Enrollment Trends for Virginia Colleges

There are 88 active four-years colleges and universities in Virginia - 16 public and 72 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 395,855 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Virginia including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students increased by 6.95% from 370,122 to 395,855. The undergraduate population increased by 0.15% and the graduate population increased by 26.99% in last 10 years at Virginia Colleges.

By gender, there are 226,370 female students and 169,485 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.34 to 1. The female students increased by 8.17% and male students increased by 5.37% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 382,887, and 395,855 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 69.89% are undergraduate students and 30.11% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 404, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 25,329.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Virginia Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Virginia Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	370,122	276,278	121,678	154,600	93,844	39,164	54,680
2013-14	372,583 2,461	278,432 2,154	122,612 934	155,820 1,220	94,151 307	39,066 -98	55,085 405
2014-15	375,903 3,320	281,118 2,686	123,698 1,086	157,420 1,600	94,785 634	39,275 209	55,510 425
2015-16	376,818 915	282,767 1,649	124,635 937	158,132 712	94,051 -734	39,388 113	54,663 -847
2016-17	374,905 -1,913	280,993 -1,774	123,490 -1,145	157,503 -629	93,912 -139	39,144 -244	54,768 105
2017-18	376,600 1,695	281,240 247	124,033 543	157,207 -296	95,360 1,448	39,356 212	56,004 1,236
2018-19	381,565 4,965	281,754 514	123,665 -368	158,089 882	99,811 4,451	40,527 1,171	59,284 3,280
2019-20	392,455 10,890	284,697 2,943	124,161 496	160,536 2,447	107,758 7,947	42,687 2,160	65,071 5,787
2020-21	398,757 6,302	283,580 -1,117	122,886 -1,275	160,694 158	115,177 7,419	45,535 2,848	69,642 4,571
2021-22	396,194 -2,563	276,832 -6,748	120,742 -2,144	156,090 -4,604	119,362 4,185	46,964 1,429	72,398 2,756
2022-23	395,855 -339	276,682 -150	122,168 1,426	154,514 -1,576	119,173 -189	47,317 353	71,856 -542
Average	382,887	280,398	123,070	157,328	102,489	41,675	60,815

Virginia Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 280,398. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 404 from 276,278 to 276,682.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Virginia Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	276,278	222,522	100,470	122,052	53,756	21,208	32,548
2013-14	278,432	225,163	101,433	123,730	53,269	21,179	32,090
2014-15	281,118	228,207	102,428	125,779	52,911	21,270	31,641
2015-16	282,767	230,383	103,626	126,757	52,384	21,009	31,375
2016-17	280,993	229,855	103,068	126,787	51,138	20,422	30,716
2017-18	281,240	231,685	103,842	127,843	49,555	20,191	29,364
2018-19	281,754	233,904	104,249	129,655	47,850	19,416	28,434
2019-20	284,697	236,378	104,608	131,770	48,319	19,553	28,766
2020-21	283,580	234,590	102,719	131,871	48,990	20,167	28,823
2021-22	276,832	228,951	100,644	128,307	47,881	20,098	27,783
2022-23	276,682	230,060	102,026	128,034	46,622	20,142	26,480
Average	280,398	280,398	102,647	127,508	280,398	20,423	29,820

Virginia Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 102,489. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 25,329 from 93,844 to 119,173.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Virginia Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	93,844	46,026	20,890	25,136	47,818	18,274	29,544
2013-14	94,151	46,485	20,663	25,822	47,666	18,403	29,263
2014-15	94,785	47,391	21,202	26,189	47,394	18,073	29,321
2015-16	94,051	47,119	21,232	25,887	46,932	18,156	28,776
2016-17	93,912	48,039	21,603	26,436	45,873	17,541	28,332
2017-18	95,360	49,689	21,805	27,884	45,671	17,551	28,120
2018-19	99,811	53,366	22,648	30,718	46,445	17,879	28,566
2019-20	107,758	57,001	23,841	33,160	50,757	18,846	31,911
2020-21	115,177	61,581	25,507	36,074	53,596	20,028	33,568
2021-22	119,362	65,368	26,868	38,500	53,994	20,096	33,898
2022-23	119,173	65,987	27,476	38,511	53,186	19,841	33,345
Average	102,489	102,489	23,067	30,392	102,489	18,608	30,422

Virginia Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.64% and the percentage of black students is 17.48% at Virginia Colleges. 7.27% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Virginia Colleges over the past 11 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	1,267	19,431	69,739	17,124	750	203,659	9,626
2013-14	1,236	19,887	68,999	18,154	726	201,482	10,869
2014-15	1,346	20,868	69,090	19,057	746	202,937	11,971
2015-16	1,278	21,579	66,887	22,403	664	196,571	12,668
2016-17	1,291	22,309	66,190	23,993	695	194,380	12,874
2017-18	1,213	23,200	65,806	25,270	712	195,658	13,674
2018-19	1,236	23,886	65,509	26,677	743	196,975	14,754
2019-20	1,152	25,202	70,313	28,604	694	201,217	15,691
2020-21	1,132	26,805	71,023	30,719	744	202,596	16,462
2021-22	1,280	27,924	69,224	31,881	759	199,055	16,811
2022-23	1,085	28,765	69,207	32,875	745	196,489	17,217
Average	1,229	23,623	68,362	25,160	725	199,184	13,874

Virginia Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

132,596 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 34% of total students. The number of online students has increased 59.90% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Virginia Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	370,122	82,922	43,674	243,526
2013-14	372,583	85,511	43,950	243,122
2014-15	375,903	90,786	45,320	239,797
2015-16	376,818	92,321	49,891	234,606
2016-17	374,905	90,349	53,909	230,647
2017-18	376,600	91,626	73,195	211,779
2018-19	381,565	97,975	61,279	222,311
2019-20	392,455	109,077	65,500	217,878
2020-21	398,900	198,597	132,874	67,429
2021-22	396,194	137,709	112,141	146,344
2022-23	395,855	132,596	103,568	159,691
Average	382,900	109,952	71,391	201,557

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