Enrollment Trends at La Sierra

The student population at La Sierra University is 1,574 (1,226 undergraduate and 348 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 902 (36.43%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at La Sierra is 77.89% which is decreased by 877 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 25 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 68 male students for every 100 female students, down from 73 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (La Sierra University does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,034 where 1,574 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 2,476 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,574 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,476 to 1,574 students, a net loss of 902 (36.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,476	2,103	882	1,221	373	159	214
2016-17	2,384 -92	1,963 -140	811 -71	1,152 -69	421 48	179 20	242 28
2017-18	2,449 65	2,029 66	815 4	1,214 62	420 -1	164 -15	256 14
2018-19	2,339 -110	1,825 -204	737 -78	1,088 -126	514 94	171 7	343 87
2019-20	2,159 -180	1,746 -79	697 -40	1,049 -39	413 -101	157 -14	256 -87
2020-21	1,993 -166	1,577 -169	629 -68	948 -101	416 3	142 -15	274 18
2021-22	1,738 -255	1,351 -226	556 -73	795 -153	387 -29	128 -14	259 -15
2022-23	1,614 -124	1,263 -88	518 -38	745 -50	351 -36	125 -3	226 -33
2023-24	1,611 -3	1,244 -19	534 16	710 -35	367 16	140 15	227 1
2024-25	1,574 -37	1,226 -18	514 -20	712 2	348 -19	125 -15	223 -4
Average	2,034	1,633	669	963	401	149	252

La Sierra University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,633 where 1,226 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 Sierra University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,103	1,866	773	1,093	237	109	128
2016-17	1,963	1,780	738	1,042	183	73	110
2017-18	2,029	1,830	741	1,089	199	74	125
2018-19	1,825	1,630	651	979	195	86	109
2019-20	1,746	1,611	634	977	135	63	72
2020-21	1,577	1,343	531	812	234	98	136
2021-22	1,351	1,144	484	660	207	72	135
2022-23	1,263	1,167	479	688	96	39	57
2023-24	1,244	1,098	477	621	146	57	89
2024-25	1,226	1,069	444	625	157	70	87
Average	1,633	1,633	595	859	1,633	74	105

La Sierra University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 401 where 348 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 Sierra University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	373	243	111	132	130	48	82
2016-17	421	299	125	174	122	54	68
2017-18	420	212	92	120	208	72	136
2018-19	514	284	92	192	230	79	151
2019-20	413	293	114	179	120	43	77
2020-21	416	245	80	165	171	62	109
2021-22	387	249	77	172	138	51	87
2022-23	351	232	77	155	119	48	71
2023-24	367	246	101	145	121	39	82
2024-25	348	215	72	143	133	53	80
Average	401	401	94	158	401	55	94

La Sierra University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 12.26% and the percentage of black students is 8.45% at La Sierra University. 14.29% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 47.46% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 15.19% to 12.26%. Asian enrollment declined from 14.38% to 14.29%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.83% to 8.45%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 43.30% to 47.46%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7281 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7626 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at La Sierra 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	9	356	169	1,072	50	376	85
2016-17	8	336	161	1,026	54	386	83
2017-18	11	340	190	1,078	38	381	79
2018-19	11	344	184	1,010	30	364	77
2019-20	11	328	168	978	18	318	75
2020-21	7	309	159	931	19	260	87
2021-22	4	272	136	741	35	214	81
2022-23	6	265	107	767	11	203	82
2023-24	3	261	132	741	12	205	91
2024-25	6	225	133	747	22	193	98
Average	8	304	154	909	29	290	84

La Sierra University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at La Sierra

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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