Enrollment Trends at Lasell

The student population at Lasell University is 1,668 (1,293 undergraduate and 375 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 492 (22.78%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Lasell is 77.52% which is decreased by 522 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 30 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 56 male students for every 100 female students, up from 50 in 2015.
268 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 44.09% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,881 where 1,668 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 2,160 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,527 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,160 to 1,668 students, a net loss of 492 (22.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,160	1,815	622	1,193	345	97	248
2016-17	2,064 -96	1,788 -27	623 1	1,165 -28	276 -69	82 -15	194 -54
2017-18	2,055 -9	1,731 -57	630 7	1,101 -64	324 48	108 26	216 22
2018-19	2,060 5	1,674 -57	606 -24	1,068 -33	386 62	144 36	242 26
2019-20	2,041 -19	1,639 -35	594 -12	1,045 -23	402 16	175 31	227 -15
2020-21	1,951 -90	1,492 -147	566 -28	926 -119	459 57	202 27	257 30
2021-22	1,695 -256	1,301 -191	472 -94	829 -97	394 -65	163 -39	231 -26
2022-23	1,591 -104	1,247 -54	439 -33	808 -21	344 -50	145 -18	199 -32
2023-24	1,527 -64	1,183 -64	416 -23	767 -41	344	133 -12	211 12
2024-25	1,668 141	1,293 110	464 48	829 62	375 31	137 4	238 27
Average	1,881	1,516	543	973	365	139	226

Lasell University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,516 where 1,293 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 Lasell University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,815	1,788	611	1,177	27	11	16
2016-17	1,788	1,747	605	1,142	41	18	23
2017-18	1,731	1,669	606	1,063	62	24	38
2018-19	1,674	1,624	581	1,043	50	25	25
2019-20	1,639	1,604	576	1,028	35	18	17
2020-21	1,492	1,450	544	906	42	22	20
2021-22	1,301	1,267	456	811	34	16	18
2022-23	1,247	1,192	416	776	55	23	32
2023-24	1,183	1,097	380	717	86	36	50
2024-25	1,293	1,176	423	753	117	41	76
Average	1,516	1,516	520	942	1,516	23	32

Lasell University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 365 where 375 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 Lasell University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	345	51	19	32	294	78	216
2016-17	276	27	9	18	249	73	176
2017-18	324	33	13	20	291	95	196
2018-19	386	38	16	22	348	128	220
2019-20	402	23	12	11	379	163	216
2020-21	459	42	18	24	417	184	233
2021-22	394	28	10	18	366	153	213
2022-23	344	28	16	12	316	129	187
2023-24	344	53	18	35	291	115	176
2024-25	375	72	27	45	303	110	193
Average	365	365	16	24	365	123	203

Lasell University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.09%. The percentage was 67.50% 10 years ago and Lasell still has a high percentage of white students. 2.40% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.61% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.50% to 58.09%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.99% to 2.40%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.62% to 10.61%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.18% to 12.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6341 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5336 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lasell 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	3	43	143	155	1	1,458	61
2016-17	1	37	131	167	1	1,388	44
2017-18	2	44	144	177	1	1,308	48
2018-19	2	44	158	191	2	1,263	43
2019-20	2	52	179	198	1	1,251	50
2020-21	4	58	192	191	1	1,174	60
2021-22	2	52	167	171	0	1,085	55
2022-23	1	47	181	186	1	972	46
2023-24	3	45	159	176	1	885	45
2024-25	3	40	177	206	2	969	61
Average	2	46	163	182	1	1,175	51

Lasell University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

268 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 44.09% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lasell University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,160	186	77	1,897
2016-17	2,064	152	72	1,840
2017-18	2,055	164	163	1,728
2018-19	2,060	224	250	1,586
2019-20	2,041	308	332	1,401
2020-21	1,951	957	993	1
2021-22	1,695	343	840	512
2022-23	1,591	315	955	321
2023-24	1,527	256	765	506
2024-25	1,668	268	911	489
Average	1,881	317	536	1,028

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Enrollment Trends at Lasell

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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