Enrollment Trends at Valley City State

The student population at Valley City State University is 1,806 (1,651 undergraduate and 155 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 384 (27.00%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Valley City State is 91.42% which is increased by 373 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 11 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, up from 62 in 2015.
458 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -22.64% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,619 where 1,806 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 1,806 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,422 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,422 to 1,806 students, a net gain of 384 (27%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,422	1,278	506	772	144	39	105
2016-17	1,452 30	1,295 17	546 40	749 -23	157 13	46 7	111 6
2017-18	1,522 70	1,372 77	589 43	783 34	150 -7	42 -4	108 -3
2018-19	1,547 25	1,404 32	584 -5	820 37	143 -7	35 -7	108
2019-20	1,665 118	1,524 120	645 61	879 59	141 -2	35	106 -2
2020-21	1,676 11	1,541 17	632 -13	909 30	135 -6	36 1	99 -7
2021-22	1,686 10	1,523 -18	637 5	886 -23	163 28	53 17	110 11
2022-23	1,658 -28	1,521 -2	643 6	878 -8	137 -26	42 -11	95 -15
2023-24	1,754 96	1,628 107	671 28	957 79	126 -11	37 -5	89 -6
2024-25	1,806 52	1,651 23	706 35	945 -12	155 29	52 15	103 14
Average	1,619	1,474	616	858	145	42	103

Valley City State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,474 where 1,651 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 Valley City State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,278	784	357	427	494	149	345
2016-17	1,295	798	379	419	497	167	330
2017-18	1,372	834	398	436	538	191	347
2018-19	1,404	862	393	469	542	191	351
2019-20	1,524	904	409	495	620	236	384
2020-21	1,541	894	394	500	647	238	409
2021-22	1,523	819	366	453	704	271	433
2022-23	1,521	823	359	464	698	284	414
2023-24	1,628	842	359	483	786	312	474
2024-25	1,651	884	382	502	767	324	443
Average	1,474	1,474	380	465	1,474	236	393

Valley City State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 145 where 155 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 Valley City State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	144	5	1	4	139	38	101
2016-17	157	4	1	3	153	45	108
2017-18	150	12	3	9	138	39	99
2018-19	143	10	5	5	133	30	103
2019-20	141	5	2	3	136	33	103
2020-21	135	5	1	4	130	35	95
2021-22	163	7	3	4	156	50	106
2022-23	137	5	2	3	132	40	92
2023-24	126	6	3	3	120	34	86
2024-25	155	10	7	3	145	45	100
Average	145	145	3	4	145	39	99

Valley City State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.07%. The percentage was 83.83% 10 years ago and Valley City State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.83% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.48% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.83% to 78.07%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.42% to 0.83%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.38% to 7.48%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 4.36% to 2.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3824 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2935 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Valley City State 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	11	6	48	62	4	1,192	37
2016-17	17	9	41	68	1	1,221	43
2017-18	17	11	35	74	2	1,286	54
2018-19	19	10	32	74	3	1,309	54
2019-20	24	15	35	74	6	1,400	64
2020-21	12	14	39	68	6	1,440	49
2021-22	9	14	50	79	11	1,420	53
2022-23	14	7	30	73	9	1,377	68
2023-24	18	11	39	69	8	1,440	68
2024-25	19	15	135	48	7	1,410	72
Average	16	11	48	69	6	1,350	56

Valley City State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

458 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -22.64% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Valley City State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,422	592	397	433
2016-17	1,452	634	407	411
2017-18	1,522	698	403	421
2018-19	1,547	738	383	426
2019-20	1,665	430	485	750
2020-21	1,676	400	579	697
2021-22	1,686	443	524	719
2022-23	1,658	395	481	782
2023-24	1,754	455	478	821
2024-25	1,806	458	550	798
Average	1,619	524	469	626

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Enrollment Trends at Valley City State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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