Enrollment Trends at GVSU

The student population at Grand Valley State University is 21,648 (18,665 undergraduate and 2,983 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,829 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at GVSU is 86.22% which is decreased by 2,570 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 259 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.60 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,190 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 321.99% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 24,152 where 21,648 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.22% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.78% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,570 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 259 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.60 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in GVSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Grand Valley State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	24,477	21,235	8,931	12,304	3,242	1,050	2,192
2014-15	25,094 617	21,636 401	9,000 69	12,636 332	3,458 216	1,133 83	2,325 133
2015-16	25,325 231	21,972 336	9,096 96	12,876 240	3,353 -105	1,097 -36	2,256 -69
2016-17	25,460 135	22,209 237	9,222 126	12,987 111	3,251 -102	1,050 -47	2,201 -55
2017-18	25,049 -411	21,937 -272	9,013 -209	12,924 -63	3,112 -139	940 -110	2,172 -29
2018-19	24,677 -372	21,680 -257	8,803 -210	12,877 -47	2,997 -115	879 -61	2,118 -54
2019-20	24,033 -644	21,112 -568	8,489 -314	12,623 -254	2,921 -76	846 -33	2,075 -43
2020-21	23,350 -683	20,405 -707	8,040 -449	12,365 -258	2,945 24	797 -49	2,148 73
2021-22	22,406 -944	19,379 -1,026	7,539 -501	11,840 -525	3,027 82	849 52	2,178 30
2022-23	21,648 -758	18,665 -714	7,462 -77	11,203 -637	2,983 -44	861 12	2,122 -56
Average	24,152	21,023	8,560	12,464	3,129	950	2,179

Grand Valley State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 21,023 where 18,665 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Grand Valley State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21,235	18,686	7,730	10,956	2,549	1,201	1,348
2014-15	21,636	19,084	7,821	11,263	2,552	1,179	1,373
2015-16	21,972	19,376	7,849	11,527	2,596	1,247	1,349
2016-17	22,209	19,668	8,019	11,649	2,541	1,203	1,338
2017-18	21,937	19,373	7,791	11,582	2,564	1,222	1,342
2018-19	21,680	19,233	7,623	11,610	2,447	1,180	1,267
2019-20	21,112	18,810	7,438	11,372	2,302	1,051	1,251
2020-21	20,405	18,013	6,988	11,025	2,392	1,052	1,340
2021-22	19,379	16,993	6,483	10,510	2,386	1,056	1,330
2022-23	18,665	16,472	6,468	10,004	2,193	994	1,199
Average	21,023	21,023	7,421	11,150	21,023	1,139	1,314

Grand Valley State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,129 where 2,983 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Grand Valley State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,242	1,167	358	809	2,075	692	1,383
2014-15	3,458	1,377	436	941	2,081	697	1,384
2015-16	3,353	1,405	428	977	1,948	669	1,279
2016-17	3,251	1,427	429	998	1,824	621	1,203
2017-18	3,112	1,404	404	1,000	1,708	536	1,172
2018-19	2,997	1,420	375	1,045	1,577	504	1,073
2019-20	2,921	1,385	358	1,027	1,536	488	1,048
2020-21	2,945	1,446	339	1,107	1,499	458	1,041
2021-22	3,027	1,533	398	1,135	1,494	451	1,043
2022-23	2,983	1,594	458	1,136	1,389	403	986
Average	3,129	3,129	398	1,018	3,129	552	1,161

Grand Valley State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.25%. The percentage was 83.49% 10 years ago and GVSU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.71% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.30% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Grand Valley State University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	104	471	1,330	1,001	13	20,436	605
2014-15	95	476	1,290	1,090	13	20,877	744
2015-16	98	511	1,317	1,161	11	20,902	806
2016-17	82	568	1,304	1,253	10	20,893	828
2017-18	85	607	1,222	1,294	14	20,455	841
2018-19	82	604	1,158	1,309	15	20,160	862
2019-20	80	575	1,047	1,377	19	19,621	860
2020-21	85	588	989	1,351	20	19,064	866
2021-22	83	619	969	1,363	21	18,059	813
2022-23	73	586	1,148	1,410	12	16,939	759
Average	87	561	1,177	1,261	15	19,741	798

Grand Valley State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,190 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 321.99% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Grand Valley State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	25,094	282	839	23,973
2015-16	25,325	261	1,008	24,056
2016-17	25,460	290	1,184	23,986
2017-18	25,049	347	1,439	23,263
2018-19	24,677	291	2,115	22,271
2019-20	24,033	331	2,643	21,059
2020-21	23,350	3,726	17,669	1,955
2021-22	22,406	1,187	9,026	12,193
2022-23	21,648	1,190	8,673	11,785
Average	24,116	878	4,955	18,282

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