Student Population at WSSU

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

WSSU has smaller enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 18,879 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in North Carolina average (13,968 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Winston-Salem State University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 1,228 male and 3,554 female students attending WSSU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.35 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 WSSU.

By age, there are 3,797 students whose age under twenty five and 624 students whose age is over thirty years old at Winston-Salem State University.

Especially, 75 students are younger than eighteen and 4 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Winston-Salem State University.

At Winston-Salem State University, 4,022 students (84.11% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 834 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, 739 students live in North Carolina where Winston-Salem State University is located in and 53 students have enrolled from other states.