Enrollment Trends at UVA

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 25,184 where 26,409 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

67.72% of total students is undergraduate students and 32.28% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,149 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,377 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in UVA than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Virginia-Main Campus since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	23,883	16,736	7,418	9,318	7,147	3,525	3,622
2016-17	23,898 15	16,331 -405	7,396 -22	8,935 -383	7,567 420	3,655 130	3,912 290
2017-18	24,360 462	16,655 324	7,541 145	9,114 179	7,705 138	3,690 35	4,015 103
2018-19	24,639 279	16,777 122	7,561 20	9,216 102	7,862 157	3,791 101	4,071 56
2019-20	25,012 373	17,010 233	7,667 106	9,343 127	8,002 140	3,926 135	4,076 5
2020-21	25,628 616	17,310 300	7,612 -55	9,698 355	8,318 316	3,969 43	4,349 273
2021-22	26,005 377	17,294 -16	7,566 -46	9,728 30	8,711 393	4,084 115	4,627 278
2022-23	26,082 77	17,444 150	7,681 115	9,763 35	8,638 -73	4,065 -19	4,573 -54
2023-24	25,924 -158	17,612 168	7,653 -28	9,959 196	8,312 -326	4,007 -58	4,305 -268
2024-25	26,409 485	17,885 273	7,839 186	10,046 87	8,524 212	4,107 100	4,417 112
Average	25,184	17,105	7,593	9,512	8,079	3,882	4,197

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 17,105 where 17,885 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Virginia-Main Campus since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,736	15,807	7,056	8,751	929	362	567
2016-17	16,331	15,476	7,088	8,388	855	308	547
2017-18	16,655	15,766	7,250	8,516	889	291	598
2018-19	16,777	15,990	7,280	8,710	787	281	506
2019-20	17,010	16,267	7,360	8,907	743	307	436
2020-21	17,310	16,319	7,195	9,124	991	417	574
2021-22	17,294	16,427	7,201	9,226	867	365	502
2022-23	17,444	16,523	7,229	9,294	921	452	469
2023-24	17,612	16,829	7,329	9,500	783	324	459
2024-25	17,885	17,121	7,510	9,611	764	329	435
Average	17,105	17,105	7,250	9,003	17,105	344	509

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 8,079 where 8,524 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Virginia-Main Campus since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,147	5,940	3,165	2,775	1,207	360	847
2016-17	7,567	6,163	3,286	2,877	1,404	369	1,035
2017-18	7,705	6,401	3,310	3,091	1,304	380	924
2018-19	7,862	6,519	3,413	3,106	1,343	378	965
2019-20	8,002	6,654	3,472	3,182	1,348	454	894
2020-21	8,318	6,532	3,379	3,153	1,786	590	1,196
2021-22	8,711	6,820	3,411	3,409	1,891	673	1,218
2022-23	8,638	6,725	3,373	3,352	1,913	692	1,221
2023-24	8,312	6,496	3,292	3,204	1,816	715	1,101
2024-25	8,524	6,575	3,288	3,287	1,949	819	1,130
Average	8,079	8,079	3,339	3,144	8,079	543	1,053

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.75% and the percentage of black students is 7.36% at University of Virginia-Main Campus. 16.22% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.78% to 49.75%. Asian enrollment grew from 10.33% to 16.22%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.65% to 7.36%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.35% to 7.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7129 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6123 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Virginia-Main Campus 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	38	2,467	1,350	1,277	14	14,516	929
2016-17	26	2,545	1,472	1,375	15	14,211	937
2017-18	21	2,751	1,521	1,454	14	14,195	954
2018-19	25	2,877	1,542	1,485	20	14,168	1,016
2019-20	23	3,081	1,545	1,542	17	14,152	1,060
2020-21	23	3,361	1,661	1,614	18	14,554	1,159
2021-22	25	3,565	1,722	1,656	19	14,406	1,231
2022-23	25	3,810	1,805	1,717	14	13,769	1,238
2023-24	33	4,087	1,910	1,787	13	13,340	1,287
2024-25	33	4,283	1,944	1,938	11	13,139	1,324
Average	27	3,283	1,647	1,585	16	14,045	1,114