Enrollment Trends at VU

The student population at Valparaiso University is 2,579 (2,123 undergraduate and 456 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,945 (42.99%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at VU is 82.32% which is decreased by 1,040 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 905 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 74 male students for every 100 female students, down from 98 in 2015.
112 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -22.76% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,468 where 2,579 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 4,524 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,579 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,524 to 2,579 students, a net loss of 1,945 (43%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,524	3,163	1,536	1,627	1,361	707	654
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
2023-24	2,846 -112	2,255 -94	965 -44	1,290 -50	591 -18	280 -39	311 21
2024-25	2,579 -267	2,123 -132	923 -42	1,200 -90	456 -135	173 -107	283 -28
Average	3,468	2,781	1,239	1,542	687	316	371

Valparaiso University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,781 where 2,123 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 Valparaiso University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,255	2,204	934	1,270	51	31	20
2024-25	2,123	2,059	893	1,166	64	30	34
Average	2,781	2,781	1,213	1,510	2,781	26	32

Valparaiso University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 687 where 456 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 Valparaiso University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	591	394	171	223	197	109	88
2024-25	456	292	103	189	164	70	94
Average	687	687	211	241	687	105	131

Valparaiso University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.05%. The percentage was 61.83% 10 years ago and VU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.92% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.24% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.49% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 61.83% to 63.05%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.06% to 3.92%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.90% to 6.24%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.34% to 12.49%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5800 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6067 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Valparaiso 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	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
2023-24	2	88	169	286	1	1,768	96
2024-25	2	101	161	322	0	1,626	99
Average	5	84	208	324	1	2,281	101

Valparaiso University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

112 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -22.76% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Valparaiso University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	2,846	72	934	1,840
2024-25	2,579	112	930	1,537
Average	3,468	105	830	2,533

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Enrollment Trends at VU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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