Student Population at Valley City State

By race/ethnicity, 1,410 White, 135 Black, and 15 Asian students out of a total of 1,806 are attending at Valley City State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Valley City State University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 38.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

By age, Valley City State has 411 students under 18 years old and 1 students over 65 years old. There are 1,401 students under 25 years old, and 405 students over 25 years old out of 1,806 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 411 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. Valley City State has 1,375 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 276 students aged 25 and over.

It has 26 graduate students aged under 25 and 129 students aged 25 and over.

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Valley City State University, 458 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 550 students are enrolled in some online courses.

337 students who live in North Dakota or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 121 students live in another State or outside of the United States.