Enrollment Trends at LRC

The student population at La Roche University is 2,153 (1,828 undergraduate and 325 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 630 (41.37%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at LRC is 84.90% which is increased by 430 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 200 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 77 male students for every 100 female students, up from 75 in 2015.
83 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -46.10% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,682 where 2,153 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 2,618 students in 2024 and was lowest at 1,235 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,523 to 2,153 students, a net gain of 630 (41.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,523	1,398	614	784	125	39	86
2016-17	1,555 32	1,406 8	637 23	769 -15	149 24	42 3	107 21
2017-18	1,535 -20	1,378 -28	626 -11	752 -17	157 8	47 5	110 3
2018-19	1,443 -92	1,289 -89	566 -60	723 -29	154 -3	54 7	100 -10
2019-20	1,401 -42	1,241 -48	539 -27	702 -21	160 6	52 -2	108 8
2020-21	1,292 -109	1,085 -156	449 -90	636 -66	207 47	61 9	146 38
2021-22	1,235 -57	934 -151	359 -90	575 -61	301 94	66 5	235 89
2022-23	2,068 833	1,739 805	684 325	1,055 480	329 28	89 23	240 5
2023-24	2,618 550	2,300 561	808 124	1,492 437	318 -11	117 28	201 -39
2024-25	2,153 -465	1,828 -472	827 19	1,001 -491	325 7	108 -9	217 16
Average	1,682	1,460	611	849	223	68	155

La Roche University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,460 where 1,828 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 La Roche University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,398	1,162	539	623	236	75	161
2016-17	1,406	1,151	544	607	255	93	162
2017-18	1,378	1,163	552	611	215	74	141
2018-19	1,289	1,118	504	614	171	62	109
2019-20	1,241	1,070	482	588	171	57	114
2020-21	1,085	942	393	549	143	56	87
2021-22	934	798	316	482	136	43	93
2022-23	1,739	677	273	404	1,062	411	651
2023-24	2,300	703	307	396	1,597	501	1,096
2024-25	1,828	671	311	360	1,157	516	641
Average	1,460	1,460	422	523	1,460	189	326

La Roche University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 223 where 325 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 La Roche University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	125	76	24	52	49	15	34
2016-17	149	87	21	66	62	21	41
2017-18	157	79	25	54	78	22	56
2018-19	154	69	19	50	85	35	50
2019-20	160	75	27	48	85	25	60
2020-21	207	142	42	100	65	19	46
2021-22	301	237	46	191	64	20	44
2022-23	329	256	61	195	73	28	45
2023-24	318	246	81	165	72	36	36
2024-25	325	232	71	161	93	37	56
Average	223	223	42	108	223	26	47

La Roche University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.37%. The percentage was 61.46% 10 years ago and LRC still has a high percentage of white students. 4.13% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.18% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 61.46% to 68.37%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.12% to 4.13%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.68% to 6.18%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.30% to 2.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5242 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.6155 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at La Roche 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	2	17	117	35	0	936	24
2016-17	4	21	137	37	3	924	31
2017-18	5	25	133	49	1	968	30
2018-19	2	17	125	66	1	897	35
2019-20	1	16	129	60	2	827	35
2020-21	1	17	141	58	1	751	40
2021-22	1	23	136	47	1	701	49
2022-23	0	22	79	37	35	658	55
2023-24	0	76	120	61	3	1,279	406
2024-25	2	89	133	63	5	1,472	96
Average	2	32	125	51	5	941	80

La Roche University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

83 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -46.10% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at La Roche University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,523	154	354	1,015
2016-17	1,555	159	355	1,041
2017-18	1,535	141	374	1,020
2018-19	1,443	135	366	942
2019-20	1,401	118	492	791
2020-21	1,292	106	615	571
2021-22	1,235	100	701	434
2022-23	2,068	76	770	1,222
2023-24	2,618	68	579	1,971
2024-25	2,153	83	585	1,485
Average	1,682	114	519	1,049

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