Enrollment Trends at Radford

The student population at Radford University is 7,718 (6,008 undergraduate and 1,710 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,210 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Radford is 77.84% which is decreased by 2,905 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 695 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.02 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,436 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 385.14% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,690 where 7,718 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.84% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.16% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,905 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 695 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.02 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Radford than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,928	8,913	3,941	4,972	1,015	266	749
2014-15	9,798 -130	8,885 -28	3,922 -19	4,963 -9	913 -102	232 -34	681 -68
2015-16	9,743 -55	8,880 -5	3,872 -50	5,008 45	863 -50	200 -32	663 -18
2016-17	9,401 -342	8,453 -427	3,651 -221	4,802 -206	948 85	222 22	726 63
2017-18	9,418 17	8,418 -35	3,591 -60	4,827 25	1,000 52	230 8	770 44
2018-19	9,335 -83	7,926 -492	3,405 -186	4,521 -306	1,409 409	252 22	1,157 387
2019-20	11,870 2,535	7,967 41	3,133 -272	4,834 313	3,903 2,494	557 305	3,346 2,189
2020-21	10,695 -1,175	7,307 -660	2,799 -334	4,508 -326	3,388 -515	461 -96	2,927 -419
2021-22	8,998 -1,697	6,513 -794	2,529 -270	3,984 -524	2,485 -903	390 -71	2,095 -832
2022-23	7,718 -1,280	6,008 -505	2,263 -266	3,745 -239	1,710 -775	293 -97	1,417 -678
Average	9,690	7,927	3,311	4,616	1,763	310	1,453

Radford University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,927 where 6,008 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 Radford University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,913	8,545	3,771	4,774	368	170	198
2014-15	8,885	8,507	3,734	4,773	378	188	190
2015-16	8,880	8,522	3,711	4,811	358	161	197
2016-17	8,453	8,104	3,495	4,609	349	156	193
2017-18	8,418	8,049	3,423	4,626	369	168	201
2018-19	7,926	7,556	3,208	4,348	370	197	173
2019-20	7,967	7,494	2,932	4,562	473	201	272
2020-21	7,307	6,788	2,585	4,203	519	214	305
2021-22	6,513	6,024	2,320	3,704	489	209	280
2022-23	6,008	5,488	2,071	3,417	520	192	328
Average	7,927	7,927	3,125	4,383	7,927	186	234

Radford University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,763 where 1,710 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 Radford University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,015	621	159	462	394	107	287
2014-15	913	574	135	439	339	97	242
2015-16	863	530	112	418	333	88	245
2016-17	948	558	121	437	390	101	289
2017-18	1,000	554	124	430	446	106	340
2018-19	1,409	534	117	417	875	135	740
2019-20	3,903	770	166	604	3,133	391	2,742
2020-21	3,388	710	167	543	2,678	294	2,384
2021-22	2,485	722	153	569	1,763	237	1,526
2022-23	1,710	703	136	567	1,007	157	850
Average	1,763	1,763	139	489	1,763	171	965

Radford University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.42%. The percentage was 78.70% 10 years ago and Radford still has a high percentage of white students. 1.66% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.70% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Radford 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	27	146	915	422	25	7,813	378
2014-15	27	143	1,101	499	20	7,366	435
2015-16	23	141	1,241	604	16	7,024	475
2016-17	22	136	1,352	612	16	6,644	433
2017-18	20	136	1,478	599	11	6,436	472
2018-19	25	137	1,417	578	11	6,412	455
2019-20	28	171	1,547	618	6	8,001	497
2020-21	24	156	1,463	605	5	6,306	461
2021-22	30	140	1,317	580	6	5,878	398
2022-23	21	128	1,057	603	7	5,126	374
Average	25	143	1,289	572	12	6,701	438

Radford University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,436 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 385.14% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Radford University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,798	296	1,738	7,764
2015-16	9,743	282	2,070	7,391
2016-17	9,401	329	1,974	7,098
2017-18	9,418	430	2,375	6,613
2018-19	9,335	879	2,440	6,016
2019-20	11,870	3,051	2,288	6,531
2020-21	10,695	3,312	5,982	1,401
2021-22	8,998	2,270	4,017	2,711
2022-23	7,718	1,436	3,603	2,679
Average	9,664	1,365	2,943	5,356

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