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For the academic year 2023-2024, total 576,928 students have enrolled in Virginia colleges including both undergraduate and graduate schools - 454,438 undergraduate and 122,414 graduate students.

By gender, there are 249,471 male students and 327,457 female students at Virginia colleges. For online degree programs, 181,557 students have enrolled online exclusively at Virginia colleges.

Virginia College Student Population Statistics

The next list shows the colleges having the most students by gender and enrollment types. Online completely schools are excluded for the statistics (excepting the colleges with the most online students).

Liberty University has the largest number of students including both undergraduate and graduate schools of 104,327.
Liberty University has the largest number of male students of 44,264.
Liberty University has the largest number of female students of 60,063.
Northern Virginia Community College has the most undergraduate students of 56,457.
Liberty University has the most graduate students of 51,366.
Liberty University has the most online enrollment of 88,309 students who are enrolled online exclusively.

Student Population Comparison Between Virginia Colleges

All SchoolsPublicPrivate4-Years CollegeCommunity CollegesCareer Colleges

College Name	Total Number of Students	Men Students	Women Students	Undergraduate Enrollment	Graduate Enrollment	Online Student Population
Paul Mitchell the School-Roanoke Roanoke, VA Private, Less than 2 years	169	13	156	169	-	-
Advanced Technology Institute Virginia Beach, VA Private, 2-4 years	415	373	42	415	-	-
Averett University Danville, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,476	662	814	1,244	232	560
Blue Ridge Community College Weyers Cave, VA Public, 2-4 years	3,790	1,498	2,292	3,790	-	1,138
Bluefield University Bluefield, VA Private, 4 years four-years	959	459	500	627	332	390
Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,448	757	691	1,407	41	15
William & Mary Williamsburg, VA Public, 4 years four-years	9,818	4,053	5,765	7,063	2,755	1,098
Regent University Virginia Beach, VA Private, 4 years four-years	10,657	3,888	6,769	5,049	5,608	8,544
Central School of Practical Nursing Norfolk, VA Public, Less than 2 years	24	-	24	24	-	-
Central Virginia Community College Lynchburg, VA Public, 2-4 years	3,481	1,446	2,035	3,481	-	1,127
Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA Public, 4 years four-years	4,454	2,113	2,341	4,369	85	-
Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,717	281	1,436	1,717	-	-
Mountain Gateway Community College Clifton Forge, VA Public, 2-4 years	989	376	613	989	-	83
Danville Community College Danville, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,465	985	1,480	2,465	-	509
Emory & Henry University Emory, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,311	541	770	1,083	228	31
Eastern Mennonite University Harrisonburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,154	418	736	791	363	226
Eastern Shore Community College Melfa, VA Public, 2-4 years	859	338	521	859	-	116
Ferrum College Ferrum, VA Private, 4 years four-years	763	449	314	724	39	36
George Mason University Fairfax, VA Public, 4 years four-years	39,766	19,381	20,385	28,334	11,432	7,435
Germanna Community College Locust Grove, VA Public, 2-4 years	8,544	3,294	5,250	8,544	-	2,825
Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA Private, 4 years four-years	946	946	-	946	-	-
Hampton University Hampton, VA Private, 4 years four-years	4,244	1,390	2,854	3,728	516	542
Hollins University Roanoke, VA Private, 4 years four-years	761	12	749	665	96	34
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA Public, 2-4 years	8,681	3,716	4,965	8,681	-	2,333
James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA Public, 4 years four-years	22,740	9,698	13,042	20,973	1,767	968
Brightpoint Community College Chester, VA Public, 2-4 years	9,380	3,956	5,424	9,380	-	2,776
Liberty University Lynchburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	104,327	44,264	60,063	52,961	51,366	88,309
Longwood University Farmville, VA Public, 4 years four-years	4,612	1,316	3,296	3,314	1,298	1,398
Laurel Ridge Community College Middletown, VA Public, 2-4 years	5,902	2,366	3,536	5,902	-	1,469
University of Lynchburg Lynchburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	2,316	907	1,409	1,595	721	441
Centra College Lynchburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	219	19	200	219	-	24
Mary Baldwin University Staunton, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,772	420	1,352	1,124	648	745
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA Public, 4 years four-years	3,826	1,364	2,462	3,660	166	255
Marymount University Arlington, VA Private, 4 years four-years	4,060	1,722	2,338	2,503	1,557	832
Sovah School of Health Professions Danville, VA Private, 2-4 years	30	2	28	30	-	-
