Louisiana Colleges Enrollment Trends

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 174,454, and 177,217 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 78.42% are undergraduate students and 21.58% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 1,637, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 5,595.

The female to male ratio is 1.55 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Louisiana Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Louisiana Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	174,060	141,236	58,696	82,540	32,824	13,487	19,337
2013-14	170,123 -3,937	138,061 -3,175	57,583 -1,113	80,478 -2,062	32,062 -762	13,181 -306	18,881 -456
2014-15	170,031 -92	137,844 -217	57,262 -321	80,582 104	32,187 125	13,252 71	18,935 54
2015-16	171,922 1,891	139,624 1,780	57,911 649	81,713 1,131	32,298 111	13,111 -141	19,187 252
2016-17	171,042 -880	139,711 87	57,584 -327	82,127 414	31,331 -967	12,787 -324	18,544 -643
2017-18	170,441 -601	139,204 -507	56,694 -890	82,510 383	31,237 -94	11,843 -944	19,394 850
2018-19	174,736 4,295	139,959 755	56,556 -138	83,403 893	34,777 3,540	13,601 1,758	21,176 1,782
2019-20	176,864 2,128	139,753 -206	56,060 -496	83,693 290	37,111 2,334	14,455 854	22,656 1,480
2020-21	182,778 5,914	142,894 3,141	55,935 -125	86,959 3,266	39,884 2,773	15,241 786	24,643 1,987
2021-22	179,775 -3,003	141,028 -1,866	55,244 -691	85,784 -1,175	38,747 -1,137	14,355 -886	24,392 -251
2022-23	177,217 -2,558	139,599 -1,429	55,223 -21	84,376 -1,408	37,618 -1,129	14,221 -134	23,397 -995
Average	174,454	139,901	56,795	83,106	34,552	13,594	20,958

Student Population Changes of Louisiana Colleges

Louisiana Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 139,901. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 1,637 from 141,236 to 139,599.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Louisiana Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	141,236	110,458	47,225	63,233	30,778	11,471	19,307
2013-14	138,061	108,152	45,810	62,342	29,909	11,773	18,136
2014-15	137,844	107,847	45,682	62,165	29,997	11,580	18,417
2015-16	139,624	108,717	46,213	62,504	30,907	11,698	19,209
2016-17	139,711	107,228	45,231	61,997	32,483	12,353	20,130
2017-18	139,204	107,201	44,985	62,216	32,003	11,709	20,294
2018-19	139,959	109,717	45,381	64,336	30,242	11,175	19,067
2019-20	139,753	110,099	44,974	65,125	29,654	11,086	18,568
2020-21	142,894	110,669	44,249	66,420	32,225	11,686	20,539
2021-22	141,028	108,757	43,509	65,248	32,271	11,735	20,536
2022-23	139,599	106,458	42,897	63,561	33,141	12,326	20,815
Average	139,901	139,901	45,105	63,559	139,901	11,690	19,547

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Louisiana Colleges

Louisiana Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 34,552. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 4,794 from 32,824 to 37,618.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Louisiana Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	32,824	20,862	9,305	11,557	11,962	4,182	7,780
2013-14	32,062	21,063	9,221	11,842	10,999	3,960	7,039
2014-15	32,187	20,233	9,050	11,183	11,954	4,202	7,752
2015-16	32,298	19,998	8,773	11,225	12,300	4,338	7,962
2016-17	31,331	19,373	8,372	11,001	11,958	4,415	7,543
2017-18	31,237	19,142	7,907	11,235	12,095	3,936	8,159
2018-19	34,777	19,707	7,908	11,799	15,070	5,693	9,377
2019-20	37,111	19,760	7,718	12,042	17,351	6,737	10,614
2020-21	39,884	21,635	8,425	13,210	18,249	6,816	11,433
2021-22	38,747	21,341	8,108	13,233	17,406	6,247	11,159
2022-23	37,618	20,481	7,910	12,571	17,137	6,311	10,826
Average	34,552	34,552	8,427	11,900	34,552	5,167	9,059

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Louisiana Colleges

Louisiana Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.41%. The percentage was 60.26% 10 years ago and Louisiana Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 3.19% of enrolled students is Asian and 25.56% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Louisiana Colleges over the past 11 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	916	4,397	41,499	6,624	140	104,892	2,929
2013-14	864	4,473	40,341	6,802	140	101,987	3,568
2014-15	861	4,695	39,789	7,403	134	100,849	4,033
2015-16	952	4,846	40,718	8,262	165	99,782	4,310
2016-17	922	4,859	39,947	8,709	135	97,930	4,281
2017-18	1,052	4,881	41,389	8,996	158	97,125	4,502
2018-19	1,028	5,076	42,418	9,678	222	98,181	4,764
2019-20	1,093	5,247	43,562	10,155	163	98,495	5,024
2020-21	1,251	5,533	46,026	11,030	160	100,755	5,363
2021-22	1,362	5,692	45,909	10,744	164	98,629	5,204
2022-23	1,135	5,686	45,495	10,823	153	95,071	5,434
Average	1,040	5,035	42,463	9,021	158	99,427	4,492

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Louisiana Colleges

Louisiana Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

34,482 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 284.84% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Louisiana Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	174,060	8,960	24,024	141,076
2013-14	170,123	9,412	29,029	131,682
2014-15	170,031	12,317	32,841	124,873
2015-16	171,922	14,288	35,904	121,730
2016-17	171,042	15,514	36,887	118,641
2017-18	170,441	17,845	46,245	106,351
2018-19	174,736	21,329	40,842	112,565
2019-20	176,864	24,299	43,083	109,482
2020-21	182,779	45,660	84,668	52,451
2021-22	179,775	34,293	63,892	81,590
2022-23	177,217	34,482	58,008	84,727
Average	174,454	21,673	45,038	107,743

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Louisiana Colleges

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Enrollment Trends for Louisiana Colleges