Enrollment Trends at Lincoln Christian

The student population at Lincoln Christian University is 185 (45 undergraduate and 140 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 693 (78.93%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Lincoln Christian is 24.32% which is decreased by 483 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 210 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2024, there were 134 male students for every 100 female students, up from 131 in 2015.
72 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -67.27% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 599 where 185 students are attending the school for the academic year 2023-2024.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2024, with 1 year-over-year increase and 7 decreases. It peaked at 878 students in 2016 and was lowest at 185 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 878 to 185 students, a net loss of 693 (78.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	878	528	286	242	350	212	138
2016-17	775 -103	464 -64	229 -57	235 -7	311 -39	177 -35	134 -4
2017-18	789 14	466 2	229	237 2	323 12	200 23	123 -11
2018-19	714 -75	415 -51	206 -23	209 -28	299 -24	196 -4	103 -20
2019-20	672 -42	378 -37	196 -10	182 -27	294 -5	192 -4	102 -1
2020-21	581 -91	308 -70	176 -20	132 -50	273 -21	171 -21	102
2021-22	537 -44	287 -21	166 -10	121 -11	250 -23	145 -26	105 3
2022-23	258 -279	87 -200	51 -115	36 -85	171 -79	100 -45	71 -34
2023-24	185 -73	45 -42	31 -20	14 -22	140 -31	75 -25	65 -6
Average	599	331	174	156	268	163	105

Lincoln Christian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 10 years is 331 where 45 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2023-2024. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Lincoln Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	528	417	234	183	111	52	59
2016-17	464	362	185	177	102	44	58
2017-18	466	349	182	167	117	47	70
2018-19	415	337	175	162	78	31	47
2019-20	378	304	161	143	74	35	39
2020-21	308	259	152	107	49	24	25
2021-22	287	237	136	101	50	30	20
2022-23	87	51	31	20	36	20	16
2023-24	45	21	18	3	24	13	11
Average	331	331	142	118	331	33	38

Lincoln Christian University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 10 years is 268 where 140 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2023-2024. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Lincoln Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	350	95	58	37	255	154	101
2016-17	311	79	38	41	232	139	93
2017-18	323	97	55	42	226	145	81
2018-19	299	97	59	38	202	137	65
2019-20	294	82	46	36	212	146	66
2020-21	273	101	56	45	172	115	57
2021-22	250	81	36	45	169	109	60
2022-23	171	50	16	34	121	84	37
2023-24	140	38	11	27	102	64	38
Average	268	268	42	38	268	121	66

Lincoln Christian University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.00%. The percentage was 77.79% 10 years ago and Lincoln Christian still has a high percentage of white students. 1.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.73% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.70% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 77.79% to 80.00%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.48% to 1.62%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.23% to 9.73%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.53% to 2.70%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3494 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.3844 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lincoln Christian University over the past 10 years (2015-2024).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	10	13	81	31	2	683	17
2016-17	9	6	59	21	34	560	9
2017-18	3	7	68	12	1	637	12
2018-19	1	7	47	11	2	601	10
2019-20	0	7	47	13	2	561	11
2020-21	0	9	60	18	1	455	9
2021-22	2	8	44	25	1	426	6
2022-23	0	5	24	9	0	199	5
2023-24	0	3	18	5	0	148	2
Average	3	7	50	16	5	474	9

Lincoln Christian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

72 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2023-2024, which is 39% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -67.27% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lincoln Christian University from 2015 to 2024.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	878	220	302	356
2016-17	775	200	149	426
2017-18	789	222	111	456
2018-19	714	216	104	394
2019-20	672	127	162	383
2020-21	595	121	173	301
2021-22	537	142	92	303
2022-23	258	95	83	80
2023-24	185	72	45	68
Average	600	157	136	307

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Enrollment Trends at Lincoln Christian

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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