Enrollment Trends at LMU

The student population at Lincoln Memorial University is 6,081 (1,668 undergraduate and 4,413 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,098 (52.67%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at LMU is 27.43% which is decreased by 7 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,105 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 44 male students for every 100 female students, down from 58 in 2015.
567 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,106.38% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,998 where 6,081 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 3,983 to 6,081 students, a gain of 2,098 (52.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,983	1,675	474	1,201	2,308	992	1,316
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
2023-24	5,805 387	1,605 45	499 35	1,106 10	4,200 342	1,356 30	2,844 312
2024-25	6,081 276	1,668 63	493 -6	1,175 69	4,413 213	1,367 11	3,046 202
Average	4,998	1,750	512	1,239	3,248	1,208	2,040

Lincoln Memorial University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,750 where 1,668 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 Lincoln Memorial University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,605	1,268	424	844	337	75	262
2024-25	1,668	1,335	434	901	333	59	274
Average	1,750	1,750	428	863	1,750	83	376

Lincoln Memorial University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,248 where 4,413 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 Lincoln Memorial University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	4,200	3,799	1,236	2,563	401	120	281
2024-25	4,413	4,024	1,231	2,793	389	136	253
Average	3,248	3,248	1,074	1,782	3,248	134	258

Lincoln Memorial University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.11%. The percentage was 74.82% 10 years ago and LMU still has a high percentage of white students. 6.84% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.02% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.82% to 71.11%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.95% to 6.84%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.85% to 5.02%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.73% to 6.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4835 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4344 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lincoln Memorial 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	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
2023-24	49	390	308	318	14	4,209	0
2024-25	46	416	305	365	14	4,324	0
Average	38	313	262	133	6	3,683	13

Lincoln Memorial University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

567 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,106.38% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lincoln Memorial University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	5,805	475	1,311	4,019
2024-25	6,081	567	1,287	4,227
Average	4,998	323	509	4,166

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Enrollment Trends at LMU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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