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Western Kentucky University is a public institution located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The location of WKU is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Western Kentucky University?

Contact details for WKU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1906 College Heights Blvd, Bowling Green, KY 42101-1000
Phone:	270-745-0111
Website:	www.wku.edu

Can I Afford WKU?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time WKU students paid $463 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $1,128 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$11,112	$27,072
Books and Supplies	$1,000	$1,000
On Campus Room and Board	$11,072	$11,072
On Campus Other Expenses	$2,264	$2,264

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At WKU, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $6,083 a year. That adds up to $24,332 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WKU is 2.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Western Kentucky University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 14,729 undergraduate students at WKU, with 11,359 being full-time and 3,370 being part-time.

There are also 2,021 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 11,359 full-time undergraduates at WKU, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Western Kentucky University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	338
Black or African American	1,031
Hispanic or Latino	573
White	8,768
International Students	116
Other Races/Ethnicities	533

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at Western Kentucky University. At this time, 30 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 86 countries are represented at WKU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and India.

Online Learning at Western Kentucky University

There are 54 bachelor’s degree and 66 master’s degree programs available online at WKU. In 2020-2021, 9,496 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at WKU has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 4th most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of WKU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Western Kentucky University was 6.9%. This is the #1,317 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at WKU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By OPMaster under License

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