Enrollment Trends at Vanguard University of Southern California

The student population at Vanguard University of Southern California is 2,246 (1,960 undergraduate and 286 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 62 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Vanguard University of Southern California is 87.27% which is increased by 79 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 17 and it has been decreasing.

The female to male ratio is 2.06 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

393 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 313.68% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,203 where 2,246 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

87.27% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.73% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 79 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 17 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.06 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Vanguard University of Southern California than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Vanguard University of Southern California since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,184	1,881	668	1,213	303	88	215
2016-17	2,104 -80	1,791 -90	615 -53	1,176 -37	313 10	86 -2	227 12
2017-18	2,116 12	1,840 49	641 26	1,199 23	276 -37	75 -11	201 -26
2018-19	2,169 53	1,848 8	612 -29	1,236 37	321 45	78 3	243 42
2019-20	2,175 6	1,920 72	623 11	1,297 61	255 -66	67 -11	188 -55
2020-21	2,289 114	1,997 77	644 21	1,353 56	292 37	87 20	205 17
2021-22	2,268 -21	1,975 -22	622 -22	1,353	293 1	92 5	201 -4
2022-23	2,256 -12	2,001 26	665 43	1,336 -17	255 -38	80 -12	175 -26
2023-24	2,219 -37	1,987 -14	691 26	1,296 -40	232 -23	71 -9	161 -14
2024-25	2,246 27	1,960 -27	650 -41	1,310 14	286 54	83 12	203 42
Average	2,203	1,920	643	1,277	283	81	202

Vanguard University of Southern California Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,920 where 1,960 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 Vanguard University of Southern California since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,881	1,482	535	947	399	133	266
2016-17	1,791	1,447	504	943	344	111	233
2017-18	1,840	1,524	531	993	316	110	206
2018-19	1,848	1,588	516	1,072	260	96	164
2019-20	1,920	1,687	553	1,134	233	70	163
2020-21	1,997	1,770	572	1,198	227	72	155
2021-22	1,975	1,777	563	1,214	198	59	139
2022-23	2,001	1,830	612	1,218	171	53	118
2023-24	1,987	1,811	618	1,193	176	73	103
2024-25	1,960	1,728	572	1,156	232	78	154
Average	1,920	1,920	558	1,107	1,920	86	170

Vanguard University of Southern California Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 283 where 286 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 Vanguard University of Southern California since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	303	92	21	71	211	67	144
2016-17	313	113	29	84	200	57	143
2017-18	276	75	15	60	201	60	141
2018-19	321	89	19	70	232	59	173
2019-20	255	62	13	49	193	54	139
2020-21	292	65	14	51	227	73	154
2021-22	293	54	8	46	239	84	155
2022-23	255	71	12	59	184	68	116
2023-24	232	86	23	63	146	48	98
2024-25	286	141	33	108	145	50	95
Average	283	283	19	66	283	62	136

Vanguard University of Southern California Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 31.03% and the percentage of black students is 5.39% at Vanguard University of Southern California. 5.30% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 44.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 46.70% to 31.03%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.03% to 5.30%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.99% to 5.39%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 34.84% to 44.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6976 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6535 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Vanguard University of Southern California 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	1	88	109	761	23	1,020	115
2016-17	1	85	117	750	16	941	92
2017-18	1	84	103	819	21	861	86
2018-19	6	100	110	879	22	860	75
2019-20	8	126	105	894	15	784	58
2020-21	9	128	109	985	16	818	62
2021-22	9	131	99	1,009	7	772	49
2022-23	7	115	101	1,034	10	735	63
2023-24	7	120	120	1,019	12	697	62
2024-25	7	119	121	1,003	10	697	69
Average	6	110	109	915	15	819	73

Vanguard University of Southern California Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

393 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 313.68% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Vanguard University of Southern California from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,184	95	0	2,089
2016-17	2,104	91	0	2,013
2017-18	2,116	91	0	2,025
2018-19	2,169	98	0	2,071
2019-20	2,175	81	181	1,913
2020-21	2,289	2,135	154	0
2021-22	2,268	251	1,501	516
2022-23	2,256	259	1,103	894
2023-24	2,219	263	1,052	904
2024-25	2,246	393	950	903
Average	2,203	376	494	1,333

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Enrollment Trends at Vanguard University of Southern California

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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