Buena Vista University Student Population

How many students at Buena Vista? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 1,890 students have enrolled in Buena Vista University with 1,436 undergraduate and 454 graduate students.

By gender, 609 male and 1,281 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (2,040 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (medium programs)).

1,080 students are enrolled exclusively, and 74 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Buena Vista University has a total of 1,890 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 1,436 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 454 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 609 male and 1,281 female students (the male-female ratio is 32:68) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 1,518 White, 46 Black, and 30 Asian students out of a total of 1,890 are attending at Buena Vista University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Buena Vista University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 34.3% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Buena Vista has 20 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 1,062 students under 25 years old, and 828 students over 25 years old out of 1,890 total students.

Buena Vista has 1,002 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 434 students aged 25 and over.

It has 60 graduate students aged under 25 and 394 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Buena Vista University, 1,080 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 74 students are enrolled in some online courses.

988 students who live in Iowa or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 92 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,436 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 165 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 11.49%.124 students have transferred in as full-time status and 41 students transferred in as part-time status.