Enrollment Trends at Valley City State

The student population at Valley City State University is 1,658 (1,521 undergraduate and 137 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 292 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Valley City State is 91.74% which is increased by 310 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 18 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.42 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

395 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -30.70% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,537 where 1,658 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.74% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.26% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 310 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 18 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.42 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Valley City State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,366	1,211	534	677	155	49	106
2014-15	1,378 12	1,234 23	516 -18	718 41	144 -11	45 -4	99 -7
2015-16	1,422 44	1,278 44	506 -10	772 54	144 0	39 -6	105 6
2016-17	1,452 30	1,295 17	546 40	749 -23	157 13	46 7	111 6
2017-18	1,522 70	1,372 77	589 43	783 34	150 -7	42 -4	108 -3
2018-19	1,547 25	1,404 32	584 -5	820 37	143 -7	35 -7	108 0
2019-20	1,665 118	1,524 120	645 61	879 59	141 -2	35 0	106 -2
2020-21	1,676 11	1,541 17	632 -13	909 30	135 -6	36 1	99 -7
2021-22	1,686 10	1,523 -18	637 5	886 -23	163 28	53 17	110 11
2022-23	1,658 -28	1,521 -2	643 6	878 -8	137 -26	42 -11	95 -15
Average	1,537	1,390	583	807	147	42	105

Valley City State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,390 where 1,521 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 Valley City State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,211	759	378	381	452	156	296
2014-15	1,234	779	385	394	455	131	324
2015-16	1,278	784	357	427	494	149	345
2016-17	1,295	798	379	419	497	167	330
2017-18	1,372	834	398	436	538	191	347
2018-19	1,404	862	393	469	542	191	351
2019-20	1,524	904	409	495	620	236	384
2020-21	1,541	894	394	500	647	238	409
2021-22	1,523	819	366	453	704	271	433
2022-23	1,521	823	359	464	698	284	414
Average	1,390	1,390	382	444	1,390	201	363

Valley City State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 147 where 137 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 Valley City State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	155	2	0	2	153	49	104
2014-15	144	4	1	3	140	44	96
2015-16	144	5	1	4	139	38	101
2016-17	157	4	1	3	153	45	108
2017-18	150	12	3	9	138	39	99
2018-19	143	10	5	5	133	30	103
2019-20	141	5	2	3	136	33	103
2020-21	135	5	1	4	130	35	95
2021-22	163	7	3	4	156	50	106
2022-23	137	5	2	3	132	40	92
Average	147	147	2	4	147	40	101

Valley City State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 83.05%. The percentage was 83.89% 10 years ago and Valley City State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.42% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.81% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Valley City 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	15	12	42	55	4	1,146	23
2014-15	12	7	43	58	2	1,156	37
2015-16	11	6	48	62	4	1,192	37
2016-17	17	9	41	68	1	1,221	43
2017-18	17	11	35	74	2	1,286	54
2018-19	19	10	32	74	3	1,309	54
2019-20	24	15	35	74	6	1,400	64
2020-21	12	14	39	68	6	1,440	49
2021-22	9	14	50	79	11	1,420	53
2022-23	14	7	30	73	9	1,377	68
Average	15	11	40	69	5	1,295	48

Valley City State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

395 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -30.70% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Valley City State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,378	570	421	387
2015-16	1,422	592	397	433
2016-17	1,452	634	407	411
2017-18	1,522	698	403	421
2018-19	1,547	738	383	426
2019-20	1,665	430	485	750
2020-21	1,676	400	579	697
2021-22	1,686	443	524	719
2022-23	1,658	395	481	782
Average	1,556	544	453	558

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