Enrollment Trends at Lindsey Wilson

The student population at Lindsey Wilson University is 4,193 (1,722 undergraduate and 2,471 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,542 (58.17%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Lindsey Wilson is 41.07% which is decreased by 476 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,018 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 121 male students for every 100 female students, up from 58 in 2015.
824 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 662.96% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,977 where 4,193 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 4,193 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,565 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,651 to 4,193 students, a net gain of 1,542 (58.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,651	2,198	891	1,307	453	83	370
2016-17	2,588 -63	2,143 -55	851 -40	1,292 -15	445 -8	88 5	357 -13
2017-18	2,565 -23	2,068 -75	806 -45	1,262 -30	497 52	95 7	402 45
2018-19	2,589 24	2,040 -28	798 -8	1,242 -20	549 52	105 10	444 42
2019-20	2,591 2	2,019 -21	782 -16	1,237 -5	572 23	110 5	462 18
2020-21	2,764 173	1,974 -45	764 -18	1,210 -27	790 218	218 108	572 110
2021-22	2,618 -146	1,764 -210	705 -59	1,059 -151	854 64	306 88	548 -24
2022-23	3,159 541	1,753 -11	768 63	985 -74	1,406 552	774 468	632 84
2023-24	4,055 896	1,783 30	774 6	1,009 24	2,272 866	1,409 635	863 231
2024-25	4,193 138	1,722 -61	747 -27	975 -34	2,471 199	1,547 138	924 61
Average	2,977	1,946	789	1,158	1,031	474	557

Lindsey Wilson University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,946 where 1,722 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 Lindsey Wilson University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,198	2,071	847	1,224	127	44	83
2016-17	2,143	2,005	797	1,208	138	54	84
2017-18	2,068	1,919	758	1,161	149	48	101
2018-19	2,040	1,896	740	1,156	144	58	86
2019-20	2,019	1,851	726	1,125	168	56	112
2020-21	1,974	1,796	715	1,081	178	49	129
2021-22	1,764	1,628	648	980	136	57	79
2022-23	1,753	1,541	703	838	212	65	147
2023-24	1,783	1,578	693	885	205	81	124
2024-25	1,722	1,515	673	842	207	74	133
Average	1,946	1,946	730	1,050	1,946	59	108

Lindsey Wilson University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,031 where 2,471 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 Lindsey Wilson University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	453	424	80	344	29	3	26
2016-17	445	385	73	312	60	15	45
2017-18	497	458	83	375	39	12	27
2018-19	549	368	73	295	181	32	149
2019-20	572	497	86	411	75	24	51
2020-21	790	671	182	489	119	36	83
2021-22	854	462	222	240	392	84	308
2022-23	1,406	1,024	675	349	382	99	283
2023-24	2,272	1,854	1,281	573	418	128	290
2024-25	2,471	2,071	1,437	634	400	110	290
Average	1,031	1,031	419	402	1,031	54	155

Lindsey Wilson University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.94% and the percentage of black students is 6.08% at Lindsey Wilson University. 0.83% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 0.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 68.43% to 35.94%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.45% to 0.83%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.79% to 6.08%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.17% to 0.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8664 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.5237 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lindsey Wilson 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	12	233	31	2	1,814	39
2016-17	11	11	228	29	2	1,737	46
2017-18	9	16	197	18	2	1,610	40
2018-19	7	6	224	18	3	1,593	51
2019-20	4	16	228	18	5	1,707	46
2020-21	7	32	251	10	6	1,779	59
2021-22	8	61	221	8	7	1,702	65
2022-23	11	134	256	8	2	1,670	75
2023-24	18	243	241	13	3	1,714	80
2024-25	13	35	255	2	4	1,507	104
Average	10	57	233	16	4	1,683	61

Lindsey Wilson University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

824 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 662.96% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lindsey Wilson University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,651	108	511	2,032
2016-17	2,588	187	543	1,858
2017-18	2,565	261	601	1,703
2018-19	2,589	396	688	1,505
2019-20	2,591	619	619	1,353
2020-21	2,764	717	1,069	978
2021-22	2,618	760	842	1,016
2022-23	3,159	710	759	1,690
2023-24	4,055	754	832	2,469
2024-25	4,193	824	1,992	1,377
Average	2,977	534	846	1,598

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Enrollment Trends at Lindsey Wilson

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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