Villanova University Student Population

How many students at Villanova?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Villanova University has a total enrollment of 10,041 students, including 7,004 undergraduate and 3,037 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 4,620 male students (46%) and 5,421 female students (54%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 6,770 White students (67.4%) and 1,018 Hispanic students (10.1%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 7,004 undergraduate students (69.8%) and 3,037 graduate students (30.2%).
• Class Delivery: 1,069 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 1,768 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity) - which average 10,607 - Villanova's body is relatively small.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 4,620 male (46.01%) and 5,421 female (53.99%) students are attending Villanova University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 85.22.

By class level, 7,004 (69.75%) are undergraduate students and 3,037 (30.25%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 46.27% are male and 53.73% are female, while among graduate students, 45.41% are male and 54.59% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,770 White, 639 Black, and 662 Asian students out of a total of 10,041 are attending at Villanova University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Villanova University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 52.5% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution shows moderate representation of multiple racial and ethnic groups.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Villanova has 131 students under 18 years old and 20 students over 65 years old. There are 7,741 students under 25 years old, and 2,299 students over 25 years old out of 10,041 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 131 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. Villanova has 6,738 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 266 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,003 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,033 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• 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 Villanova University, 1,069 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,768 students are enrolled in some online courses.

512 students who live in Pennsylvania or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 557 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,004 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 106 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 1.51%.94 students have transferred in as full-time status and 12 students transferred in as part-time status.