A total of 469,210 students are enrolled in Virginia colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
In Virginia colleges and universites, 61,927 students are 18 years old or younger(13.20%), 94,108 students are 18 or 19 years old (20.06%), 82,551 students are between 20 and 22 years old (17.59%), 62,038 students are between 22 and 24 years old (13.22%), and 52,860 students are between 25 and 29 years old (11.27%).
57,038 students are between 30 and 39 years old (12.16%), 34,197 students are between 40 and 49 years old (7.29%), 23,261 students are 50 years old or older (4.96%).
In Virginia 4-year colleges and universites, 5,534 students are 18 years old or younger(1.80%), 59,084 students are 18 or 19 years old (19.26%), 61,717 students are between 20 and 22 years old (20.12%), 46,713 students are between 22 and 24 years old (15.23%), 40,120 students are between 25 and 29 years old (13.08%), 44,231 students are between 30 and 39 years old (14.42%), 28,300 students are between 40 and 49 years old (9.23%), 19,882 students are 50 years old or older (6.48%)
In Virginia community colleges, there are 91,108 students are younger than 20 years old (56.54%), 35,762 students are between 20 and 24 years old (22.19%), 12,518 students are between 25 and 29 years old (7.77%), and 21,752 students are 30 years old or older (13.50%).
In Virginia trade schools, there are 309 students are younger than 20 years old (23.18%), 397 students are between 20 and 24 years old (29.78%), 222 students are between 25 and 29 years old (16.65%), and 331 students are 30 years old or older (24.83%).
| Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 469,210 | 61,927 (13.20%) |
94,108 (20.06%) |
82,551 (17.59%) |
62,038 (13.22%) |
52,860 (11.27%) |
57,038 (12.16%) |
34,197 (7.29%) |
23,261 (4.96%) |
| 4-Year Colleges | 306,733 | 5,534 (1.80%) |
59,084 (19.26%) |
61,717 (20.12%) |
46,713 (15.23%) |
40,120 (13.08%) |
44,231 (14.42%) |
28,300 (9.23%) |
19,882 (6.48%) |
| Community Colleges | 161,144 | 56,316 (34.95%) |
34,792 (21.59%) |
20,618 (12.79%) |
15,144 (9.40%) |
12,518 (7.77%) |
12,583 (7.81%) |
5,812 (3.61%) |
3,357 (2.08%) |
| Trade Schools | 1,333 | 77 (5.78%) |
232 (17.40%) |
216 (16.20%) |
181 (13.58%) |
222 (16.65%) |
224 (16.80%) |
85 (6.38%) |
22 (1.65%) |
The following table compares student population by age between Virginia colleges. A total of 469,210 students have enrolled in Virginia colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Mitchell the School-RoanokePrivate, Less than 2-year | 169 | 1 (0.59%) |
42 (24.85%) |
41 (24.26%) | 22 (13.02%) |
28 (16.57%) |
29 (17.16%) |
6 (3.55%) | - |
| Advanced Technology InstitutePrivate, 2-4 year | 415 | 2 (0.48%) |
85 (20.48%) |
59 (14.22%) | 64 (15.42%) |
87 (20.96%) |
68 (16.39%) |
36 (8.67%) | 14 (3.37%) |
| Averett UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,476 | 11 (0.75%) |
395 (26.76%) |
328 (22.22%) | 224 (15.18%) |
128 (8.67%) |
212 (14.36%) |
113 (7.66%) | 65 (4.40%) |
| Blue Ridge Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,790 | 947 (24.99%) |
945 (24.93%) |
601 (15.86%) | 409 (10.79%) |
391 (10.32%) |
312 (8.23%) |
123 (3.25%) | 62 (1.64%) |
