Colleges

Student Population at West Virginia Colleges

At West Virginia colleges, there are 138,734 students including 117,426 undergraduate and 21,308 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 68,235 full-time and 70,499 part-time students.By gender, 49.16% male and 50.84% female students enrolled in West Virginia colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
West Virginia Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	138,734	68,205	70,529
Undergraduate	117,426	57,714	59,712
Graduate	21,308	10,491	10,817
By Attending Status
Full-time	68,235	28,768	39,467
Part-time	70,499	39,437	31,062

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - West Virginia Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

West Virginia colleges have a total of 68,235 full-time students and 70,499 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 58,694 students are attending classes with full-time status and 58,732 are part-time students. In graduate school, 9,541 students are full-time and 11,767 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
West Virginia Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	138,734	68,235	70,499
Undergraduate	117,426	58,694	58,732
Graduate	21,308	9,541	11,767

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - West Virginia Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For West Virginia colleges, 72,011 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 32,074 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 138,734 students. In undergraduate schools, 88,360 students enrolled in online courses and 15,725 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
West Virginia Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	138,734	117,426	21,308
Online Exclusively	72,011	57,610	14,401
In Some Online Classes	32,074	30,750	1,324
Not In Online Classes	34,649	29,066	5,583

[Chart] West Virginia Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at West Virginia colleges. There are 90,097 Caucasian, 15,000 Black/African American, 2,875 Asian, and 13,252 Hispanic students in West Virginia colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
West Virginia Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	138,734	68,205	70,529
American Indian/Native American	560	273	287
Asian	2,875	1,562	1,313
Black/African American	15,000	7,748	7,252
Hispanic	13,252	7,449	5,803
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	582	320	262
White	90,097	42,040	48,057
Two More	5,911	2,922	2,989
Un-Known	7,445	4,201	3,244

[Chart] West Virginia Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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