Enrollment Trends at California Lutheran

The student population at California Lutheran University is 3,351 (2,297 undergraduate and 1,054 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 775 (18.78%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at California Lutheran is 68.55% which is decreased by 513 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 262 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, down from 71 in 2015.
225 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 19.68% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,939 where 3,351 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 4,383 students in 2019 and was lowest at 3,351 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,126 to 3,351 students, a net loss of 775 (18.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at California Lutheran University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,126	2,810	1,197	1,613	1,316	518	798
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	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
2023-24	3,413 -202	2,380 -133	1,103 -56	1,277 -77	1,033 -69	346 -40	687 -29
2024-25	3,351 -62	2,297 -83	1,039 -64	1,258 -19	1,054 21	344 -2	710 23
Average	3,939	2,739	1,210	1,529	1,201	432	768

California Lutheran University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,739 where 2,297 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California Lutheran University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,380	2,334	1,079	1,255	46	24	22
2024-25	2,297	2,249	1,020	1,229	48	19	29
Average	2,739	2,739	1,171	1,478	2,739	39	51

California Lutheran University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,201 where 1,054 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California Lutheran University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,033	857	291	566	176	55	121
2024-25	1,054	851	275	576	203	69	134
Average	1,201	1,201	332	616	1,201	101	153

California Lutheran University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.18% and the percentage of black students is 3.91% at California Lutheran University. 4.92% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 41.09% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 45.23% to 35.18%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.44% to 3.91%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 25.11% to 41.09%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7004 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7269 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California Lutheran University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	3	165	115	1,383	13	1,210	186
2024-25	4	165	131	1,377	10	1,179	182
Average	11	188	132	1,350	15	1,582	228

California Lutheran University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

225 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 19.68% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California Lutheran University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	3,413	159	273	2,981
2024-25	3,351	225	281	2,845
Average	3,939	520	270	3,150

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Enrollment Trends at California Lutheran

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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