| Bridgewater CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,448 | 5 (0.35%) |
635 (43.85%) |
621 (42.89%) | 168 (11.60%) |
12 (0.83%) |
2 (0.14%) |
3 (0.21%) | 1 (0.07%) |
| William & MaryPublic, 4-year | 9,818 | 55 (0.56%) |
3,114 (31.72%) |
3,428 (34.92%) | 1,185 (12.07%) |
848 (8.64%) |
670 (6.82%) |
353 (3.60%) | 165 (1.68%) |
| Central Virginia Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,481 | 1,122 (32.23%) |
746 (21.43%) |
381 (10.95%) | 329 (9.45%) |
312 (8.96%) |
351 (10.08%) |
162 (4.65%) | 78 (2.24%) |
| Christopher Newport UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,454 | 16 (0.36%) |
1,932 (43.38%) |
1,908 (42.84%) | 514 (11.54%) |
57 (1.28%) |
24 (0.54%) |
2 (0.04%) | 1 (0.02%) |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia BeachPrivate, 4-year | 1,717 | 20 (1.16%) |
197 (11.47%) |
155 (9.03%) | 246 (14.33%) |
374 (21.78%) |
464 (27.02%) |
192 (11.18%) | 69 (4.02%) |
| Mountain Gateway Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 989 | 540 (54.60%) |
179 (18.10%) |
83 (8.39%) | 49 (4.95%) |
49 (4.95%) |
52 (5.26%) |
21 (2.12%) | 16 (1.62%) |
| Danville Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,465 | 1,092 (44.30%) |
488 (19.80%) |
240 (9.74%) | 161 (6.53%) |
175 (7.10%) |
175 (7.10%) |
92 (3.73%) | 42 (1.70%) |
| Emory & Henry UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,311 | 26 (1.98%) |
469 (35.77%) |
463 (35.32%) | 224 (17.09%) |
74 (5.64%) |
36 (2.75%) |
12 (0.92%) | 7 (0.53%) |
| Eastern Mennonite UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,154 | 50 (4.33%) |
300 (26.00%) |
294 (25.48%) | 151 (13.08%) |
74 (6.41%) |
112 (9.71%) |
98 (8.49%) | 74 (6.41%) |
| Eastern Shore Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 859 | 352 (40.98%) |
196 (22.82%) |
71 (8.27%) | 67 (7.80%) |
58 (6.75%) |
73 (8.50%) |
32 (3.73%) | 10 (1.16%) |
| Ferrum CollegePrivate, 4-year | 763 | 17 (2.23%) |
320 (41.94%) |
263 (34.47%) | 105 (13.76%) |
27 (3.54%) |
21 (2.75%) |
7 (0.92%) | 3 (0.39%) |
| George Mason UniversityPublic, 4-year | 39,766 | 466 (1.17%) |
8,113 (20.40%) |
9,527 (23.96%) | 9,082 (22.84%) |
5,859 (14.73%) |
3,956 (9.95%) |
1,732 (4.36%) | 1,027 (2.58%) |
| Germanna Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 8,544 | 2,781 (32.55%) |
1,937 (22.67%) |
1,215 (14.22%) | 816 (9.55%) |
633 (7.41%) |
643 (7.53%) |
346 (4.05%) | 173 (2.02%) |
| Hollins UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 761 | - | 165 (21.68%) |
148 (19.45%) | 347 (45.60%) |
39 (5.12%) |
33 (4.34%) |
16 (2.10%) | 13 (1.71%) |
| J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 8,681 | 2,500 (28.80%) |
1,568 (18.06%) |
1,172 (13.50%) | 918 (10.57%) |
860 (9.91%) |
951 (10.95%) |
444 (5.11%) | 268 (3.09%) |
| Brightpoint Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 9,380 | 3,115 (33.21%) |
1,946 (20.75%) |
1,296 (13.82%) | 952 (10.15%) |
764 (8.14%) |
779 (8.30%) |
346 (3.69%) | 182 (1.94%) |
| Liberty UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 104,327 | 1,988 (1.91%) |
7,721 (7.40%) |
10,080 (9.66%) | 11,506 (11.03%) |
14,694 (14.08%) |
23,639 (22.66%) |
18,811 (18.03%) | 14,839 (14.22%) |
