Shenandoah University Student Population

How many students at SU? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 4,454 students have enrolled in Shenandoah University with 2,641 undergraduate and 1,813 graduate students.

By gender, 1,338 male and 3,116 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (6,371 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

660 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,053 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

Shenandoah University has a total of 4,454 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 2,641 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 1,813 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,338 male and 3,116 female students (the male-female ratio is 30:70) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,562 White, 408 Black, and 277 Asian students out of a total of 4,454 are attending at Shenandoah University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Shenandoah University is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 63.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, SU has 525 students under 18 years old and 11 students over 65 years old. There are 3,079 students under 25 years old, and 1,365 students over 25 years old out of 4,454 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 484 students are younger than 18 and 1 students are older than 65. SU has 2,498 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 134 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at SU, 41 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. It has 581 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,231 students aged 25 and over.

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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 Shenandoah University, 660 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,053 students are enrolled in some online courses.

311 students who live in Virginia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 349 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 2,641 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 111 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.20%.108 students have transferred in as full-time status and 3 students transferred in as part-time status.