Virginia Commonwealth University Student Population and Demographics

VCU Student Population

There are 28,464 students including 21,210 undergraduate and 7,254 graduate students at Virginia Commonwealth University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 23,639 full-time and 4,825 part-time students with gender distribution of 10,189 male and 18,275 female students.

Virginia Commonwealth University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,830 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Virginia Commonwealth University has a total enrollment of 28,464 with a gender distribution of 35.80% male (10,189 students) and 64.20% female (18,275 students). There are 7,792 male and 13,418 female students in undergraduate school and 2,397 male and 4,857 female students are attending graduate school at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Student Population By Gender
Virginia Commonwealth University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	28,464	10,189	18,275
Undergraduate	21,210	7,792	13,418
Graduate	7,254	2,397	4,857
Full-time	23,639	8,474	15,165
Part-time	4,825	1,715	3,110

[Chart] Virginia Commonwealth University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Virginia Commonwealth University has 23,639 full-time and 4,825 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 18,674 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 2,536 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 4,965 students are full-time and 2,289 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Virginia Commonwealth University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	28,464	23,639	4,825
Undergraduate	21,210	18,674	2,536
Graduate	7,254	4,965	2,289
Men	10,189	8,474	1,715
Women	18,275	15,165	3,110

[Chart] Virginia Commonwealth University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Virginia Commonwealth University, 2,830 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 15,400 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 28,464 students.

In undergraduate schools, 14,960 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 3,270 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Virginia Commonwealth University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	28,464	21,210	7,254
Online Exclusively	2,830	1,358	1,472
In Some Online Classes	15,400	13,602	1,798
Not In Online Classes	10,234	6,250	3,984

[Chart] Virginia Commonwealth University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Virginia Commonwealth University. There are 61 American Indian/Native American, 11,475 White, 5,906 Black/African American, 3,642 Asian, 3,045 Hispanic, 40 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,024 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Virginia Commonwealth University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	28,464	10,189	18,275
American Indian/Native American	61	29	32
Asian	3,642	1,393	2,249
Black/African American	5,906	1,933	3,973
Hispanic	3,045	974	2,071
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	40	16	24
White	11,475	4,250	7,225
Two More	2,032	670	1,362
Race Un-Known	1,103	354	749

[Chart] Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Virginia Commonwealth University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	28,464	21,210	7,254
Under 18	286	286	0
Age 18-19	7,773	7,772	1
Age 20-21	7,833	7,697	136
Age 22-24	5,552	3,424	2,128
Age 25-29	3,476	1,063	2,413
Age 30-34	1,449	427	1,022
Age 35-39	784	221	563
Age 40-49	856	199	657
Age 50-64	422	110	312
Over 64	31	9	22
Age Un-Known	2	2	0

[Chart] Virginia Commonwealth University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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