Enrollment Trends at VU

The student population at Valparaiso University is 2,958 (2,349 undergraduate and 609 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,120 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at VU is 79.41% which is decreased by 631 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 489 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.23 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

93 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 10.71% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,850 where 2,958 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.41% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.59% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 631 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 489 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.23 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in VU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Valparaiso University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,078	2,980	1,401	1,579	1,098	492	606
2013-14	4,508 430	3,251 271	1,566 165	1,685 106	1,257 159	578 86	679 73
2014-15	4,507 -1	3,251 0	1,572 6	1,679 -6	1,256 -1	621 43	635 -44
2015-16	4,524 17	3,163 -88	1,536 -36	1,627 -52	1,361 105	707 86	654 19
2016-17	4,412 -112	3,273 110	1,509 -27	1,764 137	1,139 -222	567 -140	572 -82
2017-18	4,026 -386	3,224 -49	1,452 -57	1,772 8	802 -337	369 -198	433 -139
2018-19	3,786 -240	3,199 -25	1,415 -37	1,784 12	587 -215	233 -136	354 -79
2019-20	3,502 -284	2,992 -207	1,325 -90	1,667 -117	510 -77	198 -35	312 -42
2020-21	3,122 -380	2,723 -269	1,195 -130	1,528 -139	399 -111	132 -66	267 -45
2021-22	2,924 -198	2,507 -216	1,059 -136	1,448 -80	417 18	179 47	238 -29
2022-23	2,958 34	2,349 -158	1,009 -50	1,340 -108	609 192	319 140	290 52
Average	3,850	2,992	1,367	1,625	858	400	458

Valparaiso University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,992 where 2,349 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Valparaiso University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,980	2,855	1,354	1,501	125	47	78
2013-14	3,251	3,136	1,522	1,614	115	44	71
2014-15	3,251	3,150	1,519	1,631	101	53	48
2015-16	3,163	3,082	1,497	1,585	81	39	42
2016-17	3,273	3,221	1,487	1,734	52	22	30
2017-18	3,224	3,153	1,421	1,732	71	31	40
2018-19	3,199	3,120	1,382	1,738	79	33	46
2019-20	2,992	2,940	1,307	1,633	52	18	34
2020-21	2,723	2,678	1,176	1,502	45	19	26
2021-22	2,507	2,472	1,045	1,427	35	14	21
2022-23	2,349	2,305	989	1,316	44	20	24
Average	2,992	2,992	1,336	1,583	2,992	31	42

Valparaiso University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 858 where 609 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Valparaiso University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,098	806	386	420	292	106	186
2013-14	1,257	926	463	463	331	115	216
2014-15	1,256	877	440	437	379	181	198
2015-16	1,361	954	515	439	407	192	215
2016-17	1,139	716	358	358	423	209	214
2017-18	802	492	238	254	310	131	179
2018-19	587	361	150	211	226	83	143
2019-20	510	308	113	195	202	85	117
2020-21	399	252	82	170	147	50	97
2021-22	417	305	146	159	112	33	79
2022-23	609	438	229	209	171	90	81
Average	858	858	284	301	858	116	157

Valparaiso University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.49%. The percentage was 71.41% 10 years ago and VU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.64% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.22% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Valparaiso University over the past 12 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	10	85	229	272	3	2,912	100
2013-14	8	84	293	315	3	3,051	95
2014-15	15	87	283	329	1	2,930	91
2015-16	10	93	312	332	2	2,797	99
2016-17	11	88	283	344	3	2,826	102
2017-18	7	89	241	351	2	2,694	115
2018-19	7	72	211	334	2	2,581	122
2019-20	4	81	187	352	3	2,414	100
2020-21	4	75	175	339	0	2,203	96
2021-22	4	74	161	313	0	2,018	92
2022-23	2	78	184	268	0	1,878	85
Average	7	82	233	323	2	2,573	100

Valparaiso University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

93 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 10.71% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Valparaiso University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,507	84	264	4,159
2015-16	4,524	145	441	3,938
2016-17	4,412	124	330	3,958
2017-18	4,026	93	460	3,473
2018-19	3,786	104	335	3,347
2019-20	3,502	62	384	3,056
2020-21	3,122	169	2,460	493
2021-22	2,924	77	1,035	1,812
2022-23	2,958	93	994	1,871
Average	3,751	106	745	2,901

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