Enrollment Trends at Lake Superior State

The student population at Lake Superior State University is 1,567 (1,551 undergraduate and 16 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 682 (30.32%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Lake Superior State is 98.98% which is decreased by 698 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 16 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 82 male students for every 100 female students, down from 97 in 2015.
128 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 652.94% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,249 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,567 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,249 to 1,567 students, a net loss of 682 (30.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,249	2,249	1,106	1,143	0	0	0
2016-17	2,099 -150	2,099 -150	1,023 -83	1,076 -67	0	0	0
2017-18	1,963 -136	1,963 -136	948 -75	1,015 -61	0	0	0
2018-19	1,991 28	1,991 28	950 2	1,041 26	0	0	0
2019-20	1,984 -7	1,984 -7	909 -41	1,075 34	0	0	0
2020-21	1,909 -75	1,909 -75	861 -48	1,048 -27	0	0	0
2021-22	1,812 -97	1,812 -97	801 -60	1,011 -37	0	0	0
2022-23	1,655 -157	1,655 -157	740 -61	915 -96	0	0	0
2023-24	1,669 14	1,669 14	732 -8	937 22	0	0	0
2024-25	1,567 -102	1,551 -118	699 -33	852 -85	16 16	8 8	8 8
Average	1,890	1,888	877	1,011	2	1	1

Lake Superior State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,249	1,807	905	902	442	201	241
2016-17	2,099	1,811	897	914	288	126	162
2017-18	1,963	1,706	842	864	257	106	151
2018-19	1,991	1,669	826	843	322	124	198
2019-20	1,984	1,542	741	801	442	168	274
2020-21	1,909	1,474	682	792	435	179	256
2021-22	1,812	1,406	641	765	406	160	246
2022-23	1,655	1,295	605	690	360	135	225
2023-24	1,669	1,218	564	654	451	168	283
2024-25	1,551	1,165	549	616	386	150	236
Average	1,888	1,888	725	784	1,888	152	227

Lake Superior State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Men
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	0	0	0	0	0
2024-25	16	0	16	8	8
Average	2	2	2	1	1

Lake Superior State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

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).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	191	13	42	48	0	1,786	0
2016-17	183	10	25	41	0	1,674	0
2017-18	162	11	17	36	0	1,572	0
2018-19	166	16	26	35	2	1,614	0
2019-20	178	19	31	45	1	1,586	0
2020-21	163	25	23	29	0	1,272	0
2021-22	117	15	16	21	0	844	0
2022-23	79	11	10	13	0	531	0
2023-24	128	15	28	7	2	1,209	92
2024-25	112	16	41	31	4	1,105	87
Average	148	15	26	31	1	1,319	18

Lake Superior State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,249	17	494	1,738
2016-17	2,099	5	132	1,962
2017-18	1,963	42	213	1,708
2018-19	1,991	79	214	1,698
2019-20	1,984	41	292	1,651
2020-21	1,909	68	690	1,151
2021-22	1,812	65	638	1,109
2022-23	1,655	83	541	1,031
2023-24	1,669	105	461	1,103
2024-25	1,567	128	521	918
Average	1,890	63	420	1,407

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Enrollment Trends at Lake Superior State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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