Enrollment Trends at California Lutheran

The student population at California Lutheran University is 3,615 (2,513 undergraduate and 1,102 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 590 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at California Lutheran is 69.52% which is decreased by 291 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 299 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

157 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -25.24% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,116 where 3,615 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

69.52% of total students is undergraduate students and 30.48% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 291 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 299 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in California Lutheran than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at California Lutheran University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,205	2,804	1,241	1,563	1,401	565	836
2013-14	4,282 77	2,888 84	1,302 61	1,586 23	1,394 -7	561 -4	833 -3
2014-15	4,160 -122	2,808 -80	1,246 -56	1,562 -24	1,352 -42	524 -37	828 -5
2015-16	4,126 -34	2,810 2	1,197 -49	1,613 51	1,316 -36	518 -6	798 -30
2016-17	4,174 48	2,892 82	1,241 44	1,651 38	1,282 -34	497 -21	785 -13
2017-18	4,236 62	2,963 71	1,263 22	1,700 49	1,273 -9	494 -3	779 -6
2018-19	4,383 147	3,059 96	1,326 63	1,733 33	1,324 51	492 -2	832 53
2019-20	4,303 -80	3,078 19	1,345 19	1,733 0	1,225 -99	420 -72	805 -27
2020-21	4,027 -276	2,804 -274	1,214 -131	1,590 -143	1,223 -2	377 -43	846 41
2021-22	3,766 -261	2,592 -212	1,212 -2	1,380 -210	1,174 -49	450 73	724 -122
2022-23	3,615 -151	2,513 -79	1,159 -53	1,354 -26	1,102 -72	386 -64	716 -8
Average	4,116	2,837	1,250	1,588	1,279	480	798

California Lutheran University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,837 where 2,513 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California Lutheran University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,804	2,602	1,159	1,443	202	82	120
2013-14	2,888	2,717	1,232	1,485	171	70	101
2014-15	2,808	2,649	1,185	1,464	159	61	98
2015-16	2,810	2,675	1,142	1,533	135	55	80
2016-17	2,892	2,768	1,189	1,579	124	52	72
2017-18	2,963	2,858	1,215	1,643	105	48	57
2018-19	3,059	2,942	1,275	1,667	117	51	66
2019-20	3,078	2,971	1,298	1,673	107	47	60
2020-21	2,804	2,714	1,176	1,538	90	38	52
2021-22	2,592	2,517	1,173	1,344	75	39	36
2022-23	2,513	2,461	1,139	1,322	52	20	32
Average	2,837	2,837	1,198	1,517	2,837	51	70

California Lutheran University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,279 where 1,102 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California Lutheran University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,401	983	384	599	418	181	237
2013-14	1,394	1,023	391	632	371	170	201
2014-15	1,352	942	334	608	410	190	220
2015-16	1,316	1,005	392	613	311	126	185
2016-17	1,282	988	377	611	294	120	174
2017-18	1,273	1,010	390	620	263	104	159
2018-19	1,324	1,019	366	653	305	126	179
2019-20	1,225	954	297	657	271	123	148
2020-21	1,223	968	272	696	255	105	150
2021-22	1,174	920	343	577	254	107	147
2022-23	1,102	902	316	586	200	70	130
Average	1,279	1,279	351	623	1,279	129	175

California Lutheran University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.21% and the percentage of black students is 3.68% at California Lutheran University. 5.26% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California Lutheran University over the past 12 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	43	222	161	889	24	2,103	73
2013-14	39	245	158	973	25	2,069	79
2014-15	35	238	151	975	22	1,945	110
2015-16	35	203	142	1,036	18	1,866	174
2016-17	12	184	123	1,131	14	1,848	255
2017-18	13	193	130	1,268	9	1,777	273
2018-19	13	193	157	1,397	17	1,796	281
2019-20	9	196	140	1,540	21	1,739	270
2020-21	6	197	128	1,538	19	1,580	258
2021-22	7	191	125	1,435	15	1,484	209
2022-23	4	190	133	1,399	12	1,345	194
Average	20	205	141	1,235	18	1,777	198

California Lutheran University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

157 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -25.24% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California Lutheran University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,160	210	84	3,866
2015-16	4,126	188	102	3,836
2016-17	4,174	171	208	3,795
2017-18	4,236	158	298	3,780
2018-19	4,383	129	334	3,920
2019-20	4,303	99	270	3,934
2020-21	4,027	3,730	293	4
2021-22	3,766	181	377	3,208
2022-23	3,615	157	264	3,194
Average	4,088	558	248	3,282

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