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Student Population

Student Population at Vanguard University of Southern California

Total Enrollment

2,256

Undergraduate

2,001

Graduate

255

Online Enrollment

259

Men Students

745

Women Students

1,511

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 2,256 students have enrolled at Vanguard University of Southern California - 2,001 undergraduate and 255 graduate.

By gender, 745 male and 1,511 female students are attending Vanguard University of Southern California. By attendance status, there are 1,901 full-time students and 355 part-time students.

The number of students at Vanguard University of Southern California is average compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as California Institute of the Arts and Dominican University of California, its population is very large (average population is 1,390).

Vanguard University of Southern California offers online degree/certificate programs and 259 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

The below chart compares the student population between Vanguard University of Southern California and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 745 male and 1,511 female students attending Vanguard University of Southern California. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.49 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 Vanguard University of Southern California.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Vanguard University of Southern California
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,001	1,830	171
Men	665	612	53
Women	1,336	1,218	118

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Vanguard University of Southern California
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	255	71	184
Men	80	12	68
Women	175	59	116

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,034 Hispanic students (45.83%) and 735 White students (32.58%) at Vanguard University of Southern California(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Vanguard University of Southern California.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Vanguard University of Southern California
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	6	1	5
Asian	94	20	74
Black or African American	91	25	66
Hispanic	939	296	643
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	9	3	6
White	643	234	409
Two or More Races	50	20	30
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	167	64	103
Total	2,001	665	1,336

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Vanguard University of Southern California
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	0	1
Asian	21	5	16
Black or African American	10	1	9
Hispanic	95	34	61
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	92	34	58
Two or More Races	13	3	10
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	20	2	18
Total	255	80	175

Online Student Population

At Vanguard University of Southern California, 1,362 students (60.37% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 259 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, 198 students live in California where Vanguard University of Southern California is located in and 61 students have enrolled from other states.