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Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley State University
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, MI 49401-9403


Fax number: (616) 331-2000
Website: https://www.gvsu.edu
Screen last updated on: September 2025
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 19,002
Full-time undergraduates: 17,134
Part-time undergraduates: 1,828
Total graduate students: 2,979
Full-time graduate students: 1,592
Part-time graduate students: 1,387
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
2.9% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
8.0% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
8.6% Hispanic/Latino
74.6% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.6% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.3% Nonresident Alien
0.7% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 1,322 acres
Nearest major city: Grand Rapids

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, women's center
Counseling services:
career
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
radio station, television station

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 2

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's wrestlingyes 
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's basketballyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's golfyes 
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's softball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's volleyballyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
baseball; basketball; bowling; cheerleading; crew; equestrian sports; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; riflery; rugby; sailing; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; weight lifting; wrestling; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Gerald R. Ford International A

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

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