Enrollment Trends at SU

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.

59.30% of total students is undergraduate students and 40.70% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 631 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 3 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.33 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 2015.

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.

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.

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).

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.