| Longwood UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,612 | 76 (1.65%) |
1,423 (30.85%) |
1,247 (27.04%) | 639 (13.86%) |
303 (6.57%) |
428 (9.28%) |
316 (6.85%) | 180 (3.90%) |
| Laurel Ridge Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,902 | 2,598 (44.02%) |
1,265 (21.43%) |
639 (10.83%) | 406 (6.88%) |
298 (5.05%) |
415 (7.03%) |
187 (3.17%) | 94 (1.59%) |
| University of LynchburgPrivate, 4-year | 2,316 | 30 (1.30%) |
693 (29.92%) |
640 (27.63%) | 400 (17.27%) |
152 (6.56%) |
189 (8.16%) |
136 (5.87%) | 76 (3.28%) |
| Mary Baldwin UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,772 | 27 (1.52%) |
338 (19.07%) |
329 (18.57%) | 370 (20.88%) |
346 (19.53%) |
221 (12.47%) |
102 (5.76%) | 38 (2.14%) |
| University of Mary WashingtonPublic, 4-year | 3,826 | 13 (0.34%) |
1,217 (31.81%) |
1,367 (35.73%) | 654 (17.09%) |
225 (5.88%) |
163 (4.26%) |
118 (3.08%) | 69 (1.80%) |
| Marymount UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,060 | 659 (16.23%) |
746 (18.37%) |
579 (14.26%) | 655 (16.13%) |
443 (10.91%) |
396 (9.75%) |
314 (7.73%) | 268 (6.60%) |
| Mountain Empire Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,116 | 757 (35.78%) |
475 (22.45%) |
185 (8.74%) | 150 (7.09%) |
183 (8.65%) |
208 (9.83%) |
109 (5.15%) | 49 (2.32%) |
| New River Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,254 | 1,743 (40.97%) |
962 (22.61%) |
513 (12.06%) | 292 (6.86%) |
247 (5.81%) |
296 (6.96%) |
128 (3.01%) | 73 (1.72%) |
| Northern Virginia Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 56,457 | 20,083 (35.57%) |
13,005 (23.04%) |
7,985 (14.14%) | 5,732 (10.15%) |
3,899 (6.91%) |
3,289 (5.83%) |
1,456 (2.58%) | 1,008 (1.79%) |
| Old Dominion UniversityPublic, 4-year | 23,743 | 307 (1.29%) |
4,770 (20.09%) |
4,739 (19.96%) | 4,462 (18.79%) |
3,778 (15.91%) |
3,383 (14.25%) |
1,552 (6.54%) | 752 (3.17%) |
| Patrick & Henry Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,908 | 560 (29.35%) |
583 (30.56%) |
246 (12.89%) | 138 (7.23%) |
121 (6.34%) |
167 (8.75%) |
61 (3.20%) | 32 (1.68%) |
| Paul D Camp Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,219 | 591 (48.48%) |
186 (15.26%) |
119 (9.76%) | 65 (5.33%) |
62 (5.09%) |
110 (9.02%) |
53 (4.35%) | 33 (2.71%) |
| Southside College of Health SciencesPrivate, 2-4 year | 151 | - | 5 (3.31%) |
22 (14.57%) | 37 (24.50%) |
35 (23.18%) |
29 (19.21%) |
21 (13.91%) | 2 (1.32%) |
| Piedmont Virginia Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,263 | 2,013 (38.25%) |
995 (18.91%) |
592 (11.25%) | 410 (7.79%) |
420 (7.98%) |
465 (8.84%) |
242 (4.60%) | 126 (2.39%) |
| Radford UniversityPublic, 4-year | 7,812 | 118 (1.51%) |
2,269 (29.05%) |
2,065 (26.43%) | 1,343 (17.19%) |
688 (8.81%) |
639 (8.18%) |
445 (5.70%) | 245 (3.14%) |
| Randolph-Macon CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,687 | 35 (2.07%) |
859 (50.92%) |
626 (37.11%) | 126 (7.47%) |
32 (1.90%) |
4 (0.24%) |
2 (0.12%) | 3 (0.18%) |
| Rappahannock Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,962 | 1,571 (53.04%) |
455 (15.36%) |
240 (8.10%) | 173 (5.84%) |
144 (4.86%) |
195 (6.58%) |
125 (4.22%) | 59 (1.99%) |
| Richard Bland CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,788 | 1,839 (65.96%) |
