Student Population at WSU

The following chart compares WSU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Michigan.

The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Michigan average (14,679 students).

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

By gender, there are 9,557 male and 14,246 female students attending WSU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.67 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 WSU.

By age, there are 16,020 students whose age under twenty five and 3,850 students whose age is over thirty years old at Wayne State University.

Especially, 666 students are younger than eighteen and 82 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Wayne State University, 13,797 students (57.96% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 3,013 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, 2,822 students live in Michigan where Wayne State University is located in and 100 students have enrolled from other states.