Current Enrollment
| Student Enrollment, 2008-09 | |
| 13,762 | Undergraduate |
| 4,904 | Graduate |
| 1,725 | First-professional (law & medicine) |
| 666 | On-Grounds Continuing Education |
| 21,057 | Total |
| Undergraduate Students by Ethnic Category, 2008-09 | |
| 62.5 percent | White American |
| 8.7 percent | African American |
| 11.4 percent | Asian American |
| 5.4 percent | International non-resident foreign |
| 7.6 percent | Unknown/unclassified |
| 4.2 percent | Hispanic American |
| 0.2 percent | Native American |
| Undergraduate Student Characteristics, 2008-09 | |
| 68.5 percent | Virginia residents |
| 45.6 percent | Living in University housing |
| 19.7 years | Average undergraduate student age |
| 56 percent women; 44 percent men | |
| Students come from 48 states and 116 foreign countries. | |
| Retention Rates | |
| 97.3 percent | 1-Year retention rate (entering class of 2007 returning 2008) |
| 84.2 percent | 4-Year graduation rate (entering class of 2003) |
| 93.1 percent | 6-Year graduation rate (entering class of 2001) |
| 2008 Graduation Rates by Ethnic Category* | |
| 88.9 percent† | African American |
| 93.6 percent | Asian |
| 93.6 percent | Hispanic |
| 82.9 percent | International non-resident foreign |
| 87.5 percent | Native American |
| 95.4 percent | Unknown/unclassified |
| 94.2 percent | White American |
| * 6-Year undergraduate graduation rate (entering class of 2001) | |
| † This is the highest African American graduation rate among major public institutions in America. | |