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VWU Demographics & Diversity Report

What does the VWU student population look like? College Factual wanted to know the facts so we crunched the numbers. We analyzed racial diversity, gender ratios, age and location diversity of college campuses accross the country. See how Virginia Wesleyan University fared in our <nil> diversity report.

• Student Population
• Racial/Ethnic Diversity
• Male/Female Diversity
• Location Diversity
• Student Age Diversity

VWU Student Population

How Many Students Attend Virginia Wesleyan University?

VWU total enrollment is approximately 1,347 students. 1,188 are undergraduates and 11 are graduate students.

VWU Undergraduate Population

Male/Female Breakdown of Undergraduates

The full-time VWU undergraduate population is made up of 59% women, and 41% men.

For the gender breakdown for all students, go here.

VWU Racial/Ethnic Breakdown of Undergraduates

Race/Ethnicity	Number
White	641
Black or African American	289
Hispanic	118
Multi-Ethnic	74
Unknown	25
Asian	17
International	13
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	4

See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.

VWU Graduate Student Population

Male/Female Breakdown of Graduate Students

About 55% of full-time grad students are women, and 45% men.

For the gender breakdown for all students, go here.

VWU Racial-Ethnic Breakdown of Graduate Students

Race/Ethnicity	Number
White	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic	2
Asian	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
International	0
Multi-Ethnic	0
Unknown	0

See racial/ethnic breakdown for all students.

Racial/Ethnic Diversity

VWU Racial Demographics:

Race/Ethnicity	Number
White	725
Black or African American	324
Hispanic	130
Multi-Ethnic	81
Unknown	33
Asian	27
International	13
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	6

Average Racial/Ethnic Diversity Among Faculty

Virginia Wesleyan University Faculty Racial/Ethnic Demographics:

Ethnicity	Number of Faculty
White	264
Black or African American	41
Asian	4
Multi-Ethnic	4
Hispanic	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
International	0
Unknown	0

Learn more about the faculty at VWU.

VWU Male/Female Diversity

This school is more popular with women than with men.

There are approximately 800 female students and 547 male students at VWU.

Even Balance of Male & Female Teachers

Reporting of the gender of VWU is unknown or unavailable.

There are more female teachers than male teachers at this school.

More about VWU faculty.

There are approximately 192 female teachers and 143 male teachers.

Average Geographic Diversity

VWU ranks 923 out of 2,183 when it comes to geographic diversity.

30.22% of VWU students come from out of state, and 1.09% come from out of the country.

The undergraduate student body is split among 19 states (may include Washington D.C.). Click on the map for more detail.

Top 5 States

State	Amount
Virginia	254
Maryland	29
Pennsylvania	16
North Carolina	14
New York	9

International Students at VWU

Students from 13 countries are represented at this school, with the majority of the international students coming from China, France, and Japan.

Learn more about international students at VWU.

High Student Age Diversity

The age diversity score this school received indicates it is doing a good job attracting students of all ages.

A traditional college student is defined as being between the ages of 18-21. At VWU, 74.97% of students fall into that category, compared to the national average of 60%.

Student Age Group	Amount
18-19	642
20-21	460
22-24	120
35 and over	84
25-29	59
30-34	30
Under 18	0

Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

References

• Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services

• National Center for Education Statistics

• Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System

• Image Credit: By Fryeguy91 under License

• How we came up with Diversity Scores.