Virginia Commonwealth University Student Population

How many students at VCU?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Virginia Commonwealth University has a total enrollment of 28,464 students, including 21,210 undergraduate and 7,254 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 10,189 male students (35.8%) and 18,275 female students (64.2%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 11,475 White students (40.3%) and 5,906 Black students (20.7%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 21,210 undergraduate students (74.5%) and 7,254 graduate students (25.5%).
• Class Delivery: 2,830 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 15,400 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar public Research University (very high research activity) - which average 34,856 - VCU'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, 10,189 male (35.80%) and 18,275 female (64.20%) students are attending Virginia Commonwealth University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 55.75.

By class level, 21,210 (74.52%) are undergraduate students and 7,254 (25.48%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 36.74% are male and 63.26% are female, while among graduate students, 33.04% are male and 66.96% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 11,475 White, 5,906 Black, and 3,642 Asian students out of a total of 28,464 are attending at Virginia Commonwealth University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Virginia Commonwealth University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 76% 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, VCU has 286 students under 18 years old and 31 students over 65 years old. There are 21,444 students under 25 years old, and 7,018 students over 25 years old out of 28,464 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 286 students are younger than 18 and 9 students are older than 65. VCU has 19,179 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,029 students aged 25 and over.

It has 2,265 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,989 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 Virginia Commonwealth University, 2,830 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 15,400 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,543 students who live in Virginia or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 287 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 21,210 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,407 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.63%.1,193 students have transferred in as full-time status and 214 students transferred in as part-time status.