Enrollment Trends at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe

The student population at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University is 204 (196 undergraduate and 8 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 167 (45.01%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe is 96.08% which is decreased by 175 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 8 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 30 male students for every 100 female students, down from 47 in 2015.
139 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 135.59% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 277 where 204 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 371 students in 2016 and was lowest at 204 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 371 to 204 students, a net loss of 167 (45%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	371	371	118	253	0	0	0
2016-17	288 -83	288 -83	107 -11	181 -72	0	0	0
2017-18	211 -77	211 -77	61 -46	150 -31	0	0	0
2018-19	231 20	231 20	49 -12	182 32	0	0	0
2019-20	339 108	339 108	102 53	237 55	0	0	0
2020-21	278 -61	278 -61	61 -41	217 -20	0	0	0
2021-22	306 28	306 28	58 -3	248 31	0	0	0
2022-23	303 -3	288 -18	70 12	218 -30	15 15	0	15 15
2023-24	234 -69	213 -75	49 -21	164 -54	21 6	0	21 6
2024-25	204 -30	196 -17	47 -2	149 -15	8 -13	0	8 -13
Average	277	272	72	200	4	0	4

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 272 where 196 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 Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	371	156	47	109	215	71	144
2016-17	288	106	34	72	182	73	109
2017-18	211	105	31	74	106	30	76
2018-19	231	104	30	74	127	19	108
2019-20	339	140	47	93	199	55	144
2020-21	278	134	31	103	144	30	114
2021-22	306	110	19	91	196	39	157
2022-23	288	101	20	81	187	50	137
2023-24	213	70	14	56	143	35	108
2024-25	196	52	9	43	144	38	106
Average	272	272	28	80	272	44	120

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4 where 8 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 Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	15	15	0	15	0	0	0
2023-24	21	11	0	11	10	0	10
2024-25	8	4	0	4	4	0	4
Average	4	4	0	3	4	0	1

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 18.14% and the percentage of black students is 3.92% at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 17.52% to 18.14%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.89% to 3.92%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3581 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3366 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe 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	295	2	7	2	0	65	0
2016-17	201	1	6	1	0	74	4
2017-18	156	1	7	3	1	38	5
2018-19	180	0	3	2	0	46	0
2019-20	226	0	21	0	0	92	0
2020-21	223	0	26	1	0	28	0
2021-22	236	0	30	1	0	29	0
2022-23	238	0	15	4	0	39	1
2023-24	185	1	9	0	0	39	0
2024-25	159	0	8	0	0	37	0
Average	210	1	13	1	0	49	1

Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

139 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 68% of total students. The number of online students has increased 135.59% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	371	59	159	153
2016-17	288	13	102	173
2017-18	211	0	210	1
2018-19	231	201	14	16
2019-20	339	20	143	176
2020-21	278	0	0	278
2021-22	306	0	246	60
2022-23	303	47	218	38
2023-24	234	31	192	11
2024-25	204	139	37	28
Average	277	51	132	93

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Enrollment Trends at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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