Student Population at VCU

The following chart compares VCU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Virginia.

The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Virginia average (12,989 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Virginia Commonwealth University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 10,189 male and 18,275 female students attending VCU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.56 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 VCU.

By age, there are 21,444 students whose age under twenty five and 3,542 students whose age is over thirty years old at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Especially, 286 students are younger than eighteen and 31 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Virginia Commonwealth University.

At Virginia Commonwealth University, 18,230 students (64.05% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 2,830 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, 2,543 students live in Virginia where Virginia Commonwealth University is located in and 155 students have enrolled from other states.