Enrollment Trends at Lakeland

The student population at Lakeland University is 2,813 (2,411 undergraduate and 402 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 864 (23.50%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Lakeland is 85.71% which is decreased by 455 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 409 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 76 male students for every 100 female students, up from 65 in 2015.
526 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 453.68% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,745 where 2,813 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 3,677 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,094 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,677 to 2,813 students, a net loss of 864 (23.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,677	2,866	1,190	1,676	811	261	550
2016-17	3,230 -447	2,537 -329	1,076 -114	1,461 -215	693 -118	189 -72	504 -46
2017-18	2,679 -551	1,998 -539	854 -222	1,144 -317	681 -12	187 -2	494 -10
2018-19	2,497 -182	1,859 -139	793 -61	1,066 -78	638 -43	178 -9	460 -34
2019-20	2,511 14	1,787 -72	768 -25	1,019 -47	724 86	220 42	504 44
2020-21	2,753 242	2,112 325	854 86	1,258 239	641 -83	194 -26	447 -57
2021-22	2,094 -659	1,488 -624	635 -219	853 -405	606 -35	190 -4	416 -31
2022-23	2,406 312	1,898 410	826 191	1,072 219	508 -98	152 -38	356 -60
2023-24	2,786 380	2,318 420	1,043 217	1,275 203	468 -40	129 -23	339 -17
2024-25	2,813 27	2,411 93	1,097 54	1,314 39	402 -66	116 -13	286 -53
Average	2,745	2,127	914	1,214	617	182	436

Lakeland University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,127 where 2,411 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 Lakeland University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,866	928	473	455	1,938	717	1,221
2016-17	2,537	819	418	401	1,718	658	1,060
2017-18	1,998	779	402	377	1,219	452	767
2018-19	1,859	782	405	377	1,077	388	689
2019-20	1,787	803	409	394	984	359	625
2020-21	2,112	804	363	441	1,308	491	817
2021-22	1,488	751	359	392	737	276	461
2022-23	1,898	765	381	384	1,133	445	688
2023-24	2,318	750	387	363	1,568	656	912
2024-25	2,411	774	389	385	1,637	708	929
Average	2,127	2,127	399	397	2,127	515	817

Lakeland University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 617 where 402 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 Lakeland University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	811	103	26	77	708	235	473
2016-17	693	89	26	63	604	163	441
2017-18	681	80	17	63	601	170	431
2018-19	638	112	25	87	526	153	373
2019-20	724	114	30	84	610	190	420
2020-21	641	103	34	69	538	160	378
2021-22	606	107	30	77	499	160	339
2022-23	508	65	15	50	443	137	306
2023-24	468	60	16	44	408	113	295
2024-25	402	75	20	55	327	96	231
Average	617	617	24	67	617	158	369

Lakeland University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.20%. The percentage was 80.04% 10 years ago and Lakeland still has a high percentage of white students. 9.03% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.90% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.04% to 64.20%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.70% to 9.03%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.68% to 5.90%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.51% to 9.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5666 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3525 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lakeland 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	53	136	209	166	5	2,943	24
2016-17	45	114	178	123	5	2,579	43
2017-18	42	100	168	120	1	2,060	25
2018-19	41	112	186	157	1	1,836	23
2019-20	45	100	182	154	3	1,855	28
2020-21	39	115	141	156	2	2,028	39
2021-22	33	88	125	133	0	1,387	29
2022-23	24	115	136	190	0	1,704	41
2023-24	16	115	144	128	0	1,594	42
2024-25	13	254	166	272	1	1,806	42
Average	35	125	164	160	2	1,979	34

Lakeland University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

526 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 453.68% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lakeland University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,677	95	791	2,791
2016-17	3,230	202	621	2,407
2017-18	2,679	191	626	1,862
2018-19	2,497	190	662	1,645
2019-20	2,511	283	747	1,481
2020-21	2,753	411	1,453	889
2021-22	2,094	214	700	1,180
2022-23	2,406	348	657	1,401
2023-24	2,786	394	663	1,729
2024-25	2,813	526	568	1,719
Average	2,745	285	749	1,710

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Enrollment Trends at Lakeland

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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