Enrollment Trends at Limestone

The student population at Limestone University is 1,807 (1,545 undergraduate and 262 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,332 (42.43%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Limestone is 85.50% which is decreased by 1,520 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 188 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 91 male students for every 100 female students, up from 83 in 2015.
787 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -24.47% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,262 where 1,807 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 3,139 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,782 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,139 to 1,807 students, a net loss of 1,332 (42.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,139	3,065	1,389	1,676	74	32	42
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	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
2023-24	1,782 -4	1,598 -4	788 7	810 -11	184	83 8	101 -8
2024-25	1,807 25	1,545 -53	755 -33	790 -20	262 78	107 24	155 54
Average	2,262	2,134	978	1,156	128	55	73

Limestone University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,134 where 1,545 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 Limestone University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,598	1,312	678	634	286	110	176
2024-25	1,545	1,276	653	623	269	102	167
Average	2,134	2,134	802	841	2,134	177	315

Limestone University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 128 where 262 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 Limestone University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	184	55	16	39	129	67	62
2024-25	262	119	30	89	143	77	66
Average	128	128	30	50	128	25	24

Limestone University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.18% and the percentage of black students is 30.88% at Limestone University. 0.66% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 11.07% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 41.76% to 38.18%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.45% to 0.66%. Black student enrollment decreased from 46.29% to 30.88%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.15% to 11.07%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7456 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6103 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Limestone 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	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
2023-24	9	15	368	230	0	664	27
2024-25	7	12	558	200	1	690	55
Average	11	13	881	106	1	962	23

Limestone University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

787 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 44% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -24.47% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Limestone University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	1,782	643	1,047	92
2024-25	1,807	787	864	156
Average	2,262	909	560	793

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Enrollment Trends at Limestone

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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