Mountain Empire Community College Big Stone Gap, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,116	819	1,297	2,116	-	678
American National University Salem, VA Private, 4 years four-years	770	214	556	630	140	557
New River Community College Dublin, VA Public, 2-4 years	4,254	2,204	2,050	4,254	-	978
Sentara College of Health Sciences Chesapeake, VA Private, 4 years four-years	312	26	286	251	61	11
Tidewater Tech-Trades Norfolk, VA Private, Less than 2 years	367	308	59	367	-	-
Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA Public, 4 years four-years	6,053	1,982	4,071	5,410	643	693
Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA Public, 2-4 years	56,457	27,390	29,067	56,457	-	12,964
Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA Public, 4 years four-years	23,743	10,454	13,289	17,746	5,997	8,616
Patrick & Henry Community College Martinsville, VA Public, 2-4 years	1,908	854	1,054	1,908	-	526
Paul D Camp Community College Franklin, VA Public, 2-4 years	1,219	475	744	1,219	-	427
Southside College of Health Sciences Colonial Heights, VA Private, 2-4 years	151	14	137	151	-	-
Piedmont Virginia Community College Charlottesville, VA Public, 2-4 years	5,263	2,236	3,027	5,263	-	1,044
Radford University Radford, VA Public, 4 years four-years	7,812	2,555	5,257	6,161	1,651	1,759
Sylvain Melloul International Hair Academy Lynchburg, VA Private, Less than 2 years	175	22	153	175	-	-
Randolph-Macon College Ashland, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,687	777	910	1,643	44	-
Randolph College Lynchburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	816	332	484	694	122	50
Rappahannock Community College Glenns, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,962	1,140	1,822	2,962	-	658
Fortis College-Norfolk Norfolk, VA Private, 2-4 years	399	14	385	399	-	-
Richard Bland College South Prince George, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,788	1,185	1,603	2,788	-	134
Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing Richmond, VA Private, 4 years four-years	591	59	532	591	-	49
University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA Private, 4 years four-years	3,722	1,649	2,073	3,055	667	110
Riverside College of Health Sciences Newport News, VA Private, 4 years four-years	350	30	320	350	-	64
Roanoke College Salem, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,804	862	942	1,793	11	-
Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital School of Medical Imaging Richmond, VA Private, 2-4 years	35	6	29	35	-	-
Shenandoah University Winchester, VA Private, 4 years four-years	4,454	1,338	3,116	2,641	1,813	660
Southern Virginia University Buena Vista, VA Private, 4 years four-years	936	497	439	936	-	-
Southside Virginia Community College Alberta, VA Public, 2-4 years	3,306	1,154	2,152	3,306	-	976
Southwest Virginia Community College Cedar Bluff, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,364	910	1,454	2,364	-	939
Staunton School of Cosmetology Staunton, VA Private, Less than 2 years	24	2	22	24	-	-
Strayer University-Virginia Arlington, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,998	628	1,370	1,669	329	1,847
Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VA Private, 4 years four-years	444	-	444	444	3	-
Virginia Peninsula Community College Hampton, VA Public, 2-4 years	6,410	2,734	3,676	6,410	-	1,903
Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA Public, 2-4 years	16,884	7,251	9,633	16,884	-	5,403
Union Presbyterian Seminary Richmond, VA Private, 4 years four-years	159	53	106	-	159	8
University of Virginia's College at Wise Wise, VA Public, 4 years four-years	2,167	824	1,343	2,142	25	936
Virginia Highlands Community College Abingdon, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,082	743	1,339	2,082	-	529
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA Public, 4 years four-years	38,857	21,926	16,931	31,035	7,822	1,577
Virginia Western Community College Roanoke, VA Public, 2-4 years	6,332	2,760	3,572	6,332	-	1,354
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA Public, 4 years four-years	28,464	10,189	18,275	21,210	7,254	2,830
University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA Public, 4 years four-years	26,409	11,946	14,463	17,885	8,524	1,962
Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA Public, 4 years four-years	1,527	1,307	220	1,527	-	-
Asher Institute of Hampton Hampton, VA Private, Less than 2 years	144	66	78	144	-	-
Virginia University of Lynchburg Lynchburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	581	231	350	126	455	468
Virginia State University Petersburg, VA Public, 4 years four-years	5,605	2,259	3,346	5,124	481	190
Virginia Union University Richmond, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,646	807	839	1,205	441	-
Virginia Wesleyan University Virginia Beach, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,853	866	987	1,749	104	234
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA Private, 4 years four-years	2,241	1,115	1,126	1,886	355	-
