Student Population at WVSU

The following chart compares WVSU'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.

WVSU has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 3,322 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 West Virginia State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 1,361 male and 1,885 female students attending WVSU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.72 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 WVSU.

By age, there are 2,881 students whose age under twenty five and 235 students whose age is over thirty years old at West Virginia State University.

Especially, 1,516 students are younger than eighteen and 10 students are older than sixty five.

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

At West Virginia State University, 1,629 students (50.18% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 558 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, 523 students live in West Virginia where West Virginia State University is located in and 33 students have enrolled from other states.