687 (24.64%) |
157 (5.63%) | 52 (1.87%) |
20 (0.72%) |
18 (0.65%) |
8 (0.29%) | 3 (0.11%) |
| Bon Secours Memorial College of NursingPrivate, 4-year | 591 | - | 6 (1.02%) |
62 (10.49%) | 201 (34.01%) |
148 (25.04%) |
100 (16.92%) |
53 (8.97%) | 21 (3.55%) |
| University of RichmondPrivate, 4-year | 3,722 | 33 (0.89%) |
1,461 (39.25%) |
1,230 (33.05%) | 539 (14.48%) |
201 (5.40%) |
152 (4.08%) |
61 (1.64%) | 42 (1.13%) |
| Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital School of Medical ImagingPrivate, 2-4 year | 35 | - | - | 8 (22.86%) | 12 (34.29%) |
7 (20.00%) |
6 (17.14%) |
2 (5.71%) | - |
| Shenandoah UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,454 | 525 (11.79%) |
941 (21.13%) |
850 (19.08%) | 763 (17.13%) |
523 (11.74%) |
393 (8.82%) |
257 (5.77%) | 192 (4.31%) |
| Southern Virginia UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 936 | 11 (1.18%) |
337 (36.00%) |
282 (30.13%) | 243 (25.96%) |
53 (5.66%) |
6 (0.64%) |
2 (0.21%) | 2 (0.21%) |
| Southside Virginia Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,306 | 1,491 (45.10%) |
431 (13.04%) |
276 (8.35%) | 236 (7.14%) |
262 (7.92%) |
318 (9.62%) |
179 (5.41%) | 113 (3.42%) |
| Southwest Virginia Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,364 | 626 (26.48%) |
659 (27.88%) |
272 (11.51%) | 222 (9.39%) |
216 (9.14%) |
212 (8.97%) |
110 (4.65%) | 47 (1.99%) |
| Staunton School of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 24 | - | 5 (20.83%) |
2 (8.33%) | 8 (33.33%) |
6 (25.00%) |
1 (4.17%) |
2 (8.33%) | - |
| Sweet Briar CollegePrivate, 4-year | 444 | 8 (1.80%) |
182 (40.99%) |
206 (46.40%) | 43 (9.68%) |
5 (1.13%) |
- | - | - |
| Virginia Peninsula Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,410 | 2,253 (35.15%) |
1,184 (18.47%) |
764 (11.92%) | 612 (9.55%) |
538 (8.39%) |
639 (9.97%) |
273 (4.26%) | 147 (2.29%) |
| Tidewater Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 16,884 | 4,048 (23.98%) |
3,457 (20.48%) |
2,288 (13.55%) | 1,952 (11.56%) |
1,912 (11.32%) |
1,873 (11.09%) |
845 (5.00%) | 509 (3.01%) |
| University of Virginia's College at WisePublic, 4-year | 2,167 | 107 (4.94%) |
571 (26.35%) |
396 (18.27%) | 186 (8.58%) |
183 (8.44%) |
235 (10.84%) |
242 (11.17%) | 230 (10.61%) |
| Virginia Highlands Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,082 | 714 (34.29%) |
438 (21.04%) |
222 (10.66%) | 171 (8.21%) |
182 (8.74%) |
206 (9.89%) |
111 (5.33%) | 38 (1.83%) |
| Virginia Western Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,332 | 2,164 (34.18%) |
1,394 (22.02%) |
790 (12.48%) | 558 (8.81%) |
501 (7.91%) |
568 (8.97%) |
230 (3.63%) | 127 (2.01%) |
| Virginia Commonwealth UniversityPublic, 4-year | 28,464 | 286 (1.00%) |
7,773 (27.31%) |
7,833 (27.52%) | 5,552 (19.51%) |
3,476 (12.21%) |
2,233 (7.84%) |
856 (3.01%) | 453 (1.59%) |
| University of Virginia-Main CampusPublic, 4-year | 26,409 | 466 (1.76%) |
7,895 (29.90%) |
8,193 (31.02%) | 3,335 (12.63%) |
3,397 (12.86%) |
1,976 (7.48%) |
759 (2.87%) | 388 (1.47%) |
| Asher Institute of HamptonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 144 | - | 12 (8.33%) |
10 (6.94%) | 16 (11.11%) |
27 (18.75%) |
