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For the academic year 2022-2023, total 551,088 students have enrolled in Virginia colleges including both undergraduate and graduate schools - 442,953 undergraduate and 121,274 graduate students.

By gender, there are 235,550 male students and 315,538 female students at Virginia colleges. For online degree programs, 171,804 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 96,709.
Liberty University has the largest number of male students of 39,998.
Liberty University has the largest number of female students of 56,711.
Northern Virginia Community College has the most undergraduate students of 53,810.
Liberty University has the most graduate students of 50,245.
Liberty University has the most online enrollment of 87,269 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	106	3	103	73	-	-
Advanced Technology Institute Virginia Beach, VA Private, 2-4 years	459	408	51	377	-	-
Averett University Danville, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,363	652	711	1,180	198	502
Blue Ridge Community College Weyers Cave, VA Public, 2-4 years	3,562	1,437	2,125	3,718	-	1,054
Bluefield University Bluefield, VA Private, 4 years four-years	991	457	534	694	295	388
Bridgewater College Bridgewater, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,421	676	745	1,391	45	17
William & Mary Williamsburg, VA Public, 4 years four-years	9,654	4,052	5,602	6,963	2,799	1,126
Regent University Virginia Beach, VA Private, 4 years four-years	10,337	3,770	6,567	4,577	5,591	8,213
Central School of Practical Nursing Norfolk, VA Public, Less than 2 years	21	2	19	24	-	-
Central Virginia Community College Lynchburg, VA Public, 2-4 years	3,388	1,395	1,993	3,410	-	993
Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA Public, 4 years four-years	4,559	2,113	2,446	4,407	96	-
Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,281	251	1,030	1,339	-	-
Mountain Gateway Community College Clifton Forge, VA Public, 2-4 years	946	397	549	1,002	-	95
Danville Community College Danville, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,274	961	1,313	2,489	-	522
Eastern Virginia Medical School Norfolk, VA Public, 4 years four-years	1,319	488	831	-	1,235	224
Centura College-Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA Private, 2-4 years	109	40	69	8	-	-
Emory & Henry University Emory, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,358	616	742	1,107	257	4
Eastern Mennonite University Harrisonburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,334	453	881	863	429	289
Eastern Shore Community College Melfa, VA Public, 2-4 years	658	275	383	720	-	141
Ferrum College Ferrum, VA Private, 4 years four-years	855	499	356	747	20	26
George Mason University Fairfax, VA Public, 4 years four-years	39,049	18,826	20,223	27,666	11,861	7,207
Germanna Community College Locust Grove, VA Public, 2-4 years	7,688	2,815	4,873	8,082	-	3,017
Hampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA Private, 4 years four-years	846	843	3	876	-	-
Hampton University Hampton, VA Private, 4 years four-years	3,286	1,115	2,171	3,255	394	328
Hollins University Roanoke, VA Private, 4 years four-years	803	34	769	673	109	60
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA Public, 2-4 years	7,527	2,960	4,567	7,707	-	2,195
James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA Public, 4 years four-years	22,224	9,297	12,927	21,006	1,752	1,113
Brightpoint Community College Chester, VA Public, 2-4 years	8,792	3,672	5,120	9,023	-	2,734
Liberty University Lynchburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	96,709	39,998	56,711	52,823	50,245	87,269
Longwood University Farmville, VA Public, 4 years four-years	4,358	1,324	3,034	3,223	1,322	1,121
Laurel Ridge Community College Middletown, VA Public, 2-4 years	5,720	2,155	3,565	5,935	-	1,483
University of Lynchburg Lynchburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	2,394	877	1,517	1,792	800	437
Centra College Lynchburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	227	30	197	212	-	13
Mary Baldwin University Staunton, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,957	412	1,545	1,217	575	685
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA Public, 4 years four-years	3,757	1,379	2,378	3,611	197	203
Marymount University Arlington, VA Private, 4 years four-years	3,711	1,426	2,285	2,216	1,451	856
Sovah School of Health Professions Danville, VA Private, 2-4 years	23	1	22	20	-	-
Mountain Empire Community College Big Stone Gap, VA Public, 2-4 years	1,928	718	1,210	2,015	-	609
American National University Salem, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,113	211	902	643	181	630
New River Community College Dublin, VA Public, 2-4 years	3,980	2,032	1,948	4,156	-	990
Sentara College of Health Sciences Chesapeake, VA Private, 4 years four-years	331	24	307	245	55	17
Tidewater Tech-Trades Norfolk, VA Private, Less than 2 years	454	395	59	514	-	-
