Enrollment Trends at VSU

The student population at Valdosta State University is 10,209 (7,573 undergraduate and 2,636 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,676 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at VSU is 74.18% which is decreased by 2,145 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 469 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.21 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

3,835 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 130.47% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,402 where 10,209 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,145 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 469 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.21 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in VSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,885	9,718	3,953	5,765	2,167	645	1,522
2014-15	11,563 -322	9,328 -390	3,816 -137	5,512 -253	2,235 68	666 21	1,569 47
2015-16	11,302 -261	8,796 -532	3,600 -216	5,196 -316	2,506 271	691 25	1,815 246
2016-17	11,375 73	8,780 -16	3,489 -111	5,291 95	2,595 89	679 -12	1,916 101
2017-18	11,341 -34	8,778 -2	3,377 -112	5,401 110	2,563 -32	639 -40	1,924 8
2018-19	11,211 -130	8,700 -78	3,217 -160	5,483 82	2,511 -52	621 -18	1,890 -34
2019-20	11,270 59	8,590 -110	3,090 -127	5,500 17	2,680 169	658 37	2,022 132
2020-21	12,304 1,034	9,570 980	3,269 179	6,301 801	2,734 54	655 -3	2,079 57
2021-22	11,557 -747	8,760 -810	2,895 -374	5,865 -436	2,797 63	690 35	2,107 28
2022-23	10,209 -1,348	7,573 -1,187	2,524 -371	5,049 -816	2,636 -161	658 -32	1,978 -129
Average	11,402	8,859	3,323	5,536	2,542	660	1,882

Valdosta State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,859 where 7,573 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 Valdosta State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,718	8,277	3,322	4,955	1,441	631	810
2014-15	9,328	7,815	3,176	4,639	1,513	640	873
2015-16	8,796	7,256	2,953	4,303	1,540	647	893
2016-17	8,780	7,185	2,862	4,323	1,595	627	968
2017-18	8,778	7,166	2,751	4,415	1,612	626	986
2018-19	8,700	6,984	2,560	4,424	1,716	657	1,059
2019-20	8,590	6,797	2,433	4,364	1,793	657	1,136
2020-21	9,570	7,253	2,465	4,788	2,317	804	1,513
2021-22	8,760	6,605	2,180	4,425	2,155	715	1,440
2022-23	7,573	5,710	1,918	3,792	1,863	606	1,257
Average	8,859	8,859	2,662	4,443	8,859	661	1,094

Valdosta State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,542 where 2,636 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 Valdosta State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,167	687	192	495	1,480	453	1,027
2014-15	2,235	658	174	484	1,577	492	1,085
2015-16	2,506	814	214	600	1,692	477	1,215
2016-17	2,595	827	190	637	1,768	489	1,279
2017-18	2,563	811	162	649	1,752	477	1,275
2018-19	2,511	742	162	580	1,769	459	1,310
2019-20	2,680	780	167	613	1,900	491	1,409
2020-21	2,734	889	181	708	1,845	474	1,371
2021-22	2,797	872	187	685	1,925	503	1,422
2022-23	2,636	773	175	598	1,863	483	1,380
Average	2,542	2,542	180	605	2,542	480	1,277

Valdosta State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.17% and the percentage of black students is 34.58% at Valdosta State University. 1.57% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Valdosta 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	28	116	3,938	454	18	6,662	355
2014-15	33	129	3,858	485	14	6,368	341
2015-16	35	127	3,736	508	13	6,182	348
2016-17	27	143	3,871	561	5	6,051	370
2017-18	29	136	3,948	639	6	5,913	391
2018-19	32	151	3,894	691	12	5,740	421
2019-20	24	138	4,002	748	14	5,675	454
2020-21	18	160	4,670	973	16	5,787	498
2021-22	16	148	4,193	1,021	11	5,552	427
2022-23	18	160	3,530	936	10	5,020	355
Average	26	141	3,964	702	12	5,895	396

Valdosta State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,835 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 38% of total students. The number of online students has increased 130.47% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Valdosta State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,563	1,664	2,120	7,779
2015-16	11,302	1,924	2,179	7,199
2016-17	11,375	2,590	2,528	6,257
2017-18	11,341	2,927	2,435	5,979
2018-19	11,211	3,002	2,722	5,487
2019-20	11,270	2,993	2,433	5,844
2020-21	12,304	4,016	5,667	2,621
2021-22	11,557	3,938	3,499	4,120
2022-23	10,209	3,835	3,200	3,174
Average	11,348	2,988	2,976	5,384

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