39 (27.08%) |
20 (13.89%) | 4 (2.78%) |
| Virginia State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 5,605 | 123 (2.19%) |
2,359 (42.09%) |
1,558 (27.80%) | 811 (14.47%) |
300 (5.35%) |
249 (4.44%) |
109 (1.94%) | 96 (1.71%) |
| Virginia Union UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,646 | 6 (0.36%) |
412 (25.03%) |
295 (17.92%) | 304 (18.47%) |
130 (7.90%) |
174 (10.57%) |
118 (7.17%) | 143 (8.69%) |
| Washington and Lee UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,241 | 10 (0.45%) |
858 (38.29%) |
915 (40.83%) | 264 (11.78%) |
156 (6.96%) |
36 (1.61%) |
2 (0.09%) | - |
| Wytheville Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,107 | 814 (38.63%) |
521 (24.73%) |
182 (8.64%) | 161 (7.64%) |
142 (6.74%) |
165 (7.83%) |
70 (3.32%) | 52 (2.47%) |
| ECPI UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 12,572 | 39 (0.31%) |
596 (4.74%) |
1,047 (8.33%) | 1,977 (15.73%) |
3,247 (25.83%) |
3,875 (30.82%) |
1,412 (11.23%) | 379 (3.01%) |
| Virginia Beach City Public Schools School of Practical NursingPublic, Less than 2-year | 55 | 22 (40.00%) |
15 (27.27%) |
3 (5.45%) | 2 (3.64%) |
1 (1.82%) |
9 (16.36%) |
3 (5.45%) | - |
| Henrico County-Saint Marys Hospital School of Practical NursingPublic, Less than 2-year | 124 | 45 (36.29%) |
14 (11.29%) |
2 (1.61%) | - | 3 (2.42%) |
- | 4 (3.23%) | - |
| Rudy & Kelly Academy, A Paul Mitchell Partner SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 155 | 1 (0.65%) |
37 (23.87%) |
42 (27.10%) | 26 (16.77%) |
22 (14.19%) |
17 (10.97%) |
7 (4.52%) | 1 (0.65%) |
| Empire Beauty School-MidlothianPrivate, Less than 2-year | 125 | 4 (3.20%) |
21 (16.80%) |
24 (19.20%) | 19 (15.20%) |
30 (24.00%) |
18 (14.40%) |
6 (4.80%) | 3 (2.40%) |
| Culpeper Cosmetology Training CenterPublic, Less than 2-year | 34 | 1 (2.94%) |
16 (47.06%) |
8 (23.53%) | 5 (14.71%) |
1 (2.94%) |
3 (8.82%) |
- | - |
| Empire Beauty School-RichmondPrivate, Less than 2-year | 77 | - | 16 (20.78%) |
15 (19.48%) | 12 (15.58%) |
22 (28.57%) |
11 (14.29%) |
1 (1.30%) | - |
| Ascent CollegePrivate, 4-year | 83 | - | 11 (13.25%) |
12 (14.46%) | 3 (3.61%) |
5 (6.02%) |
18 (21.69%) |
16 (19.28%) | 18 (21.69%) |
| Chamberlain University-VirginiaPrivate, 4-year | 557 | 1 (0.18%) |
6 (1.08%) |
31 (5.57%) | 91 (16.34%) |
136 (24.42%) |
180 (32.32%) |
89 (15.98%) | 23 (4.13%) |
| Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic MassagePrivate, Less than 2-year | 101 | - | 2 (1.98%) |
1 (0.99%) | 15 (14.85%) |
25 (24.75%) |
32 (31.68%) |
15 (14.85%) | 11 (10.89%) |
| Empire Beauty School-Virginia BeachPrivate, Less than 2-year | 163 | 1 (0.61%) |
26 (15.95%) |
34 (20.86%) | 36 (22.09%) |
28 (17.18%) |
26 (15.95%) |
9 (5.52%) | 3 (1.84%) |
| DeVry University-VirginiaPrivate, 4-year | 19 | - | - | - | - | 7 (36.84%) |
12 (63.16%) |
- | - |
| Another Level Barbering and Cosmetology SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 70 | 1 (1.43%) |
5 (7.14%) |
13 (18.57%) | 6 (8.57%) |
14 (20.00%) |
22 (31.43%) |
9 (12.86%) | - |
| Empire Beauty School-Newport NewsPrivate, Less than 2-year | 92 | 1 (1.09%) |
21 (22.83%) |
21 (22.83%) | 14 (15.22%) |
15 (16.30%) |
17 (18.48%) |
3 (3.26%) | - |