Enrollment Trends at LVC

The student population at Lebanon Valley College is 2,146 (1,720 undergraduate and 426 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 228 (11.89%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at LVC is 80.15% which is decreased by 1 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 229 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, down from 84 in 2015.
192 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,642.86% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,995 where 2,146 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 2,146 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,910 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,918 to 2,146 students, a net gain of 228 (11.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lebanon Valley College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,918	1,721	803	918	197	71	126
2016-17	1,916 -2	1,712 -9	783 -20	929 11	204 7	82 11	122 -4
2017-18	1,910 -6	1,756 44	796 13	960 31	154 -50	59 -23	95 -27
2018-19	1,922 12	1,750 -6	811 15	939 -21	172 18	63 4	109 14
2019-20	1,915 -7	1,729 -21	793 -18	936 -3	186 14	69 6	117 8
2020-21	1,959 44	1,699 -30	763 -30	936	260 74	89 20	171 54
2021-22	2,041 82	1,691 -8	791 28	900 -36	350 90	123 34	227 56
2022-23	2,080 39	1,683 -8	769 -22	914 14	397 47	145 22	252 25
2023-24	2,142 62	1,710 27	754 -15	956 42	432 35	141 -4	291 39
2024-25	2,146 4	1,720 10	759 5	961 5	426 -6	128 -13	298 7
Average	1,995	1,717	782	935	278	97	181

Lebanon Valley College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,717 where 1,720 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 Lebanon Valley College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,721	1,608	743	865	113	60	53
2016-17	1,712	1,602	735	867	110	48	62
2017-18	1,756	1,624	735	889	132	61	71
2018-19	1,750	1,651	769	882	99	42	57
2019-20	1,729	1,638	754	884	91	39	52
2020-21	1,699	1,621	730	891	78	33	45
2021-22	1,691	1,607	752	855	84	39	45
2022-23	1,683	1,587	726	861	96	43	53
2023-24	1,710	1,641	724	917	69	30	39
2024-25	1,720	1,650	719	931	70	40	30
Average	1,717	1,717	739	884	1,717	44	51

Lebanon Valley College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 278 where 426 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 Lebanon Valley College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	197	93	26	67	104	45	59
2016-17	204	95	32	63	109	50	59
2017-18	154	80	30	50	74	29	45
2018-19	172	95	38	57	77	25	52
2019-20	186	106	38	68	80	31	49
2020-21	260	141	46	95	119	43	76
2021-22	350	190	47	143	160	76	84
2022-23	397	217	70	147	180	75	105
2023-24	432	223	71	152	209	70	139
2024-25	426	238	68	170	188	60	128
Average	278	278	47	101	278	50	80

Lebanon Valley College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 83.04%. The percentage was 81.75% 10 years ago and LVC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.96% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.75% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.06% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 81.75% to 83.04%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.24% to 1.96%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.08% to 2.75%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.21% to 6.06%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3048 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.3270 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lebanon Valley College 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	7	43	59	100	1	1,568	41
2016-17	2	43	56	104	1	1,550	45
2017-18	3	43	68	108	1	1,539	49
2018-19	2	47	61	103	1	1,605	48
2019-20	1	42	59	110	1	1,599	53
2020-21	1	50	53	111	1	1,627	64
2021-22	1	46	55	132	1	1,689	68
2022-23	0	43	68	123	1	1,744	61
2023-24	3	43	62	131	1	1,770	61
2024-25	3	42	59	130	1	1,782	63
Average	2	44	60	115	1	1,647	55

Lebanon Valley College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

192 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,642.86% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lebanon Valley College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,918	7	13	1,898
2016-17	1,916	21	103	1,792
2017-18	1,910	22	81	1,807
2018-19	1,922	38	154	1,730
2019-20	1,915	40	154	1,721
2020-21	1,959	93	1,556	310
2021-22	2,041	99	898	1,044
2022-23	2,080	157	270	1,653
2023-24	2,142	178	370	1,594
2024-25	2,146	192	573	1,381
Average	1,995	85	417	1,493

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Enrollment Trends at LVC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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