Student Population at WKU

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

WKU has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 15,510 students). The enrollment is close to the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Kentucky average (15,259 students).

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

By gender, there are 6,146 male and 10,145 female students attending WKU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.61 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 WKU.

By age, there are 13,397 students whose age under twenty five and 1,874 students whose age is over thirty years old at Western Kentucky University.

Especially, 1,804 students are younger than eighteen and 23 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Western Kentucky University, 10,129 students (62.18% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 3,505 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, 2,720 students live in Kentucky where Western Kentucky University is located in and 761 students have enrolled from other states.