Enrollment has trended downward since at least , when the university bolstered more than 32, students. In less than 10 years and prior to the pandemic, it dropped by more than 2, students. LeGrande said the university decided to accept more freshmen during the school year to offset an expected decline in enrollment. She said students who were planning to go to VCU, and then did not enroll, often cited safety concerns as their reason.
Enrollment for degree-seeking graduate students has increased, however, from 5, graduate students in fall last year to 5, during this semester. Some freshmen who were surveyed about why they did not enroll cited finances, course modalities, acceptance at other schools and not feeling ready for college. Olivia Stark, who was accepted by VCU, decided not to enroll in classes after seeing that all of them were online.
She is currently taking a gap year and working full-time for a mortgage company. Stark said she had already been accepted to the school, paid her deposit and finalized her class schedule before deciding to take the gap year. She plans to either enroll at VCU next year or go to school internationally. Tidewater Community College.
Total Public Two-Year Institutions. Virginia Community College System. Virginia Highlands Community College. Virginia Western Community College. Wytheville Community College. First Professional. Graduate: Includes graduates who received Graduate Master's and Doctorate degrees. Award of at least 2 but less than 4 acad yrs.
Four-Year Bachelor's Degree. Post-Baccalaureate Certificate. First Professional Degree. Master's Degree. Post-Master's Certificate. Doctor's Degree. General Undergraduate. General Graduate. First Professional - Pharmacy. First Professional - Medicine. At VCU, This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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