Regent University Student Population

How many students at Regent?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Regent University has a total enrollment of 10,657 students, including 5,049 undergraduate and 5,608 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 3,888 male students (36.5%) and 6,769 female students (63.5%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 4,357 White students (40.9%) and 3,207 Black students (30.1%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 5,049 undergraduate students (47.4%) and 5,608 graduate students (52.6%).
• Class Delivery: 8,544 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 1,354 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University - which average 6,371 - Regent's body is significantly larger.

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, 3,888 male (36.48%) and 6,769 female (63.52%) students are attending Regent University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 57.44.

By class level, 5,049 (47.38%) are undergraduate students and 5,608 (52.62%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 38.28% are male and 61.72% are female, while among graduate students, 34.86% are male and 65.14% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,357 White, 3,207 Black, and 224 Asian students out of a total of 10,657 are attending at Regent University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Regent University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 71.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Regent has 226 students under 18 years old and 349 students over 65 years old. There are 2,367 students under 25 years old, and 7,801 students over 25 years old out of 10,168 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 226 students are younger than 18 and 80 students are older than 65. Regent has 1,905 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,672 students aged 25 and over.

It has 462 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,129 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2023-2024 enrollment data.

• 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 Regent University, 8,544 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,354 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,644 students who live in Virginia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,900 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 5,049 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 890 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 17.63%.367 students have transferred in as full-time status and 523 students transferred in as part-time status.