Norfolk State University Norfolk, VA Public, 4 years four-years	5,783	1,920	3,863	5,510	535	785
Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA Public, 2-4 years	51,896	24,984	26,912	53,810	-	5,578
Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA Public, 4 years four-years	23,107	10,102	13,005	17,736	4,805	8,350
Patrick & Henry Community College Martinsville, VA Public, 2-4 years	1,861	785	1,076	1,932	-	471
Paul D Camp Community College Franklin, VA Public, 2-4 years	1,188	411	777	1,168	-	337
Southside College of Health Sciences Colonial Heights, VA Private, 2-4 years	103	8	95	91	-	-
Piedmont Virginia Community College Charlottesville, VA Public, 2-4 years	5,022	2,139	2,883	5,174	-	993
Radford University Radford, VA Public, 4 years four-years	7,718	2,556	5,162	5,704	1,827	1,667
Sylvain Melloul International Hair Academy Lynchburg, VA Private, Less than 2 years	116	18	98	153	-	-
Randolph-Macon College Ashland, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,490	677	813	1,500	23	-
Randolph College Lynchburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	553	212	341	541	93	22
Rappahannock Community College Glenns, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,591	931	1,660	2,767	-	663
Fortis College-Norfolk Norfolk, VA Private, 2-4 years	410	31	379	431	-	-
Richard Bland College South Prince George, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,051	871	1,180	2,598	-	203
Bon Secours Memorial College of Nursing Richmond, VA Private, 4 years four-years	481	39	442	527	-	50
University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA Private, 4 years four-years	3,876	1,738	2,138	3,054	722	146
Riverside College of Health Careers Newport News, VA Private, 4 years four-years	338	41	297	325	-	58
Roanoke College Salem, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,826	840	986	1,824	11	-
Bon Secours St Mary's Hospital School of Medical Imaging Richmond, VA Private, 2-4 years	27	6	21	31	-	-
Shenandoah University Winchester, VA Private, 4 years four-years	4,260	1,357	2,903	2,590	1,753	512
Southern Virginia University Buena Vista, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,053	554	499	967	-	-
Southside Virginia Community College Alberta, VA Public, 2-4 years	3,112	1,059	2,053	3,258	-	881
Southwest Virginia Community College Cedar Bluff, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,163	805	1,358	2,288	-	872
Staunton School of Cosmetology Staunton, VA Private, Less than 2 years	22	1	21	25	-	-
Strayer University-Virginia Arlington, VA Private, 4 years four-years	2,608	867	1,741	2,010	372	2,335
Sweet Briar College Sweet Briar, VA Private, 4 years four-years	460	-	460	464	3	-
Virginia Peninsula Community College Hampton, VA Public, 2-4 years	6,018	2,465	3,553	6,127	-	1,866
Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA Public, 2-4 years	16,195	6,669	9,526	15,912	-	5,197
Union Presbyterian Seminary Richmond, VA Private, 4 years four-years	177	63	114	-	173	10
University of Virginia's College at Wise Wise, VA Public, 4 years four-years	1,704	686	1,018	1,911	-	649
Virginia Highlands Community College Abingdon, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,068	783	1,285	2,052	-	469
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA Public, 4 years four-years	38,170	21,687	16,483	30,504	7,790	1,498
Virginia Western Community College Roanoke, VA Public, 2-4 years	5,860	2,513	3,347	6,170	-	1,287
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA Public, 4 years four-years	28,082	10,044	18,038	21,205	7,033	2,635
University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA Public, 4 years four-years	26,082	11,746	14,336	17,612	8,312	1,882
Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA Public, 4 years four-years	1,512	1,310	202	1,560	-	-
Asher Institute of Hampton Hampton, VA Private, Less than 2 years	116	45	71	118	-	-
Virginia University of Lynchburg Lynchburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	837	359	478	170	419	445
Virginia State University Petersburg, VA Public, 4 years four-years	4,648	1,851	2,797	4,829	361	83
Virginia Union University Richmond, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,860	929	931	1,170	492	509
Virginia Wesleyan University Virginia Beach, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,538	670	868	1,626	85	217
Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA Private, 4 years four-years	2,243	1,104	1,139	1,898	379	-
Wytheville Community College Wytheville, VA Public, 2-4 years	2,116	799	1,317	2,119	-	578
ECPI University Virginia Beach, VA Private, 4 years four-years	11,740	4,656	7,084	11,385	360	3,727
Centura College-Newport News Newport News, VA Private, Less than 2 years	209	95	114	210	-	-
Centura College-Norfolk Norfolk, VA Private, 2-4 years	221	89	132	193	-	-
Virginia Beach City Public Schools School of Practical Nursing Virginia Beach, VA Public, Less than 2 years	54	7	47	65	-	-
