Enrollment Trends at Limestone

The student population at Limestone University is 1,786 (1,602 undergraduate and 184 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,659 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Limestone is 89.70% which is decreased by 1,806 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 147 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.09 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

731 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -33.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,636 where 1,786 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.70% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.30% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,806 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 147 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.09 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Limestone.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,445	3,408	1,339	2,069	37	13	24
2013-14	3,307 -138	3,241 -167	1,398 59	1,843 -226	66 29	28 15	38 14
2014-15	3,214 -93	3,137 -104	1,383 -15	1,754 -89	77 11	30 2	47 9
2015-16	3,139 -75	3,065 -72	1,389 6	1,676 -78	74 -3	32 2	42 -5
2016-17	3,015 -124	2,946 -119	1,285 -104	1,661 -15	69 -5	25 -7	44 2
2017-18	2,661 -354	2,597 -349	1,161 -124	1,436 -225	64 -5	25 0	39 -5
2018-19	2,442 -219	2,375 -222	1,045 -116	1,330 -106	67 3	31 6	36 -3
2019-20	2,206 -236	2,116 -259	946 -99	1,170 -160	90 23	48 17	42 6
2020-21	1,943 -263	1,818 -298	834 -112	984 -186	125 35	62 14	63 21
2021-22	1,840 -103	1,680 -138	798 -36	882 -102	160 35	58 -4	102 39
2022-23	1,786 -54	1,602 -78	781 -17	821 -61	184 24	75 17	109 7
Average	2,636	2,544	1,124	1,421	92	39	53

Limestone University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,544 where 1,602 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 Limestone University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,408	2,299	939	1,360	1,109	400	709
2013-14	3,241	2,386	1,088	1,298	855	310	545
2014-15	3,137	2,307	1,091	1,216	830	292	538
2015-16	3,065	2,252	1,091	1,161	813	298	515
2016-17	2,946	2,156	1,005	1,151	790	280	510
2017-18	2,597	1,943	936	1,007	654	225	429
2018-19	2,375	1,797	836	961	578	209	369
2019-20	2,116	1,647	782	865	469	164	305
2020-21	1,818	1,399	694	705	419	140	279
2021-22	1,680	1,335	666	669	345	132	213
2022-23	1,602	1,314	676	638	288	105	183
Average	2,544	2,544	891	1,003	2,544	232	418

Limestone University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 92 where 184 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 Limestone University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	37	3	2	1	34	11	23
2013-14	66	4	3	1	62	25	37
2014-15	77	4	2	2	73	28	45
2015-16	74	1	0	1	73	32	41
2016-17	69	41	13	28	28	12	16
2017-18	64	64	25	39	0	0	0
2018-19	67	39	18	21	28	13	15
2019-20	90	83	46	37	7	2	5
2020-21	125	97	41	56	28	21	7
2021-22	160	139	49	90	21	9	12
2022-23	184	159	62	97	25	13	12
Average	92	92	24	34	92	15	19

Limestone University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.02% and the percentage of black students is 32.75% at Limestone University. 0.73% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Limestone 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	18	16	1,725	69	0	1,458	7
2013-14	14	17	1,651	78	0	1,372	10
2014-15	9	11	1,521	92	1	1,404	13
2015-16	12	14	1,453	99	0	1,311	12
2016-17	10	16	1,329	95	0	1,304	10
2017-18	11	13	1,140	86	1	1,192	3
2018-19	16	14	1,055	83	0	1,083	2
2019-20	12	12	952	92	2	1,015	1
2020-21	6	9	675	61	1	728	46
2021-22	11	12	693	65	1	811	38
2022-23	11	13	585	49	5	822	34
Average	12	13	1,162	79	1	1,136	16

Limestone University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

731 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 41% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -33.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Limestone University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,214	1,091	552	1,571
2015-16	3,139	1,042	653	1,444
2016-17	3,015	1,067	584	1,364
2017-18	2,661	1,002	494	1,165
2018-19	2,442	1,361	0	1,081
2019-20	2,206	678	90	1,438
2020-21	1,943	957	535	451
2021-22	1,840	823	566	451
2022-23	1,786	731	771	284
Average	2,472	972	472	1,028

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