Enrollment Trends at Fort Valley State

The student population at Fort Valley State University is 2,897 (2,699 undergraduate and 198 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 201 (7.46%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Fort Valley State is 93.17% which is increased by 432 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 231 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 48 male students for every 100 female students, down from 65 in 2015.
338 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 215.89% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,779 where 2,897 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 3,079 students in 2021 and was lowest at 2,605 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,696 to 2,897 students, a net gain of 201 (7.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Fort Valley State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,696	2,267	963	1,304	429	100	329
2016-17	2,679 -17	2,252 -15	948 -15	1,304	427 -2	102 2	325 -4
2017-18	2,752 73	2,344 92	963 15	1,381 77	408 -19	101 -1	307 -18
2018-19	2,776 24	2,359 15	934 -29	1,425 44	417 9	115 14	302 -5
2019-20	2,624 -152	2,293 -66	887 -47	1,406 -19	331 -86	83 -32	248 -54
2020-21	3,079 455	2,794 501	1,055 168	1,739 333	285 -46	66 -17	219 -29
2021-22	2,923 -156	2,666 -128	986 -69	1,680 -59	257 -28	63 -3	194 -25
2022-23	2,605 -318	2,360 -306	843 -143	1,517 -163	245 -12	60 -3	185 -9
2023-24	2,763 158	2,558 198	881 38	1,677 160	205 -40	47 -13	158 -27
2024-25	2,897 134	2,699 141	896 15	1,803 126	198 -7	46 -1	152 -6
Average	2,779	2,459	936	1,524	320	78	242

Fort Valley State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,459 where 2,699 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Fort Valley State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,267	1,986	861	1,125	281	102	179
2016-17	2,252	1,998	847	1,151	254	101	153
2017-18	2,344	2,115	878	1,237	229	85	144
2018-19	2,359	2,148	861	1,287	211	73	138
2019-20	2,293	2,059	794	1,265	234	93	141
2020-21	2,794	2,419	892	1,527	375	163	212
2021-22	2,666	2,236	830	1,406	430	156	274
2022-23	2,360	2,081	752	1,329	279	91	188
2023-24	2,558	2,288	790	1,498	270	91	179
2024-25	2,699	2,433	806	1,627	266	90	176
Average	2,459	2,459	831	1,345	2,459	105	178

Fort Valley State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 320 where 198 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Fort Valley State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	429	175	52	123	254	48	206
2016-17	427	193	49	144	234	53	181
2017-18	408	135	42	93	273	59	214
2018-19	417	216	71	145	201	44	157
2019-20	331	162	52	110	169	31	138
2020-21	285	112	29	83	173	37	136
2021-22	257	134	33	101	123	30	93
2022-23	245	143	36	107	102	24	78
2023-24	205	136	34	102	69	13	56
2024-25	198	139	34	105	59	12	47
Average	320	320	43	111	320	35	131

Fort Valley State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.24% and the percentage of black students is 90.44% at Fort Valley State University. 0.28% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 2.90% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 3.45% to 2.24%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.52% to 0.28%. Black student enrollment decreased from 92.21% to 90.44%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.56% to 2.90%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1800 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1484 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fort Valley State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	2	14	2,486	15	0	93	29
2016-17	5	7	2,412	44	0	138	43
2017-18	3	7	2,514	41	0	112	49
2018-19	2	8	2,533	49	0	96	64
2019-20	3	8	2,397	49	1	75	67
2020-21	2	8	2,861	56	1	67	67
2021-22	2	15	2,653	53	0	101	73
2022-23	2	13	2,347	58	0	85	65
2023-24	3	7	2,497	64	3	78	74
2024-25	3	8	2,620	84	2	65	76
Average	3	10	2,532	51	1	91	61

Fort Valley State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

338 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 215.89% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fort Valley State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,696	107	651	1,938
2016-17	2,679	120	665	1,894
2017-18	2,752	122	554	2,076
2018-19	2,776	124	0	2,652
2019-20	2,624	108	225	2,291
2020-21	3,079	1,155	0	1,924
2021-22	2,923	375	1,325	1,223
2022-23	2,605	298	1,305	1,002
2023-24	2,763	339	1,483	941
2024-25	2,897	338	1,647	912
Average	2,779	309	786	1,685

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Enrollment Trends at Fort Valley State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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