Enrollment Trends at Lincoln

The student population at Lincoln University is 436 (204 undergraduate and 232 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 138 (24.04%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Lincoln is 46.79% which is increased by 39 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 177 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 152 male students for every 100 female students, up from 104 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Lincoln University does not offer online degree/certificate program).

School Home 2024 Student Population

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 510 where 436 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 792 students in 2017 and was lowest at 370 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 574 to 436 students, a net loss of 138 (24%).

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	574	165	96	69	409	197	212
2016-17	792 218	138 -27	56 -40	82 13	654 245	400 203	254 42
2017-18	659 -133	107 -31	45 -11	62 -20	552 -102	342 -58	210 -44
2018-19	573 -86	92 -15	44 -1	48 -14	481 -71	274 -68	207 -3
2019-20	475 -98	95 3	43 -1	52 4	380 -101	215 -59	165 -42
2020-21	371 -104	88 -7	45 2	43 -9	283 -97	148 -67	135 -30
2021-22	370 -1	168 80	131 86	37 -6	202 -81	123 -25	79 -56
2022-23	377 7	177 9	130 -1	47 10	200 -2	133 10	67 -12
2023-24	474 97	223 46	170 40	53 6	251 51	140 7	111 44
2024-25	436 -38	204 -19	139 -31	65 12	232 -19	124 -16	108 -3
Average	510	146	90	56	364	210	155

Lincoln University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 146 where 204 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	165	131	92	39	34	4	30
2016-17	138	98	48	50	40	8	32
2017-18	107	72	40	32	35	5	30
2018-19	92	74	39	35	18	5	13
2019-20	95	67	37	30	28	6	22
2020-21	88	79	41	38	9	4	5
2021-22	168	161	127	34	7	4	3
2022-23	177	171	125	46	6	5	1
2023-24	223	222	169	53	1	1	0
2024-25	204	202	137	65	2	2	0
Average	146	146	86	42	146	4	14

Lincoln University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 364 where 232 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	409	407	196	211	2	1	1
2016-17	654	651	399	252	3	1	2
2017-18	552	549	341	208	3	1	2
2018-19	481	474	270	204	7	4	3
2019-20	380	374	211	163	6	4	2
2020-21	283	278	144	134	5	4	1
2021-22	202	201	122	79	1	1	0
2022-23	200	199	132	67	1	1	0
2023-24	251	250	139	111	1	1	0
2024-25	232	231	123	108	1	1	0
Average	364	364	208	154	364	2	1

Lincoln University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 13.07% and the percentage of black students is 11.24% at Lincoln University. 2.06% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 3.44% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 4.53% to 13.07%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.31% to 2.06%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.14% to 11.24%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.00% to 3.44%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9687 which indicates that highly diverse. This decreased from 0.9959 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	0	19	18	0	26	0
2016-17	0	25	12	4	40	0
2017-18	0	13	12	4	25	0
2018-19	0	20	7	3	14	9
2019-20	0	32	8	3	16	7
2020-21	0	22	8	4	12	1
2021-22	0	17	92	4	30	0
2022-23	0	7	95	8	25	0
2023-24	0	7	116	12	20	0
2024-25	0	9	49	15	57	0
Average	0	17	42	6	27	2

Lincoln University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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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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