Enrollment Trends at Graceland University-Lamoni

The student population at Graceland University-Lamoni is 1,102 (798 undergraduate and 304 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,198 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Graceland University-Lamoni is 72.41% which is decreased by 756 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 442 and it has been decreasing.

The female to male ratio is 1.07 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

328 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -68.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,700 where 1,102 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

72.41% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.59% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 756 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 442 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.07 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Graceland University-Lamoni.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Graceland University-Lamoni since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,300	1,554	682	872	746	109	637
2016-17	2,233 -67	1,449 -105	599 -83	850 -22	784 38	114 5	670 33
2017-18	2,262 29	1,403 -46	614 15	789 -61	859 75	108 -6	751 81
2018-19	1,993 -269	1,181 -222	493 -121	688 -101	812 -47	107 -1	705 -46
2019-20	1,733 -260	1,032 -149	449 -44	583 -105	701 -111	107	594 -111
2020-21	1,517 -216	959 -73	421 -28	538 -45	558 -143	87 -20	471 -123
2021-22	1,427 -90	957 -2	465 44	492 -46	470 -88	76 -11	394 -77
2022-23	1,237 -190	885 -72	498 33	387 -105	352 -118	64 -12	288 -106
2023-24	1,195 -42	902 17	541 43	361 -26	293 -59	47 -17	246 -42
2024-25	1,102 -93	798 -104	469 -72	329 -32	304 11	64 17	240 -6
Average	1,700	1,112	523	589	588	88	500

Graceland University-Lamoni Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,112 where 798 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 Graceland University-Lamoni since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,554	1,241	578	663	313	104	209
2016-17	1,449	1,167	514	653	282	85	197
2017-18	1,403	1,061	501	560	342	113	229
2018-19	1,181	1,023	456	567	158	37	121
2019-20	1,032	898	390	508	134	59	75
2020-21	959	868	396	472	91	25	66
2021-22	957	877	440	437	80	25	55
2022-23	885	818	474	344	67	24	43
2023-24	902	868	534	334	34	7	27
2024-25	798	774	465	309	24	4	20
Average	1,112	1,112	475	485	1,112	48	104

Graceland University-Lamoni Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 588 where 304 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 Graceland University-Lamoni since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	746	381	66	315	365	43	322
2016-17	784	413	59	354	371	55	316
2017-18	859	465	63	402	394	45	349
2018-19	812	449	65	384	363	42	321
2019-20	701	314	48	266	387	59	328
2020-21	558	244	36	208	314	51	263
2021-22	470	225	40	185	245	36	209
2022-23	352	158	29	129	194	35	159
2023-24	293	129	24	105	164	23	141
2024-25	304	181	43	138	123	21	102
Average	588	588	47	249	588	41	251

Graceland University-Lamoni Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.00%. The percentage was 61.39% 10 years ago and Graceland University-Lamoni still has a high percentage of white students. 1.45% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.70% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 61.39% to 52.00%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.30% to 1.45%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.48% to 16.70%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.91% to 11.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6851 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6100 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Graceland University-Lamoni 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	11	30	172	182	19	1,412	71
2016-17	10	28	161	178	17	1,414	67
2017-18	14	36	172	161	17	1,387	67
2018-19	13	34	149	151	19	1,305	70
2019-20	13	29	124	130	17	1,167	60
2020-21	13	27	133	128	17	989	58
2021-22	9	24	159	122	18	856	57
2022-23	7	21	153	114	18	675	51
2023-24	5	20	183	136	12	611	51
2024-25	2	16	184	129	11	573	57
Average	10	27	159	143	17	1,039	61

Graceland University-Lamoni Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

328 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 30% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -68.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Graceland University-Lamoni from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,300	1,025	1,263	12
2016-17	2,233	1,054	240	939
2017-18	2,262	1,114	332	816
2018-19	1,993	820	202	971
2019-20	1,733	689	150	894
2020-21	1,517	567	130	820
2021-22	1,427	462	0	965
2022-23	1,237	352	0	885
2023-24	1,195	313	153	729
2024-25	1,102	328	206	568
Average	1,700	672	268	760

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Enrollment Trends at Graceland University-Lamoni

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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