Student Population at Fairmont State

The following chart compares Fairmont State's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in West Virginia.

Fairmont State has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 3,293 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in West Virginia average (5,009 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Fairmont State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 1,374 male and 1,931 female students attending Fairmont State. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.71 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Fairmont State.

By age, there are 2,829 students whose age under twenty five and 308 students whose age is over thirty years old at Fairmont State University.

Especially, 476 students are younger than eighteen and 1 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Fairmont State University.

At Fairmont State University, 2,297 students (69.50% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 835 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 791 students live in West Virginia where Fairmont State University is located in and 44 students have enrolled from other states.