Enrollment Trends at SU

The student population at Shenandoah University is 4,260 (2,461 undergraduate and 1,799 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 84 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SU is 57.77% which is increased by 59 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 25 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.14 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

558 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 90.44% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,980 where 4,260 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

57.77% of total students is undergraduate students and 42.23% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 59 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 25 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.14 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in SU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Shenandoah University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,176	2,402	900	1,502	1,774	522	1,252
2013-14	4,003 -173	2,150 -252	848 -52	1,302 -200	1,853 79	533 11	1,320 68
2014-15	3,693 -310	1,892 -258	828 -20	1,064 -238	1,801 -52	500 -33	1,301 -19
2015-16	3,820 127	2,010 118	821 -7	1,189 125	1,810 9	516 16	1,294 -7
2016-17	3,918 98	2,099 89	844 23	1,255 66	1,819 9	506 -10	1,313 19
2017-18	3,844 -74	2,063 -36	822 -22	1,241 -14	1,781 -38	475 -31	1,306 -7
2018-19	3,817 -27	2,034 -29	823 1	1,211 -30	1,783 2	452 -23	1,331 25
2019-20	3,791 -26	2,040 6	819 -4	1,221 10	1,751 -32	467 15	1,284 -47
2020-21	4,174 383	2,267 227	909 90	1,358 137	1,907 156	482 15	1,425 141
2021-22	4,287 113	2,416 149	923 14	1,493 135	1,871 -36	417 -65	1,454 29
2022-23	4,260 -27	2,461 45	949 26	1,512 19	1,799 -72	408 -9	1,391 -63
Average	3,980	2,167	862	1,304	1,814	480	1,334

Shenandoah University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,167 where 2,461 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Shenandoah University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,402	1,837	809	1,028	565	91	474
2013-14	2,150	1,791	771	1,020	359	77	282
2014-15	1,892	1,823	794	1,029	69	34	35
2015-16	2,010	1,927	787	1,140	83	34	49
2016-17	2,099	2,016	813	1,203	83	31	52
2017-18	2,063	1,991	797	1,194	72	25	47
2018-19	2,034	1,967	795	1,172	67	28	39
2019-20	2,040	1,989	801	1,188	51	18	33
2020-21	2,267	2,097	850	1,247	170	59	111
2021-22	2,416	2,034	827	1,207	382	96	286
2022-23	2,461	2,040	853	1,187	421	96	325
Average	2,167	2,167	809	1,147	2,167	54	158

Shenandoah University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,814 where 1,799 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Shenandoah University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,774	829	257	572	945	265	680
2013-14	1,853	892	271	621	961	262	699
2014-15	1,801	911	262	649	890	238	652
2015-16	1,810	935	273	662	875	243	632
2016-17	1,819	940	250	690	879	256	623
2017-18	1,781	952	268	684	829	207	622
2018-19	1,783	942	259	683	841	193	648
2019-20	1,751	988	261	727	763	206	557
2020-21	1,907	923	226	697	984	256	728
2021-22	1,871	919	216	703	952	201	751
2022-23	1,799	864	226	638	935	182	753
Average	1,814	1,814	252	666	1,814	228	668

Shenandoah University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.09%. The percentage was 68.49% 10 years ago and SU still has a high percentage of white students. 5.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.08% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Shenandoah University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	50	276	386	125	15	2,860	26
2013-14	49	297	385	191	10	2,610	0
2014-15	53	269	411	182	12	2,409	0
2015-16	18	258	397	202	6	2,288	87
2016-17	19	227	410	207	6	2,312	74
2017-18	18	175	365	194	7	2,193	68
2018-19	19	154	320	179	10	2,104	50
2019-20	33	152	361	201	13	1,930	35
2020-21	47	200	387	30	4	2,217	34
2021-22	47	229	356	295	27	2,342	99
2022-23	43	248	344	341	20	2,432	92
Average	36	226	375	195	12	2,336	51

Shenandoah University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

558 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 90.44% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Shenandoah University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,693	293	796	2,604
2015-16	3,820	499	437	2,884
2016-17	3,918	514	387	3,017
2017-18	3,844	491	611	2,742
2018-19	3,817	417	633	2,767
2019-20	3,791	497	533	2,761
2020-21	4,174	1,128	1,003	2,043
2021-22	4,287	699	1,141	2,447
2022-23	4,260	558	1,011	2,691
Average	3,956	566	728	2,662

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