Wytheville Community College Wytheville, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,107	805	1,302	2,107	-	633
ECPI University Virginia Beach, VA Private, 4 years four-years	12,572	5,156	7,416	12,164	408	3,365
Centura College-Newport News Newport News, VA Private, Less than 2 years	203	85	118	203	-	-
Centura College-Norfolk Norfolk, VA Private, 2-4 years	163	71	92	163	-	-
Virginia Beach City Public Schools School of Practical Nursing Virginia Beach, VA Public, Less than 2 years	55	9	46	55	-	-
Fortis College-Richmond Richmond, VA Private, 2-4 years	502	240	262	502	-	-
Centura College-Chesapeake Chesapeake, VA Private, 4 years four-years	191	7	184	191	-	6
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Norfolk Norfolk, VA Private, 2-4 years	270	234	36	270	-	-
Cayce/Reilly School of Massage Virginia Beach, VA Private, Less than 2 years	19	6	13	19	-	-
Henrico County-Saint Marys Hospital School of Practical Nursing Richmond, VA Public, Less than 2 years	124	1	123	124	-	-
Appalachian School of Law Grundy, VA Private, 4 years four-years	154	75	79	-	154	-
University of Management and Technology Arlington, VA Private, 4 years four-years	979	589	390	294	685	978
Chester Career College CHESTER, VA Private, 2-4 years	79	11	68	79	-	-
Eastern Virginia Career College Fredericksburg, VA Private, 2-4 years	177	12	165	177	-	-
Rudy & Kelly Academy, A Paul Mitchell Partner School Virginia Beach, VA Private, Less than 2 years	155	7	148	155	-	-
University of the Potomac-VA Campus FALLS CHURCH, VA Private, 4 years four-years	551	341	210	157	394	-
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Blacksburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	2,617	1,061	1,556	-	2,617	-
Empire Beauty School-Midlothian Midlothian, VA Private, Less than 2 years	125	7	118	125	-	-
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Manassas Manassas, VA Private, 2-4 years	272	252	20	272	-	-
Divine Mercy University Sterling, VA Private, 4 years four-years	463	172	291	-	463	399
Culpeper Cosmetology Training Center Culpeper, VA Public, Less than 2 years	34	1	33	34	-	-
Avi Career Training vienna, VA Private, Less than 2 years	22	-	22	22	-	-
Virginia Beach Theological Seminary Virginia Beach, VA Private, 4 years four-years	33	32	1	1	32	13
Appalachian College of Pharmacy Oakwood, VA Private, 4 years four-years	113	51	62	-	113	3
Empire Beauty School-Richmond Richmond, VA Private, Less than 2 years	77	1	76	77	-	-
Columbia College Vienna, VA Private, 2-4 years	151	41	110	151	-	15
Ascent College Gainesville, VA Private, 4 years four-years	83	36	47	83	-	61
Institute of Advanced Medical Esthetics Ashland, VA Private, Less than 2 years	7	-	7	7	-	-
South University-Richmond Glen Allen, VA Private, 4 years four-years	395	146	249	306	89	148
South University-Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA Private, 4 years four-years	258	51	207	240	18	128
Chamberlain University-Virginia Vienna, VA Private, 4 years four-years	557	67	490	557	-	25
Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage Falls Church, VA Private, Less than 2 years	101	19	82	101	-	-
Empire Beauty School-Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA Private, Less than 2 years	163	8	155	163	-	-
Tomorrow's Image Barber And Beauty Academy of Virginia Newport News, VA Private, Less than 2 years	15	13	2	15	-	-
The Chrysm Institute of Esthetics Virginia Beach, VA Private, Less than 2 years	271	2	269	271	-	-
DeVry University-Virginia Arlington, VA Private, 4 years four-years	19	10	9	13	6	11
Luckes Beauty Academy LLC Newport News, VA Private, Less than 2 years	17	-	17	17	-	-
Washington University of Science and Technology Alexandria, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,096	655	441	400	696	96
Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing Falls Church, VA Private, 2-4 years	730	84	646	730	-	-
Dermal Science International Aesthetics and Nail Academy Reston, VA Private, Less than 2 years	36	-	36	36	-	-
Virginia University of Integrative Medicine Vienna, VA Private, 4 years four-years	457	140	317	-	457	236
The Esthetic Institute Vienna, VA Private, Less than 2 years	66	-	66	66	-	-
Another Level Barbering and Cosmetology School Petersburg, VA Private, Less than 2 years	70	24	46	70	-	-
Patrick Henry College Purcellville, VA Private, 4 years four-years	425	233	192	425	-	47
Lotus Professional College Richmond, VA Private, 4 years four-years	178	16	162	171	7	-
Empire Beauty School-Newport News Newport News, VA Private, Less than 2 years	92	3	89	92	-	-
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Lafayette-Arlington Arlington, VA Private, Less than 2 years	166	3	163	166	-	-
Galen Health Institutes-Richmond Richmond, VA Private, 2-4 years	454	36	418	454	-	-
Arizona College of Nursing-Falls Church Falls Church, VA Private, 4 years four-years	348	22	326	348	-	-
Average	576,928	249,471	327,457	454,438	122,414	181,557

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