Enrollment Trends at Lenoir-Rhyne

The student population at Lenoir-Rhyne University is 2,256 (1,472 undergraduate and 784 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 35 (1.58%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Lenoir-Rhyne is 65.25% which is decreased by 115 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 150 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 67 male students for every 100 female students, up from 60 in 2015.
347 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 47.66% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,467 where 2,256 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 2,742 students in 2020 and was lowest at 2,221 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,221 to 2,256 students, a net gain of 35 (1.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,221	1,587	670	917	634	162	472
2016-17	2,523 302	1,710 123	689 19	1,021 104	813 179	225 63	588 116
2017-18	2,557 34	1,699 -11	693 4	1,006 -15	858 45	234 9	624 36
2018-19	2,700 143	1,825 126	735 42	1,090 84	875 17	227 -7	648 24
2019-20	2,742 42	1,846 21	756 21	1,090	896 21	234 7	662 14
2020-21	2,686 -56	1,783 -63	735 -21	1,048 -42	903 7	207 -27	696 34
2021-22	2,405 -281	1,579 -204	666 -69	913 -135	826 -77	213 6	613 -83
2022-23	2,354 -51	1,529 -50	666	863 -50	825 -1	211 -2	614 1
2023-24	2,230 -124	1,477 -52	661 -5	816 -47	753 -72	186 -25	567 -47
2024-25	2,256 26	1,472 -5	689 28	783 -33	784 31	216 30	568 1
Average	2,467	1,651	696	955	817	212	605

Lenoir-Rhyne University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,651 where 1,472 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 Lenoir-Rhyne University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,587	1,378	607	771	209	63	146
2016-17	1,710	1,453	604	849	257	85	172
2017-18	1,699	1,441	618	823	258	75	183
2018-19	1,825	1,566	658	908	259	77	182
2019-20	1,846	1,589	686	903	257	70	187
2020-21	1,783	1,566	666	900	217	69	148
2021-22	1,579	1,388	608	780	191	58	133
2022-23	1,529	1,336	595	741	193	71	122
2023-24	1,477	1,310	597	713	167	64	103
2024-25	1,472	1,315	624	691	157	65	92
Average	1,651	1,651	626	808	1,651	70	147

Lenoir-Rhyne University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 817 where 784 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 Lenoir-Rhyne University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	634	299	73	226	335	89	246
2016-17	813	408	118	290	405	107	298
2017-18	858	438	117	321	420	117	303
2018-19	875	511	117	394	364	110	254
2019-20	896	544	130	414	352	104	248
2020-21	903	539	113	426	364	94	270
2021-22	826	478	115	363	348	98	250
2022-23	825	429	106	323	396	105	291
2023-24	753	395	95	300	358	91	267
2024-25	784	439	111	328	345	105	240
Average	817	817	110	339	817	102	267

Lenoir-Rhyne University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.87%. The percentage was 66.23% 10 years ago and Lenoir-Rhyne still has a high percentage of white students. 1.77% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.99% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.56% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.23% to 65.87%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.22% to 1.77%. Black student enrollment increased from 12.02% to 12.99%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.59% to 6.56%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5432 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5440 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lenoir-Rhyne 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	10	27	267	102	0	1,471	54
2016-17	12	36	295	132	1	1,610	72
2017-18	11	38	289	133	0	1,679	85
2018-19	15	39	279	163	1	1,744	94
2019-20	8	52	284	193	0	1,839	115
2020-21	15	46	294	188	0	1,850	116
2021-22	16	36	267	154	3	1,634	94
2022-23	12	41	321	57	0	1,561	172
2023-24	11	43	271	143	1	1,487	89
2024-25	10	40	293	148	0	1,486	85
Average	12	40	286	141	1	1,636	98

Lenoir-Rhyne University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

347 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 47.66% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lenoir-Rhyne University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,221	235	555	1,431
2016-17	2,523	243	628	1,652
2017-18	2,557	285	747	1,525
2018-19	2,700	294	795	1,611
2019-20	2,742	244	661	1,837
2020-21	2,686	367	1,067	1,252
2021-22	2,405	315	1,286	804
2022-23	2,354	375	1,237	742
2023-24	2,230	189	1,066	975
2024-25	2,256	347	1,107	802
Average	2,467	289	915	1,263

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Enrollment Trends at Lenoir-Rhyne

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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