Enrollment Trends at VCU

The student population at Virginia Commonwealth University is 28,082 (20,958 undergraduate and 7,124 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,363 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at VCU is 74.63% which is decreased by 2,703 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 660 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.80 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,680 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 230.46% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 30,176 where 28,082 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.63% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.37% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,703 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 660 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.80 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in VCU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	31,445	23,661	10,587	13,074	7,784	2,980	4,804
2013-14	30,974 -471	23,356 -305	10,155 -432	13,201 127	7,618 -166	2,936 -44	4,682 -122
2014-15	30,848 -126	23,661 305	10,237 82	13,424 223	7,187 -431	2,748 -188	4,439 -243
2015-16	30,918 70	23,741 80	10,110 -127	13,631 207	7,177 -10	2,789 41	4,388 -51
2016-17	30,872 -46	23,865 124	9,961 -149	13,904 273	7,007 -170	2,655 -134	4,352 -36
2017-18	30,675 -197	23,663 -202	9,728 -233	13,935 31	7,012 5	2,664 9	4,348 -4
2018-19	30,697 22	23,693 30	9,515 -213	14,178 243	7,004 -8	2,617 -47	4,387 39
2019-20	29,757 -940	22,837 -856	8,969 -546	13,868 -310	6,920 -84	2,545 -72	4,375 -12
2020-21	29,070 -687	21,943 -894	8,344 -625	13,599 -269	7,127 207	2,529 -16	4,598 223
2021-22	28,594 -476	21,394 -549	7,904 -440	13,490 -109	7,200 73	2,426 -103	4,774 176
2022-23	28,082 -512	20,958 -436	7,679 -225	13,279 -211	7,124 -76	2,365 -61	4,759 -15
Average	30,176	22,979	9,381	13,598	7,196	2,659	4,537

Virginia Commonwealth University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 22,979 where 20,958 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 Virginia Commonwealth University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	23,661	19,785	8,730	11,055	3,876	1,857	2,019
2013-14	23,356	19,746	8,621	11,125	3,610	1,534	2,076
2014-15	23,661	20,056	8,757	11,299	3,605	1,480	2,125
2015-16	23,741	20,137	8,575	11,562	3,604	1,535	2,069
2016-17	23,865	20,264	8,366	11,898	3,601	1,595	2,006
2017-18	23,663	20,036	8,180	11,856	3,627	1,548	2,079
2018-19	23,693	20,207	8,016	12,191	3,486	1,499	1,987
2019-20	22,837	19,825	7,624	12,201	3,012	1,345	1,667
2020-21	21,943	18,734	6,957	11,777	3,209	1,387	1,822
2021-22	21,394	18,525	6,691	11,834	2,869	1,213	1,656
2022-23	20,958	18,265	6,545	11,720	2,693	1,134	1,559
Average	22,979	22,979	7,915	11,683	22,979	1,466	1,915

Virginia Commonwealth University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 7,196 where 7,124 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 Virginia Commonwealth University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,784	5,139	2,088	3,051	2,645	892	1,753
2013-14	7,618	5,057	2,058	2,999	2,561	878	1,683
2014-15	7,187	4,975	2,005	2,970	2,212	743	1,469
2015-16	7,177	5,136	2,136	3,000	2,041	653	1,388
2016-17	7,007	5,073	2,037	3,036	1,934	618	1,316
2017-18	7,012	5,086	2,017	3,069	1,926	647	1,279
2018-19	7,004	5,094	1,938	3,156	1,910	679	1,231
2019-20	6,920	4,957	1,857	3,100	1,963	688	1,275
2020-21	7,127	4,962	1,828	3,134	2,165	701	1,464
2021-22	7,200	5,014	1,742	3,272	2,186	684	1,502
2022-23	7,124	4,902	1,648	3,254	2,222	717	1,505
Average	7,196	7,196	1,941	3,095	7,196	718	1,442

Virginia Commonwealth University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.08% and the percentage of black students is 18.69% at Virginia Commonwealth University. 13.29% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Virginia Commonwealth 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	99	3,487	5,055	1,845	74	17,046	1,056
2013-14	82	3,482	4,920	1,944	71	16,504	1,150
2014-15	84	3,615	4,798	2,002	51	16,093	1,282
2015-16	75	3,755	4,956	2,163	42	15,854	1,447
2016-17	79	3,808	5,100	2,244	37	15,515	1,556
2017-18	70	3,882	5,299	2,345	36	15,012	1,683
2018-19	63	4,022	5,381	2,586	27	14,559	1,804
2019-20	55	3,958	5,206	2,739	22	13,622	1,877
2020-21	40	3,954	5,256	2,758	18	13,090	1,905
2021-22	50	3,840	5,291	2,747	22	12,491	1,959
2022-23	48	3,733	5,248	2,786	37	12,098	1,963
Average	68	3,776	5,137	2,378	40	14,717	1,607

Virginia Commonwealth University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,680 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 230.46% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Virginia Commonwealth University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	30,848	811	5,985	24,052
2015-16	30,918	954	6,467	23,497
2016-17	30,872	840	6,419	23,613
2017-18	30,675	939	6,986	22,750
2018-19	30,697	1,048	8,072	21,577
2019-20	29,757	819	8,457	20,481
2020-21	29,070	10,467	15,092	3,511
2021-22	28,594	3,919	19,039	5,636
2022-23	28,082	2,680	16,122	9,280
Average	29,946	2,497	10,293	17,155

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