Enrollment Trends at Lake Superior State

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,890 where 1,567 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

98.98% of total students is undergraduate students and 1.02% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 698 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 16 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.22 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Lake Superior State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lake Superior State University since 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,888 where 1,551 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 Lake Superior State University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2 where 16 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 Lake Superior State University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 70.52%. The percentage was 79.41% 10 years ago and Lake Superior State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.02% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.62% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.98% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.41% to 70.52%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.58% to 1.02%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.87% to 2.62%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 2.13% to 1.98%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4934 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3613 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

128 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 652.94% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lake Superior State University from 2015 to 2025.