Enrollment Trends at VSU

The student population at Virginia State University is 4,648 (4,300 undergraduate and 348 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,115 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at VSU is 92.51% which is decreased by 773 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 342 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.51 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

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

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,650 where 4,648 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

92.51% of total students is undergraduate students and 7.49% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 773 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 342 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.51 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in VSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,763	5,073	2,033	3,040	690	284	406
2014-15	5,025 -738	4,498 -575	1,807 -226	2,691 -349	527 -163	221 -63	306 -100
2015-16	4,696 -329	4,241 -257	1,785 -22	2,456 -235	455 -72	190 -31	265 -41
2016-17	4,584 -112	4,165 -76	1,773 -12	2,392 -64	419 -36	172 -18	247 -18
2017-18	4,713 129	4,302 137	1,833 60	2,469 77	411 -8	183 11	228 -19
2018-19	4,385 -328	3,996 -306	1,701 -132	2,295 -174	389 -22	165 -18	224 -4
2019-20	4,365 -20	4,025 29	1,672 -29	2,353 58	340 -49	130 -35	210 -14
2020-21	4,020 -345	3,659 -366	1,450 -222	2,209 -144	361 21	107 -23	254 44
2021-22	4,300 280	3,899 240	1,562 112	2,337 128	401 40	122 15	279 25
2022-23	4,648 348	4,300 401	1,737 175	2,563 226	348 -53	114 -8	234 -45
Average	4,650	4,216	1,735	2,481	434	169	265

Virginia State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,216 where 4,300 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 Virginia State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,073	4,817	1,927	2,890	256	106	150
2014-15	4,498	4,284	1,717	2,567	214	90	124
2015-16	4,241	4,032	1,685	2,347	209	100	109
2016-17	4,165	4,023	1,716	2,307	142	57	85
2017-18	4,302	3,976	1,684	2,292	326	149	177
2018-19	3,996	3,862	1,640	2,222	134	61	73
2019-20	4,025	3,903	1,620	2,283	122	52	70
2020-21	3,659	3,507	1,375	2,132	152	75	77
2021-22	3,899	3,665	1,463	2,202	234	99	135
2022-23	4,300	4,087	1,654	2,433	213	83	130
Average	4,216	4,216	1,648	2,368	4,216	87	113

Virginia State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 434 where 348 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 Virginia State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	690	347	139	208	343	145	198
2014-15	527	245	121	124	282	100	182
2015-16	455	203	96	107	252	94	158
2016-17	419	257	100	157	162	72	90
2017-18	411	302	133	169	109	50	59
2018-19	389	213	91	122	176	74	102
2019-20	340	211	82	129	129	48	81
2020-21	361	222	73	149	139	34	105
2021-22	401	246	76	170	155	46	109
2022-23	348	199	76	123	149	38	111
Average	434	434	99	146	434	70	120

Virginia State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.15% and the percentage of black students is 91.29% at Virginia State University. 0.34% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Virginia 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	17	20	4,887	105	0	177	0
2014-15	15	23	4,283	99	1	147	0
2015-16	14	28	4,041	100	0	130	0
2016-17	15	24	2,813	60	0	79	0
2017-18	14	17	1,952	42	0	55	0
2018-19	8	6	1,192	18	0	32	0
2019-20	7	17	4,023	12	0	129	0
2020-21	5	16	3,765	2	3	120	0
2021-22	7	15	3,980	1	0	130	0
2022-23	6	16	4,243	64	0	100	0
Average	11	18	3,518	50	0	110	0

Virginia State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,025	0	5,025
2015-16	4,696	0	4,696
2016-17	4,584	0	4,584
2017-18	4,713	0	4,713
2018-19	4,385	0	4,385
2019-20	4,365	0	4,365
2020-21	4,020	4	4,016
2021-22	4,300	34	4,266
2022-23	4,648	48	4,600
Average	4,526	10	4,517

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