Enrollment Trends at LMU

The student population at Lincoln Memorial University is 5,418 (1,560 undergraduate and 3,858 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,080 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at LMU is 28.79% which is decreased by 291 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,371 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.03 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

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

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,556 where 5,418 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

28.79% of total students is undergraduate students and 71.21% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 291 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,371 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.03 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in LMU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,338	1,851	571	1,280	2,487	991	1,496
2013-14	3,952 -386	1,713 -138	486 -85	1,227 -53	2,239 -248	917 -74	1,322 -174
2014-15	3,735 -217	1,699 -14	505 19	1,194 -33	2,036 -203	862 -55	1,174 -148
2015-16	3,983 248	1,675 -24	474 -31	1,201 7	2,308 272	992 130	1,316 142
2016-17	4,254 271	1,659 -16	484 10	1,175 -26	2,595 287	1,103 111	1,492 176
2017-18	4,770 516	1,919 260	570 86	1,349 174	2,851 256	1,193 90	1,658 166
2018-19	4,798 28	1,953 34	555 -15	1,398 49	2,845 -6	1,132 -61	1,713 55
2019-20	4,867 69	1,975 22	582 27	1,393 -5	2,892 47	1,143 11	1,749 36
2020-21	4,885 18	1,817 -158	515 -67	1,302 -91	3,068 176	1,198 55	1,870 121
2021-22	5,118 233	1,673 -144	481 -34	1,192 -110	3,445 377	1,268 70	2,177 307
2022-23	5,418 300	1,560 -113	464 -17	1,096 -96	3,858 413	1,326 58	2,532 355
Average	4,556	1,772	517	1,255	2,784	1,102	1,682

Lincoln Memorial University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,772 where 1,560 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 Lincoln Memorial University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,851	1,410	472	938	441	99	342
2013-14	1,713	1,249	358	891	464	128	336
2014-15	1,699	1,298	423	875	401	82	319
2015-16	1,675	1,220	379	841	455	95	360
2016-17	1,659	1,189	411	778	470	73	397
2017-18	1,919	1,355	463	892	564	107	457
2018-19	1,953	1,395	449	946	558	106	452
2019-20	1,975	1,427	489	938	548	93	455
2020-21	1,817	1,305	431	874	512	84	428
2021-22	1,673	1,209	402	807	464	79	385
2022-23	1,560	1,206	401	805	354	63	291
Average	1,772	1,772	425	871	1,772	92	384

Lincoln Memorial University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,784 where 3,858 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 Lincoln Memorial University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,487	1,921	795	1,126	566	196	370
2013-14	2,239	1,798	759	1,039	441	158	283
2014-15	2,036	1,612	701	911	424	161	263
2015-16	2,308	1,930	846	1,084	378	146	232
2016-17	2,595	2,185	954	1,231	410	149	261
2017-18	2,851	2,459	1,058	1,401	392	135	257
2018-19	2,845	2,429	995	1,434	416	137	279
2019-20	2,892	2,456	997	1,459	436	146	290
2020-21	3,068	2,706	1,078	1,628	362	120	242
2021-22	3,445	3,075	1,146	1,929	370	122	248
2022-23	3,858	3,493	1,195	2,298	365	131	234
Average	2,784	2,784	957	1,413	2,784	146	269

Lincoln Memorial University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.54%. The percentage was 73.63% 10 years ago and LMU still has a high percentage of white students. 6.94% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.54% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lincoln Memorial 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	14	112	267	62	0	3,194	9
2013-14	9	138	207	68	0	3,042	33
2014-15	10	177	186	13	0	2,907	64
2015-16	11	197	193	29	4	2,980	125
2016-17	34	240	204	55	14	3,169	0
2017-18	35	266	251	29	2	3,560	0
2018-19	42	249	264	26	1	3,609	0
2019-20	43	302	269	12	1	3,704	0
2020-21	44	349	268	8	1	3,682	0
2021-22	40	348	254	232	1	3,712	0
2022-23	32	376	300	255	10	3,876	0
Average	29	250	242	72	3	3,403	21

Lincoln Memorial University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

407 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lincoln Memorial University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,735	0	0	3,735
2015-16	3,983	47	0	3,936
2016-17	4,254	58	0	4,196
2017-18	4,770	143	0	4,627
2018-19	4,798	197	0	4,601
2019-20	4,867	501	0	4,366
2020-21	4,885	489	0	4,396
2021-22	5,118	346	1,298	3,474
2022-23	5,418	407	1,195	3,816
Average	4,648	243	277	4,127

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