Enrollment Trends at LC

The student population at Linfield University is 1,754 (1,720 undergraduate and 34 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 91 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at LC is 98.06% which is increased by 57 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 34 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.87 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

106 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,414.29% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,556 where 1,754 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

98.06% of total students is undergraduate students and 1.94% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 57 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 34 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.87 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in LC than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,663	1,663	657	1,006	0	0	0
2013-14	1,671 8	1,671 8	669 12	1,002 -4	0 0	0 0	0 0
2014-15	1,683 12	1,683 12	645 -24	1,038 36	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	1,700 17	1,700 17	680 35	1,020 -18	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	1,632 -68	1,632 -68	620 -60	1,012 -8	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	1,535 -97	1,535 -97	613 -7	922 -90	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	1,376 -159	1,376 -159	543 -70	833 -89	0 0	0 0	0 0
2019-20	1,414 38	1,414 38	538 -5	876 43	0 0	0 0	0 0
2020-21	1,392 -22	1,392 -22	534 -4	858 -18	0 0	0 0	0 0
2021-22	1,297 -95	1,283 -109	509 -25	774 -84	14 14	9 9	5 5
2022-23	1,754 457	1,720 437	597 88	1,123 349	34 20	14 5	20 15
Average	1,556	1,552	600	951	4	2	2

Linfield University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,552 where 1,720 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 Linfield University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,663	1,633	644	989	30	13	17
2013-14	1,671	1,630	650	980	41	19	22
2014-15	1,683	1,644	629	1,015	39	16	23
2015-16	1,700	1,663	662	1,001	37	18	19
2016-17	1,632	1,602	603	999	30	17	13
2017-18	1,535	1,505	600	905	30	13	17
2018-19	1,376	1,334	526	808	42	17	25
2019-20	1,414	1,383	526	857	31	12	19
2020-21	1,392	1,365	522	843	27	12	15
2021-22	1,283	1,241	491	750	42	18	24
2022-23	1,720	1,601	562	1,039	119	35	84
Average	1,552	1,552	583	926	1,552	17	25

Linfield University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 4 where 34 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 Linfield University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	14	11	7	4	3	2	1
2022-23	34	15	10	5	19	4	15
Average	4	4	2	1	4	1	1

Linfield University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.32%. The percentage was 63.08% 10 years ago and LC still has a high percentage of white students. 6.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.43% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Linfield 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	16	102	26	137	8	1,049	137
2013-14	17	98	31	157	9	1,058	164
2014-15	14	96	29	169	10	1,046	181
2015-16	13	79	34	218	12	997	213
2016-17	12	83	31	222	11	969	185
2017-18	11	77	30	250	13	889	153
2018-19	12	61	29	240	19	804	108
2019-20	11	67	19	263	16	858	99
2020-21	11	79	28	273	9	853	106
2021-22	5	58	18	233	9	839	100
2022-23	9	113	25	346	15	1,058	123
Average	12	83	27	228	12	947	143

Linfield University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

106 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,414.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Linfield University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,683	7	138	1,538
2015-16	1,700	4	192	1,504
2016-17	1,632	4	261	1,367
2017-18	1,535	6	346	1,183
2018-19	1,376	10	267	1,099
2019-20	1,414	4	288	1,122
2020-21	1,392	58	712	622
2021-22	1,297	10	398	889
2022-23	1,754	106	444	1,204
Average	1,531	23	338	1,170

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