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. |