Enrollment Trends at Lander

The student population at Lander University is 4,167 (3,562 undergraduate and 605 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,118 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Lander is 85.48% which is increased by 593 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 525 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.16 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

794 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 735.79% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,165 where 4,167 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.48% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.52% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 593 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 525 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.16 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 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,049	2,969	914	2,055	80	10	70
2013-14	2,877 -172	2,792 -177	859 -55	1,933 -122	85 5	12 2	73 3
2014-15	2,787 -90	2,717 -75	853 -6	1,864 -69	70 -15	14 2	56 -17
2015-16	2,701 -86	2,659 -58	837 -16	1,822 -42	42 -28	13 -1	29 -27
2016-17	2,772 71	2,734 75	841 4	1,893 71	38 -4	9 -4	29 0
2017-18	2,849 77	2,787 53	876 35	1,911 18	62 24	13 4	49 20
2018-19	3,044 195	2,970 183	941 65	2,029 118	74 12	18 5	56 7
2019-20	3,226 182	3,144 174	1,004 63	2,140 111	82 8	16 -2	66 10
2020-21	3,513 287	3,391 247	1,070 66	2,321 181	122 40	40 24	82 16
2021-22	3,825 312	3,599 208	1,127 57	2,472 151	226 104	66 26	160 78
2022-23	4,167 342	3,562 -37	1,150 23	2,412 -60	605 379	167 101	438 278
Average	3,165	3,029	952	2,077	135	34	101

Lander University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,029 where 3,562 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Lander University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,969	2,706	840	1,866	263	74	189
2013-14	2,792	2,586	797	1,789	206	62	144
2014-15	2,717	2,524	801	1,723	193	52	141
2015-16	2,659	2,446	757	1,689	213	80	133
2016-17	2,734	2,551	793	1,758	183	48	135
2017-18	2,787	2,600	828	1,772	187	48	139
2018-19	2,970	2,764	873	1,891	206	68	138
2019-20	3,144	2,941	935	2,006	203	69	134
2020-21	3,391	3,159	1,002	2,157	232	68	164
2021-22	3,599	3,206	1,003	2,203	393	124	269
2022-23	3,562	3,197	1,033	2,164	365	117	248
Average	3,029	3,029	878	1,911	3,029	74	167

Lander University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 135 where 605 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Lander University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	80	7	4	3	73	6	67
2013-14	85	6	0	6	79	12	67
2014-15	70	4	0	4	66	14	52
2015-16	42	0	0	0	42	13	29
2016-17	38	0	0	0	38	9	29
2017-18	62	19	3	16	43	10	33
2018-19	74	25	4	21	49	14	35
2019-20	82	15	3	12	67	13	54
2020-21	122	42	17	25	80	23	57
2021-22	226	78	21	57	148	45	103
2022-23	605	120	46	74	485	121	364
Average	135	135	9	20	135	25	81

Lander University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.23%. The percentage was 57.07% 10 years ago and Lander still has a high percentage of white students. 0.26% of enrolled students is Asian and 22.37% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lander University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	10	12	995	38	7	1,740	54
2013-14	7	11	926	39	2	1,631	58
2014-15	4	42	858	36	2	1,626	55
2015-16	6	13	800	31	3	1,553	53
2016-17	8	12	782	42	2	1,649	61
2017-18	9	59	754	59	6	1,757	86
2018-19	9	12	785	62	5	1,893	105
2019-20	20	30	821	83	5	2,069	122
2020-21	16	30	862	80	8	2,280	157
2021-22	20	19	894	84	20	2,507	170
2022-23	25	11	932	79	30	2,760	178
Average	12	23	855	58	8	1,951	100

Lander University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

794 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 735.79% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lander University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,787	95	612	2,080
2015-16	2,701	93	514	2,094
2016-17	2,772	81	600	2,091
2017-18	2,849	90	613	2,146
2018-19	3,044	102	917	2,025
2019-20	3,226	124	1,318	1,784
2020-21	3,513	276	2,578	659
2021-22	3,825	400	1,508	1,917
2022-23	4,167	794	1,714	1,659
Average	3,209	228	1,153	1,828

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