Enrollment Trends at Lenoir-Rhyne

The student population at Lenoir-Rhyne University is 2,354 (1,529 undergraduate and 825 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 492 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Lenoir-Rhyne is 64.95% which is decreased by 15 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 507 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.68 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

375 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 186.26% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,363 where 2,354 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

64.95% of total students is undergraduate students and 35.05% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 15 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 507 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.68 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Lenoir-Rhyne than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lenoir-Rhyne University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,862	1,544	633	911	318	76	242
2013-14	1,898 36	1,491 -53	620 -13	871 -40	407 89	107 31	300 58
2014-15	2,050 152	1,524 33	651 31	873 2	526 119	118 11	408 108
2015-16	2,221 171	1,587 63	670 19	917 44	634 108	162 44	472 64
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 0	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 0	863 -50	825 -1	211 -2	614 1
Average	2,363	1,647	683	964	716	183	533

Lenoir-Rhyne University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,647 where 1,529 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Lenoir-Rhyne University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,544	1,397	573	824	147	60	87
2013-14	1,491	1,306	556	750	185	64	121
2014-15	1,524	1,334	596	738	190	55	135
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
Average	1,647	1,647	615	817	1,647	68	147

Lenoir-Rhyne University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 716 where 825 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Lenoir-Rhyne University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	318	183	35	148	135	41	94
2013-14	407	213	53	160	194	54	140
2014-15	526	251	48	203	275	70	205
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
Average	716	716	93	297	716	90	236

Lenoir-Rhyne University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.31%. The percentage was 67.88% 10 years ago and Lenoir-Rhyne still has a high percentage of white students. 1.74% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.64% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lenoir-Rhyne University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	6	30	208	66	3	1,264	32
2013-14	9	32	228	81	1	1,333	36
2014-15	12	30	266	60	1	1,513	52
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
Average	11	37	273	121	1	1,591	84

Lenoir-Rhyne University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

375 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 186.26% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lenoir-Rhyne University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,050	131	535	1,384
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
Average	2,471	277	835	1,360

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