Student Population at Grand Valley State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
21,648	18,665	2,983

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 21,648 students have enrolled in Grand Valley State University with 18,665 undergraduate and 2,983 graduate students.

By gender, 8,323 male and 13,325 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (12,612 students in average - public Doctoral / Research University).

1,190 students are enrolled exclusively, and 8,673 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Grand Valley State University has a total of 21,648 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 18,665 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,983 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 8,323 male and 13,325 female students (the male-female ratio is 38:62) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	21,648	18,665	2,983
Men	8,323	7,462	861
Women	13,325	11,203	2,122

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 16,939 White, 1,148 Black, and 586 Asian students out of a total of 21,648 are attending at Grand Valley State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	73	35	38
Asian	586	220	366
Black	1,148	481	667
Hispanic	1,410	535	875
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	12	5	7
White	16,939	6,404	10,535
Two or more races	759	291	468
Race Unknown	138	56	82

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	60	31	29
Asian	529	201	328
Black	993	436	557
Hispanic	1,272	487	785
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	10	4	6
White	14,783	5,867	8,916
Two or more races	675	270	405
Race Unknown	107	47	60

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	13	4	9
Asian	57	19	38
Black	155	45	110
Hispanic	138	48	90
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	2,156	537	1,619
Two or more races	84	21	63
Race Unknown	31	9	22

Student Age Distribution

By age, GVSU has 535 students under 18 years old and 8 students over 65 years old. There are 18,552 students under 25 years old, and 3,092 students over 25 years old out of 21,648 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 535 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. GVSU has 17,335 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,328 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,217 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,764 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	535	391	144
18-19	6,707	4,220	2,487
20-21	7,075	4,367	2,708
22-24	4,235	2,479	1,756
25-29	1,490	862	628
30-34	664	369	295
35-39	375	234	141
40-49	407	288	119
50-64	148	109	39
Over 65	8	4	4

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	535	391	144
18-19	6,707	4,220	2,487
20-21	7,006	4,314	2,692
22-24	3,087	1,625	1,462
25-29	730	339	391
30-34	291	134	157
35-39	145	76	69
40-49	121	75	46
50-64	36	26	10
Over 65	5	2	3

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Grand Valley State University, 1,190 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 8,673 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,129 students lived in Michigan or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 61 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	21,648	1,190	8,673
Undergraduate	18,665	678	7,828
Graduate	2,983	512	845

Online Student Population by Locality
	Michigan Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,129	57	4
Undergraduate	650	28	0
Graduate	479	29	4

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 18,665 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,295 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.94%.1,134 students have transferred in as full-time status and 161 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	15,338
Transfer-in Full-time	1,134
Regular Part-time	2,032
Transfer-in Part-time	161

Student Population at Grand Valley State University

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