Enrollment Trends at Lincoln

The student population at Lincoln University is 2,054 (1,926 undergraduate and 128 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 890 (30.23%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Lincoln is 93.77% which is decreased by 904 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 14 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 81 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
138 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 26.61% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,271 where 2,054 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,944 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,794 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,944 to 2,054 students, a net loss of 890 (30.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,944	2,830	1,274	1,556	114	44	70
2016-17	2,738 -206	2,618 -212	1,115 -159	1,503 -53	120 6	52 8	68 -2
2017-18	2,619 -119	2,512 -106	1,067 -48	1,445 -58	107 -13	50 -2	57 -11
2018-19	2,478 -141	2,377 -135	995 -72	1,382 -63	101 -6	45 -5	56 -1
2019-20	2,436 -42	2,323 -54	942 -53	1,381 -1	113 12	44 -1	69 13
2020-21	2,012 -424	1,892 -431	750 -192	1,142 -239	120 7	50 6	70 1
2021-22	1,794 -218	1,689 -203	678 -72	1,011 -131	105 -15	51 1	54 -16
2022-23	1,833 39	1,730 41	700 22	1,030 19	103 -2	50 -1	53 -1
2023-24	1,799 -34	1,707 -23	697 -3	1,010 -20	92 -11	44 -6	48 -5
2024-25	2,054 255	1,926 219	857 160	1,069 59	128 36	64 20	64 16
Average	2,271	2,160	908	1,253	110	49	61

Lincoln University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,160 where 1,926 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 University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,830	1,974	956	1,018	856	318	538
2016-17	2,618	1,851	818	1,033	767	297	470
2017-18	2,512	1,804	814	990	708	253	455
2018-19	2,377	1,693	724	969	684	271	413
2019-20	2,323	1,593	644	949	730	298	432
2020-21	1,892	1,312	536	776	580	214	366
2021-22	1,689	1,174	497	677	515	181	334
2022-23	1,730	1,184	495	689	546	205	341
2023-24	1,707	1,202	489	713	505	208	297
2024-25	1,926	1,378	644	734	548	213	335
Average	2,160	2,160	662	855	2,160	246	398

Lincoln University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 110 where 128 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 University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	114	53	24	29	61	20	41
2016-17	120	51	22	29	69	30	39
2017-18	107	40	17	23	67	33	34
2018-19	101	37	14	23	64	31	33
2019-20	113	47	14	33	66	30	36
2020-21	120	42	19	23	78	31	47
2021-22	105	34	13	21	71	38	33
2022-23	103	52	24	28	51	26	25
2023-24	92	41	20	21	51	24	27
2024-25	128	62	38	24	66	26	40
Average	110	110	21	25	110	29	36

Lincoln University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.65% and the percentage of black students is 38.32% at Lincoln University. 1.41% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 3.46% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 46.77% to 42.65%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.51% to 1.41%. Black student enrollment decreased from 41.34% to 38.32%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.28% to 3.46%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6684 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6090 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lincoln 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	15	1,217	67	1	1,377	82
2016-17	15	21	1,163	62	2	1,222	90
2017-18	10	20	1,216	61	2	1,062	78
2018-19	6	24	1,141	60	0	1,032	54
2019-20	9	27	1,051	58	3	994	58
2020-21	8	11	888	54	4	821	67
2021-22	6	11	822	42	5	725	51
2022-23	5	12	788	59	1	752	73
2023-24	5	17	766	59	1	720	71
2024-25	4	29	787	71	2	876	79
Average	8	19	984	59	2	958	70

Lincoln University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

138 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 26.61% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lincoln University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,944	109	462	2,373
2016-17	2,738	92	415	2,231
2017-18	2,619	78	524	2,017
2018-19	2,478	111	755	1,612
2019-20	2,436	105	706	1,625
2020-21	2,012	117	787	1,108
2021-22	1,794	164	708	922
2022-23	1,833	146	723	964
2023-24	1,799	143	788	868
2024-25	2,054	138	927	989
Average	2,271	120	680	1,471

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Enrollment Trends at Lincoln

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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