Radford University Student Population

How many students at Radford?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Radford University has a total enrollment of 7,812 students, including 6,161 undergraduate and 1,651 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 2,555 male students (32.7%) and 5,257 female students (67.3%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 5,161 White students (66.1%) and 968 Black students (12.4%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 6,161 undergraduate students (78.9%) and 1,651 graduate students (21.1%).
• Class Delivery: 1,759 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 3,307 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Doctoral / Research University - which average 13,360 - Radford's body is much smaller.

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, 2,555 male (32.71%) and 5,257 female (67.29%) students are attending Radford University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 48.60.

By class level, 6,161 (78.87%) are undergraduate students and 1,651 (21.13%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 36.08% are male and 63.92% are female, while among graduate students, 20.11% are male and 79.89% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 5,161 White, 968 Black, and 140 Asian students out of a total of 7,812 are attending at Radford University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Radford University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 53.3% 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, Radford has 118 students under 18 years old and 11 students over 65 years old. There are 5,795 students under 25 years old, and 2,017 students over 25 years old out of 7,812 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 118 students are younger than 18 and 6 students are older than 65. Radford has 5,268 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 893 students aged 25 and over.

It has 527 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,124 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 Radford University, 1,759 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,307 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,529 students who live in Virginia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 230 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 6,161 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 752 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 12.21%.616 students have transferred in as full-time status and 136 students transferred in as part-time status.