Enrollment Trends at Langston

The student population at Langston University is 1,937 (1,742 undergraduate and 195 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 606 (23.83%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Langston is 89.93% which is decreased by 417 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 189 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, up from 54 in 2015.
138 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 18.97% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,124 where 1,937 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,543 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,903 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,543 to 1,937 students, a net loss of 606 (23.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,543	2,159	785	1,374	384	109	275
2016-17	2,420 -123	2,050 -109	754 -31	1,296 -78	370 -14	100 -9	270 -5
2017-18	2,219 -201	2,033 -17	737 -17	1,296	186 -184	60 -40	126 -144
2018-19	2,119 -100	1,945 -88	718 -19	1,227 -69	174 -12	57 -3	117 -9
2019-20	2,190 71	2,026 81	757 39	1,269 42	164 -10	50 -7	114 -3
2020-21	2,038 -152	1,894 -132	678 -79	1,216 -53	144 -20	52 2	92 -22
2021-22	1,960 -78	1,814 -80	672 -6	1,142 -74	146 2	53 1	93 1
2022-23	1,903 -57	1,774 -40	693 21	1,081 -61	129 -17	49 -4	80 -13
2023-24	1,910 7	1,743 -31	721 28	1,022 -59	167 38	67 18	100 20
2024-25	1,937 27	1,742 -1	743 22	999 -23	195 28	85 18	110 10
Average	2,124	1,918	726	1,192	206	68	138

Langston University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,918 where 1,742 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 Langston University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,159	1,965	738	1,227	194	47	147
2016-17	2,050	1,835	685	1,150	215	69	146
2017-18	2,033	1,822	684	1,138	211	53	158
2018-19	1,945	1,720	634	1,086	225	84	141
2019-20	2,026	1,873	704	1,169	153	53	100
2020-21	1,894	1,750	607	1,143	144	71	73
2021-22	1,814	1,708	630	1,078	106	42	64
2022-23	1,774	1,676	649	1,027	98	44	54
2023-24	1,743	1,653	667	986	90	54	36
2024-25	1,742	1,652	699	953	90	44	46
Average	1,918	1,918	670	1,096	1,918	56	97

Langston University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 206 where 195 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 Langston University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	384	157	56	101	227	53	174
2016-17	370	150	49	101	220	51	169
2017-18	186	128	39	89	58	21	37
2018-19	174	111	37	74	63	20	43
2019-20	164	96	36	60	68	14	54
2020-21	144	83	28	55	61	24	37
2021-22	146	70	23	47	76	30	46
2022-23	129	72	23	49	57	26	31
2023-24	167	110	38	72	57	29	28
2024-25	195	131	51	80	64	34	30
Average	206	206	38	73	206	30	65

Langston University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 4.03% and the percentage of black students is 73.46% at Langston University. 0.41% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 10.85% to 4.03%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.55% to 0.41%. Black student enrollment decreased from 85.10% to 73.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.34% to 5.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4487 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2637 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Langston 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	29	14	2,164	34	2	276	5
2016-17	17	9	1,612	52	2	193	147
2017-18	29	7	1,523	47	0	144	191
2018-19	23	7	1,197	48	0	103	144
2019-20	180	17	1,534	35	1	152	79
2020-21	35	17	1,483	25	1	137	192
2021-22	50	13	1,561	31	5	140	61
2022-23	131	11	1,488	58	3	101	61
2023-24	126	8	1,433	90	3	84	63
2024-25	22	8	1,423	109	2	78	158
Average	64	11	1,542	53	2	141	110

Langston University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

138 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 18.97% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Langston University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,543	116	193	2,234
2016-17	2,420	220	208	1,992
2017-18	2,219	109	621	1,489
2018-19	2,119	82	505	1,532
2019-20	2,190	91	672	1,427
2020-21	2,038	34	583	1,421
2021-22	1,960	1,815	6	139
2022-23	1,903	71	917	915
2023-24	1,910	59	952	899
2024-25	1,937	138	997	802
Average	2,124	274	565	1,285

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Enrollment Trends at Langston

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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