How many students at Buena Vista? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 1,973 students have enrolled in Buena Vista University with 1,474 undergraduate and 499 graduate students.

By gender, 600 male and 1,373 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (1,948 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (medium programs)).

978 students are enrolled exclusively, and 191 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Buena Vista University has a total of 1,973 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 1,474 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 499 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 600 male and 1,373 female students (the male-female ratio is 30:70) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total1,9731,474499
Men60051288
Women1,373962411
Buena Vista University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartBuena Vista University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartBuena Vista University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,587 White, 54 Black, and 16 Asian students out of a total of 1,973 are attending at Buena Vista University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1138
Asian16412
Black542925
Hispanic18976113
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders404
White1,5874431,144
Two or more races421725
Race Unknown552233
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1037
Asian13310
Black412516
Hispanic1636994
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders303
White1,149373776
Two or more races381622
Race Unknown421725
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American101
Asian312
Black1349
Hispanic26719
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders101
White43870368
Two or more races413
Race Unknown1358
Buena Vista University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartBuena Vista University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartBuena Vista University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

There are 1,100 students under 25 years old, and 872 students over 25 years old out of 1,973 total students.

Buena Vista has 1,036 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 438 students aged 25 and over.

It has 64 graduate students aged under 25 and 434 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1819172
18-19410207203
20-21418249169
22-2425317182
25-2926321944
30-3420817929
35-3913411123
40-4920316637
50-64645410
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1819172
18-19410207203
20-21414245169
22-2419311677
25-2913110823
30-3411410410
35-3979718
40-49917417
50-6423203
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21440
22-2460555
25-2913211121
30-34947519
35-39554015
40-491129220
50-6441347
Buena Vista University 2023 Student Population by Age chartBuena Vista University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartBuena Vista University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartBuena Vista University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartBuena Vista University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartBuena Vista University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Buena Vista University, 978 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 191 students are enrolled in some online courses.

837 students lived in Iowa or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 141 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students1,973978191
Undergraduate1,474571129
Graduate49940762
Online Student Population by Locality
Iowa ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students8371374
Undergraduate538330
Graduate2991044
Buena Vista University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,474 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 200 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.57%.168 students have transferred in as full-time status and 32 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time1,127
Transfer-in Full-time168
Regular Part-time147
Transfer-in Part-time32

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