Enrollment Trends at Strayer University-Virginia

The student population at Strayer University-Virginia is 1,998 (1,669 undergraduate and 329 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,475 (69.13%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Strayer University-Virginia is 83.53% which is decreased by 2,686 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,789 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 46 male students for every 100 female students, down from 76 in 2015.
1,847 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -47.47% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,475 where 1,998 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 6,473 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,998 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 6,473 to 1,998 students, a net loss of 4,475 (69.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,473	4,355	1,922	2,433	2,118	865	1,253
2016-17	6,247 -226	4,480 125	1,884 -38	2,596 163	1,767 -351	675 -190	1,092 -161
2017-18	5,894 -353	4,269 -211	1,721 -163	2,548 -48	1,625 -142	626 -49	999 -93
2018-19	5,520 -374	4,124 -145	1,535 -186	2,589 41	1,396 -229	499 -127	897 -102
2019-20	5,606 86	4,332 208	1,446 -89	2,886 297	1,274 -122	471 -28	803 -94
2020-21	4,797 -809	3,819 -513	1,217 -229	2,602 -284	978 -296	368 -103	610 -193
2021-22	3,223 -1,574	2,595 -1,224	860 -357	1,735 -867	628 -350	220 -148	408 -202
2022-23	2,608 -615	2,198 -397	745 -115	1,453 -282	410 -218	122 -98	288 -120
2023-24	2,382 -226	2,010 -188	677 -68	1,333 -120	372 -38	89 -33	283 -5
2024-25	1,998 -384	1,669 -341	525 -152	1,144 -189	329 -43	103 14	226 -57
Average	4,475	3,385	1,253	2,132	1,090	404	686

Strayer University-Virginia Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,385 where 1,669 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 Strayer University-Virginia since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,355	1,164	721	443	3,191	1,201	1,990
2016-17	4,480	1,170	736	434	3,310	1,148	2,162
2017-18	4,269	1,002	633	369	3,267	1,088	2,179
2018-19	4,124	960	556	404	3,164	979	2,185
2019-20	4,332	814	450	364	3,518	996	2,522
2020-21	3,819	703	416	287	3,116	801	2,315
2021-22	2,595	443	265	178	2,152	595	1,557
2022-23	2,198	403	255	148	1,795	490	1,305
2023-24	2,010	332	214	118	1,678	463	1,215
2024-25	1,669	266	153	113	1,403	372	1,031
Average	3,385	3,385	440	286	3,385	813	1,846

Strayer University-Virginia Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,090 where 329 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 Strayer University-Virginia since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,118	790	424	366	1,328	441	887
2016-17	1,767	621	326	295	1,146	349	797
2017-18	1,625	593	306	287	1,032	320	712
2018-19	1,396	517	253	264	879	246	633
2019-20	1,274	438	233	205	836	238	598
2020-21	978	335	185	150	643	183	460
2021-22	628	170	83	87	458	137	321
2022-23	410	108	35	73	302	87	215
2023-24	372	130	43	87	242	46	196
2024-25	329	147	57	90	182	46	136
Average	1,090	1,090	195	190	1,090	209	496

Strayer University-Virginia Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 24.17% and the percentage of black students is 54.60% at Strayer University-Virginia. 3.65% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.91% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 28.43% to 24.17%. Asian enrollment declined from 4.84% to 3.65%. Black student enrollment increased from 47.29% to 54.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.85% to 8.91%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6323 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6841 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Strayer University-Virginia 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	27	313	3,061	573	18	1,840	235
2016-17	28	269	3,084	563	23	1,710	234
2017-18	29	258	2,977	534	18	1,550	239
2018-19	19	234	2,873	468	18	1,415	237
2019-20	23	235	3,053	440	20	1,353	241
2020-21	14	190	2,595	386	14	1,213	210
2021-22	9	144	1,684	282	7	821	155
2022-23	5	92	1,419	231	3	658	119
2023-24	12	101	1,299	220	8	566	112
2024-25	10	73	1,091	178	6	483	84
Average	18	191	2,314	388	14	1,161	187

Strayer University-Virginia Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,847 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 93% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -47.47% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Strayer University-Virginia from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,473	3,516	1,681	1,276
2016-17	6,247	3,867	1,551	829
2017-18	5,894	4,002	1,407	485
2018-19	5,520	3,999	1,199	322
2019-20	5,606	4,417	969	220
2020-21	4,797	4,797	0	0
2021-22	3,223	3,223	0	0
2022-23	2,608	2,601	7	0
2023-24	2,382	2,335	46	1
2024-25	1,998	1,847	143	8
Average	4,475	3,460	700	314

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Enrollment Trends at Strayer University-Virginia

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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