Student Population at WMU

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

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

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

By gender, there are 7,664 male and 9,080 female students attending WMU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.84 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 WMU.

By age, there are 12,726 students whose age under twenty five and 2,302 students whose age is over thirty years old at Western Michigan University.

Especially, 585 students are younger than eighteen and 18 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Western Michigan University, 9,914 students (59.21% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,238 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, 2,062 students live in Michigan where Western Michigan University is located in and 165 students have enrolled from other states.