Enrollment Trends at Life

The student population at Life University is 2,714 (899 undergraduate and 1,815 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4 (0.15%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Life is 33.12% which is increased by 178 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 174 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 100 male students for every 100 female students, down from 103 in 2015.
281 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 376.27% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,722 where 2,714 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,787 students in 2022 and was lowest at 2,619 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,710 to 2,714 students, a net gain of 4 (0.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,710	721	351	370	1,989	1,022	967
2016-17	2,692 -18	718 -3	325 -26	393 23	1,974 -15	990 -32	984 17
2017-18	2,619 -73	755 37	348 23	407 14	1,864 -110	959 -31	905 -79
2018-19	2,746 127	898 143	405 57	493 86	1,848 -16	946 -13	902 -3
2019-20	2,724 -22	879 -19	409 4	470 -23	1,845 -3	917 -29	928 26
2020-21	2,761 37	941 62	442 33	499 29	1,820 -25	882 -35	938 10
2021-22	2,787 26	921 -20	446 4	475 -24	1,866 46	904 22	962 24
2022-23	2,753 -34	915 -6	463 17	452 -23	1,838 -28	882 -22	956 -6
2023-24	2,711 -42	873 -42	453 -10	420 -32	1,838	889 7	949 -7
2024-25	2,714 3	899 26	440 -13	459 39	1,815 -23	916 27	899 -50
Average	2,722	852	408	444	1,870	931	939

Life University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 852 where 899 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 Life University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	721	521	266	255	200	85	115
2016-17	718	531	252	279	187	73	114
2017-18	755	624	299	325	131	49	82
2018-19	898	727	353	374	171	52	119
2019-20	879	729	356	373	150	53	97
2020-21	941	753	378	375	188	64	124
2021-22	921	746	385	361	175	61	114
2022-23	915	766	410	356	149	53	96
2023-24	873	748	399	349	125	54	71
2024-25	899	786	389	397	113	51	62
Average	852	852	349	344	852	60	99

Life University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,870 where 1,815 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 Life University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,989	1,790	934	856	199	88	111
2016-17	1,974	1,754	900	854	220	90	130
2017-18	1,864	1,634	865	769	230	94	136
2018-19	1,848	1,650	866	784	198	80	118
2019-20	1,845	1,673	839	834	172	78	94
2020-21	1,820	1,645	804	841	175	78	97
2021-22	1,866	1,627	789	838	239	115	124
2022-23	1,838	1,597	783	814	241	99	142
2023-24	1,838	1,652	808	844	186	81	105
2024-25	1,815	1,621	835	786	194	81	113
Average	1,870	1,870	842	822	1,870	88	117

Life University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 40.05% and the percentage of black students is 20.85% at Life University. 3.54% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 20.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.43% to 40.05%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.69% to 3.54%. Black student enrollment increased from 17.34% to 20.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.73% to 20.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7518 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7555 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Life 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	24	73	470	345	0	1,204	0
2016-17	37	96	498	396	0	1,449	0
2017-18	31	83	488	411	0	1,386	4
2018-19	30	87	513	586	0	1,282	0
2019-20	36	118	544	583	0	1,221	0
2020-21	33	93	581	429	0	1,276	3
2021-22	33	95	573	596	0	1,203	0
2022-23	40	108	573	572	0	1,136	0
2023-24	41	101	557	555	0	1,125	0
2024-25	48	96	566	561	0	1,087	5
Average	35	95	536	503	0	1,237	1

Life University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

281 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 increased 376.27% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Life University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,710	0	178	2,532
2016-17	2,692	59	187	2,446
2017-18	2,619	33	440	2,146
2018-19	2,746	44	784	1,918
2019-20	2,724	94	742	1,888
2020-21	2,761	2,761	0	0
2021-22	2,787	192	794	1,801
2022-23	2,753	215	807	1,731
2023-24	2,711	252	1,494	965
2024-25	2,714	281	1,709	724
Average	2,722	393	714	1,615

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Enrollment Trends at Life

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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