Enrollment Trends at LIM

The student population at LIM College is 1,467 (1,188 undergraduate and 279 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 233 (13.71%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at LIM is 80.98% which is decreased by 327 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 94 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 13 male students for every 100 female students, up from 8 in 2015.
536 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 530.59% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,593 where 1,467 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 1,781 students in 2019 and was lowest at 1,310 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,700 to 1,467 students, a net loss of 233 (13.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,700	1,515	105	1,410	185	15	170
2016-17	1,720 20	1,499 -16	122 17	1,377 -33	221 36	11 -4	210 40
2017-18	1,713 -7	1,427 -72	136 14	1,291 -86	286 65	17 6	269 59
2018-19	1,781 68	1,503 76	164 28	1,339 48	278 -8	24 7	254 -15
2019-20	1,749 -32	1,461 -42	152 -12	1,309 -30	288 10	31 7	257 3
2020-21	1,681 -68	1,349 -112	153 1	1,196 -113	332 44	18 -13	314 57
2021-22	1,442 -239	1,203 -146	133 -20	1,070 -126	239 -93	16 -2	223 -91
2022-23	1,310 -132	1,080 -123	113 -20	967 -103	230 -9	21 5	209 -14
2023-24	1,371 61	1,142 62	131 18	1,011 44	229 -1	26 5	203 -6
2024-25	1,467 96	1,188 46	135 4	1,053 42	279 50	28 2	251 48
Average	1,593	1,337	134	1,202	257	21	236

LIM College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,337 where 1,188 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 LIM College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,515	1,428	99	1,329	87	6	81
2016-17	1,499	1,400	113	1,287	99	9	90
2017-18	1,427	1,305	123	1,182	122	13	109
2018-19	1,503	1,391	149	1,242	112	15	97
2019-20	1,461	1,276	126	1,150	185	26	159
2020-21	1,349	1,164	130	1,034	185	23	162
2021-22	1,203	1,128	123	1,005	75	10	65
2022-23	1,080	986	108	878	94	5	89
2023-24	1,142	1,082	126	956	60	5	55
2024-25	1,188	1,075	122	953	113	13	100
Average	1,337	1,337	122	1,102	1,337	13	101

LIM College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 257 where 279 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 LIM College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	185	113	8	105	72	7	65
2016-17	221	147	9	138	74	2	72
2017-18	286	176	8	168	110	9	101
2018-19	278	153	17	136	125	7	118
2019-20	288	128	17	111	160	14	146
2020-21	332	188	11	177	144	7	137
2021-22	239	133	10	123	106	6	100
2022-23	230	155	16	139	75	5	70
2023-24	229	159	18	141	70	8	62
2024-25	279	191	18	173	88	10	78
Average	257	257	13	141	257	8	95

LIM College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 34.36% and the percentage of black students is 25.29% at LIM College. 7.70% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 18.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 52.06% to 34.36%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.82% to 7.70%. Black student enrollment increased from 15.06% to 25.29%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.24% to 18.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7789 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6877 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at LIM 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	13	99	256	208	8	885	19
2016-17	14	107	270	166	7	873	30
2017-18	21	128	303	131	8	828	18
2018-19	16	138	343	200	11	743	7
2019-20	11	129	340	263	9	650	9
2020-21	11	120	379	297	5	653	8
2021-22	10	96	301	277	8	573	3
2022-23	8	89	302	249	4	472	1
2023-24	7	106	305	264	3	487	1
2024-25	8	113	371	267	5	504	0
Average	12	113	317	232	7	667	10

LIM College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

536 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has increased 530.59% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at LIM College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,700	85	1,054	561
2016-17	1,720	141	980	599
2017-18	1,713	249	955	509
2018-19	1,781	257	957	567
2019-20	1,749	302	708	739
2020-21	1,681	1,109	559	13
2021-22	1,442	696	713	33
2022-23	1,310	538	747	25
2023-24	1,371	442	797	132
2024-25	1,467	536	668	263
Average	1,593	436	814	344

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Enrollment Trends at LIM

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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