Student Population at VSU

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

VSU has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 3,654 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Virginia average (12,989 students).

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

By gender, there are 2,259 male and 3,346 female students attending VSU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.68 to 1 and the ratio is similar to 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 VSU.

By age, there are 4,851 students whose age under twenty five and 454 students whose age is over thirty years old at Virginia State University.

Especially, 123 students are younger than eighteen and 10 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Virginia State University, 321 students (5.73% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 190 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, 167 students live in Virginia where Virginia State University is located in and 19 students have enrolled from other states.