Enrollment Trends at Lander

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,484 where 4,378 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

86.25% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.75% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,117 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 560 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.10 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Lander than male students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,229 where 3,776 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 Lander University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 255 where 602 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 Lander University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 66.40%. The percentage was 57.50% 10 years ago and Lander still has a high percentage of white students. 0.07% of enrolled students is Asian and 22.27% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 57.50% to 66.40%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.48% to 0.07%. Black student enrollment decreased from 29.62% to 22.27%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.15% to 1.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5064 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5811 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

1,004 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 979.57% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lander University from 2015 to 2025.