Enrollment Trends at SVU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 984 where 936 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 1,170 students in 2022 and was lowest at 732 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 732 to 936 students, a net gain of 204 (27.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southern Virginia University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	732	372	360
2016-17	800 68	390 18	410 50
2017-18	911 111	462 72	449 39
2018-19	1,023 112	483 21	540 91
2019-20	1,111 88	521 38	590 50
2020-21	1,140 29	591 70	549 -41
2021-22	1,170 30	604 13	566 17
2022-23	1,053 -117	554 -50	499 -67
2023-24	967 -86	499 -55	468 -31
2024-25	936 -31	497 -2	439 -29
Average	984	497	487

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.76%. The percentage was 80.05% 10 years ago and SVU still has a high percentage of white students. 0.96% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.05% to 72.76%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.82% to 0.96%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.55% to 6.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.37% to 6.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4553 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3509 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Virginia University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	5	6	26	32	6	586	51
2016-17	3	8	29	17	11	596	49
2017-18	5	7	32	35	26	648	77
2018-19	1	5	29	23	28	740	72
2019-20	5	7	37	57	42	836	64
2020-21	5	11	46	47	42	876	59
2021-22	9	13	50	64	48	915	54
2022-23	10	13	42	94	34	771	65
2023-24	5	8	51	67	30	735	51
2024-25	4	9	64	65	45	681	55
Average	5	9	41	50	31	738	60

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Southern Virginia University does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.