Enrollment Trends at GVSU

The student population at Grand Valley State University is 22,011 (19,002 undergraduate and 3,009 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,314 (13.09%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at GVSU is 86.33% which is decreased by 2,970 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 344 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 61 male students for every 100 female students, down from 67 in 2015.
1,443 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 452.87% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 23,623 where 22,011 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 25,460 students in 2017 and was lowest at 21,648 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 25,325 to 22,011 students, a net loss of 3,314 (13.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	25,325	21,972	9,096	12,876	3,353	1,097	2,256
2016-17	25,460 135	22,209 237	9,222 126	12,987 111	3,251 -102	1,050 -47	2,201 -55
2017-18	25,049 -411	21,937 -272	9,013 -209	12,924 -63	3,112 -139	940 -110	2,172 -29
2018-19	24,677 -372	21,680 -257	8,803 -210	12,877 -47	2,997 -115	879 -61	2,118 -54
2019-20	24,033 -644	21,112 -568	8,489 -314	12,623 -254	2,921 -76	846 -33	2,075 -43
2020-21	23,350 -683	20,405 -707	8,040 -449	12,365 -258	2,945 24	797 -49	2,148 73
2021-22	22,406 -944	19,379 -1,026	7,539 -501	11,840 -525	3,027 82	849 52	2,178 30
2022-23	21,648 -758	18,665 -714	7,462 -77	11,203 -637	2,983 -44	861 12	2,122 -56
2023-24	22,269 621	19,243 578	7,630 168	11,613 410	3,026 43	909 48	2,117 -5
2024-25	22,011 -258	19,002 -241	7,528 -102	11,474 -139	3,009 -17	841 -68	2,168 51
Average	23,623	20,560	8,282	12,278	3,062	907	2,156

Grand Valley State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 20,560 where 19,002 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 Grand Valley State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	21,972	19,376	7,849	11,527	2,596	1,247	1,349
2016-17	22,209	19,668	8,019	11,649	2,541	1,203	1,338
2017-18	21,937	19,373	7,791	11,582	2,564	1,222	1,342
2018-19	21,680	19,233	7,623	11,610	2,447	1,180	1,267
2019-20	21,112	18,810	7,438	11,372	2,302	1,051	1,251
2020-21	20,405	18,013	6,988	11,025	2,392	1,052	1,340
2021-22	19,379	16,993	6,483	10,510	2,386	1,056	1,330
2022-23	18,665	16,472	6,468	10,004	2,193	994	1,199
2023-24	19,243	17,230	6,708	10,522	2,013	922	1,091
2024-25	19,002	17,162	6,746	10,416	1,840	782	1,058
Average	20,560	20,560	7,211	11,022	20,560	1,071	1,257

Grand Valley State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,062 where 3,009 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 Grand Valley State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,353	1,405	428	977	1,948	669	1,279
2016-17	3,251	1,427	429	998	1,824	621	1,203
2017-18	3,112	1,404	404	1,000	1,708	536	1,172
2018-19	2,997	1,420	375	1,045	1,577	504	1,073
2019-20	2,921	1,385	358	1,027	1,536	488	1,048
2020-21	2,945	1,446	339	1,107	1,499	458	1,041
2021-22	3,027	1,533	398	1,135	1,494	451	1,043
2022-23	2,983	1,594	458	1,136	1,389	403	986
2023-24	3,026	1,619	519	1,100	1,407	390	1,017
2024-25	3,009	1,500	429	1,071	1,509	412	1,097
Average	3,062	3,062	414	1,060	3,062	493	1,096

Grand Valley State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.21%. The percentage was 82.54% 10 years ago and GVSU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.65% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.98% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.54% to 74.21%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.02% to 2.72%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.20% to 7.65%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.58% to 7.98%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4352 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3126 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Grand 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	98	511	1,317	1,161	11	20,902	806
2016-17	82	568	1,304	1,253	10	20,893	828
2017-18	85	607	1,222	1,294	14	20,455	841
2018-19	82	604	1,158	1,309	15	20,160	862
2019-20	80	575	1,047	1,377	19	19,621	860
2020-21	85	588	989	1,351	20	19,064	866
2021-22	83	619	969	1,363	21	18,059	813
2022-23	73	586	1,148	1,410	12	16,939	759
2023-24	86	584	1,391	1,633	8	16,921	782
2024-25	74	598	1,683	1,757	12	16,334	744
Average	83	584	1,223	1,391	14	18,935	816

Grand Valley State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,443 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 452.87% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Grand Valley State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	25,325	261	1,008	24,056
2016-17	25,460	290	1,184	23,986
2017-18	25,049	347	1,439	23,263
2018-19	24,677	291	2,115	22,271
2019-20	24,033	331	2,643	21,059
2020-21	23,350	3,726	17,669	1,955
2021-22	22,406	1,187	9,026	12,193
2022-23	21,648	1,190	8,673	11,785
2023-24	22,269	1,296	9,144	11,829
2024-25	22,011	1,443	9,272	11,296
Average	23,623	1,036	6,217	16,369

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Enrollment Trends at GVSU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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