Student Population at Western Illinois

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

Western Illinois has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 4,547 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Illinois average (15,151 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Western Illinois University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 2,569 male and 3,763 female students attending Western Illinois. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.68 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 Western Illinois.

By age, there are 4,138 students whose age under twenty five and 1,429 students whose age is over thirty years old at Western Illinois University.

Especially, 133 students are younger than eighteen and 30 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Western Illinois University.

At Western Illinois University, 4,524 students (71.45% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 1,607 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, 1,348 students live in Illinois where Western Illinois University is located in and 193 students have enrolled from other states.