Enrollment Trends at Lee

The student population at Lee University is 3,714 (3,271 undergraduate and 443 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,327 (26.32%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Lee is 88.07% which is decreased by 1,289 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 38 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 62 male students for every 100 female students, down from 72 in 2015.
358 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -43.97% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,732 where 3,714 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 5,386 students in 2019 and was lowest at 3,680 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,041 to 3,714 students, a net loss of 1,327 (26.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,041	4,560	1,885	2,675	481	228	253
2016-17	5,302 261	4,821 261	1,893 8	2,928 253	481	221 -7	260 7
2017-18	5,370 68	4,860 39	1,847 -46	3,013 85	510 29	243 22	267 7
2018-19	5,386 16	4,883 23	1,891 44	2,992 -21	503 -7	228 -15	275 8
2019-20	5,189 -197	4,686 -197	1,839 -52	2,847 -145	503	222 -6	281 6
2020-21	5,204 15	4,670 -16	1,777 -62	2,893 46	534 31	241 19	293 12
2021-22	4,505 -699	3,950 -720	1,495 -282	2,455 -438	555 21	230 -11	325 32
2022-23	3,927 -578	3,446 -504	1,341 -154	2,105 -350	481 -74	203 -27	278 -47
2023-24	3,680 -247	3,253 -193	1,240 -101	2,013 -92	427 -54	183 -20	244 -34
2024-25	3,714 34	3,271 18	1,244 4	2,027 14	443 16	171 -12	272 28
Average	4,732	4,240	1,645	2,595	492	217	275

Lee University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,240 where 3,271 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 Lee University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,560	3,785	1,512	2,273	775	373	402
2016-17	4,821	3,828	1,428	2,400	993	465	528
2017-18	4,860	3,854	1,392	2,462	1,006	455	551
2018-19	4,883	3,780	1,365	2,415	1,103	526	577
2019-20	4,686	3,677	1,382	2,295	1,009	457	552
2020-21	4,670	3,459	1,249	2,210	1,211	528	683
2021-22	3,950	3,041	1,099	1,942	909	396	513
2022-23	3,446	2,673	997	1,676	773	344	429
2023-24	3,253	2,432	892	1,540	821	348	473
2024-25	3,271	2,414	922	1,492	857	322	535
Average	4,240	4,240	1,224	2,071	4,240	421	524

Lee University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 492 where 443 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 Lee University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	481	227	99	128	254	129	125
2016-17	481	219	89	130	262	132	130
2017-18	510	225	102	123	285	141	144
2018-19	503	195	74	121	308	154	154
2019-20	503	178	61	117	325	161	164
2020-21	534	202	69	133	332	172	160
2021-22	555	161	52	109	394	178	216
2022-23	481	180	75	105	301	128	173
2023-24	427	150	65	85	277	118	159
2024-25	443	169	61	108	274	110	164
Average	492	492	75	116	492	142	159

Lee University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.86%. The percentage was 74.01% 10 years ago and Lee still has a high percentage of white students. 1.48% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.09% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.96% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.01% to 71.86%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.95% to 1.48%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.32% to 4.09%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.49% to 2.96%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4782 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4479 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lee 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	25	48	268	176	9	3,731	62
2016-17	23	50	283	211	10	3,962	95
2017-18	26	48	259	170	12	4,059	130
2018-19	19	40	254	151	8	4,125	154
2019-20	19	47	221	137	6	3,994	169
2020-21	10	52	244	134	6	3,810	190
2021-22	12	61	214	151	5	3,410	158
2022-23	10	56	170	89	5	2,940	176
2023-24	10	44	151	101	8	2,753	176
2024-25	15	55	152	110	10	2,669	189
Average	17	50	222	143	8	3,545	150

Lee University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

358 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -43.97% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lee University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,041	639	21	4,381
2016-17	5,302	648	62	4,592
2017-18	5,370	623	111	4,636
2018-19	5,386	540	211	4,635
2019-20	5,189	495	241	4,453
2020-21	5,204	619	305	4,280
2021-22	4,505	552	359	3,594
2022-23	3,927	450	300	3,177
2023-24	3,680	422	367	2,891
2024-25	3,714	358	401	2,955
Average	4,732	535	238	3,959

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Enrollment Trends at Lee

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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