Student Population at Ferrum

The following chart compares Ferrum's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Virginia.

Ferrum has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 142 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Virginia average (3,418 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Ferrum College and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 449 male and 314 female students attending Ferrum. The male-to-female student ratio is 1.43 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Ferrum.

By age, there are 705 students whose age under twenty five and 31 students whose age is over thirty years old at Ferrum College.

Especially, 17 students are younger than eighteen and 1 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Ferrum College.

At Ferrum College, 355 students (46.53% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 36 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 29 students live in Virginia where Ferrum College is located in and 7 students have enrolled from other states.