Grand Valley State University Student Population and Demographics

GVSU Student Population

There are 22,011 students including 19,002 undergraduate and 3,009 graduate students at Grand Valley State University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 18,662 full-time and 3,349 part-time students with gender distribution of 8,369 male and 13,642 female students.

Grand Valley State University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 1,443 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Grand Valley State University has a total enrollment of 22,011 with a gender distribution of 38.02% male (8,369 students) and 61.98% female (13,642 students). There are 7,528 male and 11,474 female students in undergraduate school and 841 male and 2,168 female students are attending graduate school at Grand Valley State University.

Student Population By Gender
Grand Valley State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	22,011	8,369	13,642
Undergraduate	19,002	7,528	11,474
Graduate	3,009	841	2,168
Full-time	18,662	7,175	11,487
Part-time	3,349	1,194	2,155

[Chart] Grand Valley State University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Grand Valley State University has 18,662 full-time and 3,349 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 17,162 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,840 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,500 students are full-time and 1,509 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Grand Valley State University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	22,011	18,662	3,349
Undergraduate	19,002	17,162	1,840
Graduate	3,009	1,500	1,509
Men	8,369	7,175	1,194
Women	13,642	11,487	2,155

[Chart] Grand Valley State University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Grand Valley State University, 1,443 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 9,272 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 22,011 students.

In undergraduate schools, 9,314 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,401 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Grand Valley State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	22,011	19,002	3,009
Online Exclusively	1,443	739	704
In Some Online Classes	9,272	8,575	697
Not In Online Classes	11,296	9,688	1,608

[Chart] Grand Valley State University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Grand Valley State University. There are 74 American Indian/Native American, 16,334 White, 1,683 Black/African American, 598 Asian, 1,757 Hispanic, 12 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 356 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Grand Valley State University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	22,011	8,369	13,642
American Indian/Native American	74	31	43
Asian	598	228	370
Black/African American	1,683	660	1,023
Hispanic	1,757	639	1,118
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	4	8
White	16,334	6,135	10,199
Two More	744	294	450
Race Un-Known	184	62	122

[Chart] Grand Valley State UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Grand Valley State University.

Age Distribution
Grand Valley State University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	22,011	19,002	3,009
Under 18	560	560	0
Age 18-19	7,470	7,470	0
Age 20-21	6,772	6,697	75
Age 22-24	3,919	2,821	1,098
Age 25-29	1,540	738	802
Age 30-34	649	305	344
Age 35-39	408	169	239
Age 40-49	497	182	315
Age 50-64	186	53	133
Over 64	7	4	3
Age Un-Known	3	3	0

[Chart] Grand Valley State University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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