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Every class section listed in WSU's public class search, Spring 2020 through Fall 2026, grouped by calendar year (2021 = Spring 2021 + Summer 2021 + Fall 2021). A class offered under two subjects at once (cross-listed, e.g. MKT 403 / ENTR 403, same instructor and time) is counted once. Credit hours offered add up the credit value of every 2- and 3-credit class; 0.5- and 1-credit classes (labs, seminars, performance ensembles) and 4+-credit classes are left out of that measure. Honors College and Innovation and Design courses are not plotted; they are taught by faculty of these colleges and stay in the data.
| College | In person | Hybrid | Online | Practicum / indep. study | Students in online classes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | 23% | 15% | 62% | 142 classes | 71% |
| Applied Studies (Education) | 11% | 16% | 73% | 162 classes | 79% |
| Engineering | 68% | 27% | 6% | 447 classes | 4% |
| Fine Arts | 93% | 2% | 6% | 128 classes | 18% |
| Health Professions | 50% | 9% | 41% | 332 classes | 38% |
| Liberal Arts & Sciences | 72% | 5% | 24% | 922 classes | 34% |
Mode of delivery. In 2026, Fine Arts taught the largest share of its classes fully in person (93%) and Applied Studies (Education) the largest share online (73% of classes, 79% of its students). The mode comes from the instructional-method code on each section (100% in person; hybrid; online; co-op, practicum and independent study). Read the trend with care: the coding changed. Spring 2020 (pre-pandemic) used the in-person code, but from Fall 2020 through all of 2021 no class was coded in person (everything hybrid or online, so 2021 shows 0%); the in-person code returns in 2022, and the practicum code and finer online/hybrid codes only start in Fall 2023 — before that, practica were coded hybrid. Shares are like-for-like only from 2024 onward.
Engineering cut the most classes — 1,857 in 2020 to 1,048 in 2026 (−43.6%), credit hours offered −39.7% — while its student credit hours went +15.9%. Across the six colleges, classes offered went from 10,792 to 7,882 (−27.0%) and student credit hours in 2- and 3-credit classes from 240,279 to 263,702 (+9.7%): fewer, larger classes. By college, classes offered 2020→2026: Business 1,004→573 (−42.9%); Applied Studies (Education) 902→949 (+5.2%); Engineering 1,857→1,048 (−43.6%); Fine Arts 1,574→1,221 (−22.4%); Health Professions 975→965 (−1.0%); Liberal Arts & Sciences 4,480→3,126 (−30.2%).
The course figures on this page were collected by software from Wichita State's public class search and summarized by rule (academic year grouping, cross-list merging, credit-hour filters) described where they appear; they are a snapshot of the schedule as published, not official enrollment or workload statistics.
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