Enrollment Trends at VUU

The student population at Virginia Union University is 1,646 (1,205 undergraduate and 441 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 276 (14.36%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at VUU is 73.21% which is decreased by 304 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 28 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 96 male students for every 100 female students, up from 77 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Virginia Union University does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,683 where 1,646 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,922 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,451 in 2020. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,922 to 1,646 students, a net loss of 276 (14.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,922	1,509	633	876	413	206	207
2016-17	1,815 -107	1,393 -116	601 -32	792 -84	422 9	216 10	206 -1
2017-18	1,674 -141	1,295 -98	593 -8	702 -90	379 -43	187 -29	192 -14
2018-19	1,552 -122	1,193 -102	537 -56	656 -46	359 -20	180 -7	179 -13
2019-20	1,451 -101	1,136 -57	548 11	588 -68	315 -44	169 -11	146 -33
2020-21	1,516 65	1,209 73	568 20	641 53	307 -8	161 -8	146
2021-22	1,730 214	1,243 34	609 41	634 -7	487 180	272 111	215 69
2022-23	1,860 130	1,329 86	656 47	673 39	531 44	273 1	258 43
2023-24	1,662 -198	1,170 -159	557 -99	613 -60	492 -39	264 -9	228 -30
2024-25	1,646 -16	1,205 35	578 21	627 14	441 -51	229 -35	212 -16
Average	1,683	1,268	588	680	415	216	199

Virginia Union University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,268 where 1,205 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 Union University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,509	1,419	611	808	90	22	68
2016-17	1,393	1,314	571	743	79	30	49
2017-18	1,295	1,201	554	647	94	39	55
2018-19	1,193	1,102	504	598	91	33	58
2019-20	1,136	1,019	510	509	117	38	79
2020-21	1,209	1,069	514	555	140	54	86
2021-22	1,243	1,092	550	542	151	59	92
2022-23	1,329	1,075	545	530	254	111	143
2023-24	1,170	1,029	487	542	141	70	71
2024-25	1,205	1,137	554	583	68	24	44
Average	1,268	1,268	540	606	1,268	48	75

Virginia Union University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 415 where 441 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 Union University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	413	389	191	198	24	15	9
2016-17	422	392	198	194	30	18	12
2017-18	379	357	175	182	22	12	10
2018-19	359	298	145	153	61	35	26
2019-20	315	221	115	106	94	54	40
2020-21	307	291	155	136	16	6	10
2021-22	487	342	177	165	145	95	50
2022-23	531	383	203	180	148	70	78
2023-24	492	391	213	178	101	51	50
2024-25	441	438	227	211	3	2	1
Average	415	415	180	170	415	36	29

Virginia Union University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.49% and the percentage of black students is 79.22% at Virginia Union University. 0.24% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 1.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 1.56% to 0.49%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.31% to 0.24%. Black student enrollment decreased from 93.03% to 79.22%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.73% to 1.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3717 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1342 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Virginia Union 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	11	6	1,788	14	0	30	0
2016-17	6	0	1,683	28	5	27	0
2017-18	4	4	1,548	19	2	22	0
2018-19	6	3	1,407	18	0	18	0
2019-20	4	0	1,313	19	1	13	8
2020-21	8	4	1,360	22	0	13	6
2021-22	28	2	1,362	18	0	12	11
2022-23	4	2	1,464	30	3	11	17
2023-24	2	0	1,483	30	6	15	42
2024-25	2	4	1,304	20	3	8	36
Average	8	3	1,471	22	2	17	12

Virginia Union University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at VUU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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