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Current On-Grounds Enrollment

Student Enrollment, 2010-11 (On Grounds)
14,039 Undergraduate
4,806 Graduate
1,719 Law and Medicine
485 On-Grounds Continuing Education
21,049 Total on Grounds

Undergraduate Students by Ethnic Category, 2010-11
8.0 percent African American
0.2 percent American Indian or Alaskan Native
12.2 percent Asian
4.8 percent Hispanic
0.2 percent Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1.9 percent Multi-Race
27.3 percent Minority Sub-Total

Note: Beginning in 2010-11, students could choose more than one ethnicity and are counted above in each category that they selected. However, the data in the minority sub-total and total rows includes unique students only.

Undergraduate Student Characteristics, 2009-10
69.1 percent Virginia residents
42.8 percent Living in University housing
20.0 years Average undergraduate student age
 
56 percent women; 44 percent men
Students come from 48 states and 120 foreign countries.

Retention Rates
97.2 percent 1-Year retention rate
(entering class of 2008 returning 2009)
86.4 percent 4-Year graduation rate (entering class of 2005)
92.8 percent 6-Year graduation rate (entering class of 2003)

2009 Graduation Rates by Ethnic Category*
87 percent African American
96.2 percent Asian American
90.7 percent Hispanic American
83.3 percent International non-resident foreign
80.0 percent Native American
89.9 percent Unknown/unclassified
94.7 percent White American
 
* 6-Year undergraduate graduation rate (entering class of 2003)
† This is the highest African American graduation rate among major public institutions in America.