Student Population at West Virginia

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

The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in West Virginia average (5,009 students).

The below chart compares the student population between West Virginia University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 11,183 male and 12,460 female students attending West Virginia. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.90 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 West Virginia.

By age, there are 19,494 students whose age under twenty five and 2,098 students whose age is over thirty years old at West Virginia University.

Especially, 657 students are younger than eighteen and 21 students are older than sixty five.

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

At West Virginia University, 12,933 students (54.70% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,958 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, 1,519 students live in West Virginia where West Virginia University is located in and 1,420 students have enrolled from other states.