Student Population at Charleston

Total Enrollment

3,062

Undergraduate

2,348

Graduate

714

Online Enrollment

1,703

Men Students

1,873

Women Students

1,189

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 3,062 students have enrolled at University of Charleston - 2,348 undergraduate and 714 graduate.

By gender, 1,873 male and 1,189 female students are attending University of Charleston. By attendance status, there are 1,811 full-time students and 1,251 part-time students.

The number of students at University of Charleston is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in West Virginia.

University of Charleston offers online degree/certificate programs and 1,703 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Charleston's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in West Virginia.

The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in West Virginia average (766 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
University of Charleston	3,062	2,348	714
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in West Virginia	766	703	139

The below chart compares the student population between University of Charleston and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 1,873 male and 1,189 female students attending Charleston. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.58 to 1 and the ratio is than 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 Charleston.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Charleston
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,348	1,220	1,128
Men	1,449	542	907
Women	899	678	221

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Charleston
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	714	591	123
Men	424	337	87
Women	290	254	36

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,953 White students (63.78%) and 304 Black or African American students (9.93%) at University of Charleston(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at University of Charleston.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of Charleston
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	7	7	0
Asian	27	20	7
Black or African American	216	164	52
Hispanic	199	165	34
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	8	0
White	1,549	868	681
Two or More Races	98	63	35
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	68	50	18
Total	2,348	1,449	899

Population by Race/Ethnicity at University of Charleston
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	2	0
Asian	19	11	8
Black or African American	88	59	29
Hispanic	71	41	30
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	404	246	158
Two or More Races	30	18	12
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	64	28	36
Total	714	424	290

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 1,226 students whose age under twenty five and 1,311 students whose age is over thirty years old at University of Charleston.

Especially, 88 students are younger than eighteen and 3 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at University of Charleston.

Population by Student Age at University of Charleston
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,348	1,449	899
Under 18	88	42	46
18-19	377	175	202
20-21	347	146	201
22-24	278	165	113
25-29	346	227	119
30-34	305	215	90
35-39	339	275	64
40-49	240	185	55
50-64	28	19	9
Total	2,348	1,449	899

Population by Student Age at University of Charleston
	Total	Men	Women
Total	714	424	290
20-21	9	4	5
22-24	127	60	67
25-29	179	74	105
30-34	88	62	26
35-39	107	80	27
40-49	142	101	41
50-64	59	40	19
65 and over	3	3	0
Total	714	424	290

Online Student Population

At University of Charleston, 2,542 students (83.02% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,703 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, 411 students live in West Virginia where University of Charleston is located in and 1,283 students have enrolled from other states.