Enrollment Trends at SU

The student population at Shenandoah University is 4,454 (2,641 undergraduate and 1,813 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 634 (16.60%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SU is 59.30% which is increased by 631 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 43 male students for every 100 female students, down from 54 in 2015.
660 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 32.26% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,071 where 4,454 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 4,454 students in 2025 and was lowest at 3,791 in 2020. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,820 to 4,454 students, a net gain of 634 (16.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,820	2,010	821	1,189	1,810	516	1,294
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
2023-24	4,343 83	2,590 129	1,012 63	1,578 66	1,753 -46	406 -2	1,347 -44
2024-25	4,454 111	2,641 51	937 -75	1,704 126	1,813 60	401 -5	1,412 65
Average	4,071	2,262	886	1,376	1,809	453	1,356

Shenandoah University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,262 where 2,641 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 Shenandoah University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,590	2,055	895	1,160	535	117	418
2024-25	2,641	2,063	875	1,188	578	62	516
Average	2,262	2,262	829	1,189	2,262	57	188

Shenandoah University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,809 where 1,813 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 Shenandoah University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,753	822	206	616	931	200	731
2024-25	1,813	836	207	629	977	194	783
Average	1,809	1,809	239	673	1,809	214	683

Shenandoah University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.52%. The percentage was 59.90% 10 years ago and SU still has a high percentage of white students. 6.22% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.16% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.50% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.90% to 57.52%. Asian enrollment declined from 6.75% to 6.22%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.39% to 9.16%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.29% to 11.50%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6423 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6226 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Shenandoah 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	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
2023-24	27	268	374	434	17	2,521	122
2024-25	19	277	408	512	19	2,562	160
Average	29	219	372	260	13	2,290	82

Shenandoah University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

660 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 32.26% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Shenandoah University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	4,343	512	1,305	2,526
2024-25	4,454	660	1,053	2,741
Average	4,071	598	811	2,662

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Enrollment Trends at SU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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