Fortis College-Richmond Richmond, VA Private, 2-4 years	353	95	258	399	-	-
Centura College-Chesapeake Chesapeake, VA Private, 4 years four-years	189	19	170	225	-	19
CET-Alexandria Alexandria, VA Private, Less than 2 years	60	59	1	23	-	-
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Norfolk Norfolk, VA Private, 2-4 years	232	206	26	237	-	-
Centura College-Richmond Main North Chesterfield, VA Private, Less than 2 years	149	95	54	31	-	-
Cayce/Reilly School of Massage Virginia Beach, VA Private, Less than 2 years	54	18	36	25	-	-
Henrico County-Saint Marys Hospital School of Practical Nursing Richmond, VA Public, Less than 2 years	101	4	97	79	-	-
Appalachian School of Law Grundy, VA Private, 4 years four-years	152	83	69	-	140	-
University of Management and Technology Arlington, VA Private, 4 years four-years	1,189	743	446	323	844	1,163
Chester Career College CHESTER, VA Private, 2-4 years	140	10	130	147	-	-
Eastern Virginia Career College Fredericksburg, VA Private, 2-4 years	202	9	193	217	-	11
Rudy & Kelly Academy, A Paul Mitchell Partner School Virginia Beach, VA Private, Less than 2 years	211	6	205	206	-	-
University of the Potomac-VA Campus FALLS CHURCH, VA Private, 4 years four-years	569	371	198	177	370	-
Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine Blacksburg, VA Private, 4 years four-years	2,446	1,044	1,402	-	2,596	-
Empire Beauty School-Midlothian Midlothian, VA Private, Less than 2 years	84	2	82	87	-	-
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Manassas Manassas, VA Private, 2-4 years	188	175	13	189	-	-
Divine Mercy University Sterling, VA Private, 4 years four-years	407	149	258	-	442	382
Culpeper Cosmetology Training Center Culpeper, VA Public, Less than 2 years	59	2	57	68	-	-
Avi Career Training Great Falls, VA Private, Less than 2 years	17	-	17	74	-	-
Virginia Beach Theological Seminary Virginia Beach, VA Private, 4 years four-years	40	39	1	2	33	12
Appalachian College of Pharmacy Oakwood, VA Private, 4 years four-years	130	51	79	-	125	-
Paul Mitchell the School-Tysons Corner McLean, VA Private, Less than 2 years	129	7	122	94	-	-
Empire Beauty School-Richmond Richmond, VA Private, Less than 2 years	50	1	49	70	-	-
Columbia College Vienna, VA Private, 2-4 years	182	55	127	239	-	8
Ascent College Gainesville, VA Private, 4 years four-years	99	29	70	87	-	81
Institute of Advanced Medical Esthetics Ashland, VA Private, Less than 2 years	24	-	24	37	-	-
South University-Richmond Glen Allen, VA Private, 4 years four-years	442	123	319	320	97	131
South University-Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA Private, 4 years four-years	240	33	207	252	18	127
Fairfax University of America Fairfax, VA Private, 4 years four-years	43	22	21	5	20	-
Chamberlain University-Virginia Vienna, VA Private, 4 years four-years	663	72	591	567	-	27
Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage Falls Church, VA Private, Less than 2 years	139	41	98	87	-	-
Empire Beauty School-Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA Private, Less than 2 years	171	11	160	169	-	-
Tomorrow's Image Barber And Beauty Academy of Virginia Newport News, VA Private, Less than 2 years	19	13	6	18	-	-
The Chrysm Institute of Esthetics Virginia Beach, VA Private, Less than 2 years	217	1	216	255	-	-
DeVry University-Virginia Arlington, VA Private, 4 years four-years	76	39	37	25	7	21
Luckes Beauty Academy LLC Newport News, VA Private, Less than 2 years	21	-	21	21	-	-
Washington University of Science and Technology Vienna, VA Private, 4 years four-years	645	415	230	302	803	97
Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing Falls Church, VA Private, 2-4 years	623	46	577	719	-	-
Dermal Science International Aesthetics and Nail Academy Reston, VA Private, Less than 2 years	61	-	61	35	-	-
Virginia University of Integrative Medicine Vienna, VA Private, 4 years four-years	393	145	248	-	403	152
The Esthetic Institute Vienna, VA Private, Less than 2 years	115	-	115	107	-	-
Another Level Barbering and Cosmetology School Petersburg, VA Private, Less than 2 years	50	21	29	77	-	-
American Massage & Bodywork Institute Vienna, VA Private, Less than 2 years	88	19	69	105	-	-
Patrick Henry College Purcellville, VA Private, 4 years four-years	409	215	194	408	-	37
Crown Cutz Academy Bristol Bristol, VA Private, Less than 2 years	46	15	31	32	-	-
Lotus Professional College Richmond, VA Private, 4 years four-years	108	8	100	157	4	-
Empire Beauty School-Newport News Newport News, VA Private, Less than 2 years	85	3	82	78	-	-
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Lafayette-Arlington Arlington, VA Private, Less than 2 years	185	8	177	211	-	-
Galen Health Institutes-Richmond Richmond, VA Private, 2-4 years	212	8	204	374	-	-
Arizona College of Nursing-Falls Church Falls Church, VA Private, 4 years four-years	144	9	135	284	-	-
Average	551,088	235,550	315,538	442,953	121,274	171,804

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