Current On-Grounds Enrollment
| Student Enrollment, 2012-13 (On Grounds) |
| 14,641 |
Undergraduate |
| 6,454 |
Graduate |
21,095 |
Total on Grounds |
| Undergraduate Students by Ethnic Category, 2012-13 |
| 6.5 percent |
African American |
| 0.2 percent |
American Indian or Alaskan Native |
| 12.1 percent |
Asian |
| 5.5 percent |
Hispanic |
| 0.1 percent |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander |
| 4.0 percent |
Multi-Race |
| 28.3 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, 2012-13 |
| 69 percent |
Virginia residents |
| 42 percent |
Living in University housing |
| 20.0 years |
Average undergraduate student age |
| |
| 55 percent women; 45 percent men |
| Students come from 47 states and 121 foreign countries. |
| Retention Rates |
97.5 percent |
1-Year retention rate
(entering class of 2011 returning 2012) |
| 87.4 percent |
4-Year graduation rate (entering class of 2008) |
| 93.3 percent |
6-Year graduation rate (entering class of 2006) |
| 2012 Graduation Rates by Ethnic Category (6-year rates) |
| 85.7 percent† |
African American |
| 94.0 percent |
Asian American |
| 91.5 percent |
Hispanic American |
| 84.9 percent |
International non-resident foreign |
| 100.0 percent |
Native American |
| 93.3 percent |
Unknown/unclassified |
| 94.9 percent |
White American |
| |
| † This is one of the highest African American graduation rates among major public institutions in America. |