Enrollment Trends at VSU

The student population at Virginia State University is 5,605 (5,124 undergraduate and 481 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 909 (19.36%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at VSU is 91.42% which is increased by 883 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 26 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 68 male students for every 100 female students, down from 73 in 2015.
190 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 4,650.00% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,651 where 5,605 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 5,605 students in 2025 and was lowest at 4,020 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 4,696 to 5,605 students, a net gain of 909 (19.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,696	4,241	1,785	2,456	455	190	265
2016-17	4,584 -112	4,165 -76	1,773 -12	2,392 -64	419 -36	172 -18	247 -18
2017-18	4,713 129	4,302 137	1,833 60	2,469 77	411 -8	183 11	228 -19
2018-19	4,385 -328	3,996 -306	1,701 -132	2,295 -174	389 -22	165 -18	224 -4
2019-20	4,365 -20	4,025 29	1,672 -29	2,353 58	340 -49	130 -35	210 -14
2020-21	4,020 -345	3,659 -366	1,450 -222	2,209 -144	361 21	107 -23	254 44
2021-22	4,300 280	3,899 240	1,562 112	2,337 128	401 40	122 15	279 25
2022-23	4,648 348	4,300 401	1,737 175	2,563 226	348 -53	114 -8	234 -45
2023-24	5,190 542	4,829 529	1,953 216	2,876 313	361 13	130 16	231 -3
2024-25	5,605 415	5,124 295	2,101 148	3,023 147	481 120	158 28	323 92
Average	4,651	4,254	1,757	2,497	397	147	250

Virginia State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,254 where 5,124 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 Virginia State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,241	4,032	1,685	2,347	209	100	109
2016-17	4,165	4,023	1,716	2,307	142	57	85
2017-18	4,302	3,976	1,684	2,292	326	149	177
2018-19	3,996	3,862	1,640	2,222	134	61	73
2019-20	4,025	3,903	1,620	2,283	122	52	70
2020-21	3,659	3,507	1,375	2,132	152	75	77
2021-22	3,899	3,665	1,463	2,202	234	99	135
2022-23	4,300	4,087	1,654	2,433	213	83	130
2023-24	4,829	4,578	1,849	2,729	251	104	147
2024-25	5,124	4,876	2,017	2,859	248	84	164
Average	4,254	4,254	1,670	2,381	4,254	86	117

Virginia State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 397 where 481 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 Virginia State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	455	203	96	107	252	94	158
2016-17	419	257	100	157	162	72	90
2017-18	411	302	133	169	109	50	59
2018-19	389	213	91	122	176	74	102
2019-20	340	211	82	129	129	48	81
2020-21	361	222	73	149	139	34	105
2021-22	401	246	76	170	155	46	109
2022-23	348	199	76	123	149	38	111
2023-24	361	232	89	143	129	41	88
2024-25	481	352	113	239	129	45	84
Average	397	397	93	151	397	54	99

Virginia State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.00% and the percentage of black students is 83.30% at Virginia State University. 0.29% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 6.10% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 2.77% to 2.00%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.60% to 0.29%. Black student enrollment decreased from 86.05% to 83.30%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.13% to 6.10%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2993 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.2582 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Virginia 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	14	28	4,041	100	0	130	0
2016-17	15	24	2,813	60	0	79	0
2017-18	14	17	1,952	42	0	55	0
2018-19	8	6	1,192	18	0	32	0
2019-20	7	17	4,023	12	0	129	0
2020-21	5	16	3,765	2	3	120	0
2021-22	7	15	3,980	1	0	130	0
2022-23	6	16	4,243	64	0	100	0
2023-24	13	22	4,808	1	0	138	0
2024-25	12	16	4,669	342	0	112	289
Average	10	18	3,549	64	0	103	29

Virginia State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

190 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 4,650.00% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Virginia State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,696	0	0	4,696
2016-17	4,584	0	0	4,584
2017-18	4,713	0	0	4,713
2018-19	4,385	0	0	4,385
2019-20	4,365	0	0	4,365
2020-21	4,020	4	0	4,016
2021-22	4,300	34	0	4,266
2022-23	4,648	48	0	4,600
2023-24	5,190	83	0	5,107
2024-25	5,605	190	131	5,284
Average	4,651	36	13	4,602

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Enrollment Trends at VSU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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