Enrollment Trends at Long Island

The student population at Long Island University is 16,689 (12,072 undergraduate and 4,617 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 8,066 (93.54%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Long Island is 72.34% which is increased by 5,848 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,218 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 59 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
327 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 35.12% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,550 where 16,689 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 16,689 students in 2025 and was lowest at 8,499 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 8,623 to 16,689 students, a net gain of 8,066 (93.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,623	6,224	2,594	3,630	2,399	614	1,785
2016-17	8,634 11	6,280 56	2,624 30	3,656 26	2,354 -45	602 -12	1,752 -33
2017-18	8,499 -135	6,316 36	2,574 -50	3,742 86	2,183 -171	533 -69	1,650 -102
2018-19	15,196 6,697	9,918 3,602	3,586 1,012	6,332 2,590	5,278 3,095	1,373 840	3,905 2,255
2019-20	15,546 350	10,707 789	4,036 450	6,671 339	4,839 -439	1,181 -192	3,658 -247
2020-21	15,066 -480	10,403 -304	3,825 -211	6,578 -93	4,663 -176	1,063 -118	3,600 -58
2021-22	15,191 125	10,707 304	4,025 200	6,682 104	4,484 -179	982 -81	3,502 -98
2022-23	15,737 546	11,319 612	4,452 427	6,867 185	4,418 -66	988 6	3,430 -72
2023-24	16,322 585	11,753 434	4,809 357	6,944 77	4,569 151	1,124 136	3,445 15
2024-25	16,689 367	12,072 319	5,043 234	7,029 85	4,617 48	1,169 45	3,448 3
Average	13,550	9,570	3,757	5,813	3,980	963	3,018

Long Island University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,570 where 12,072 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 Long Island University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,224	3,090	1,230	1,860	3,134	1,364	1,770
2016-17	6,280	2,874	1,176	1,698	3,406	1,448	1,958
2017-18	6,316	2,845	1,151	1,694	3,471	1,423	2,048
2018-19	9,918	5,688	1,914	3,774	4,230	1,672	2,558
2019-20	10,707	5,630	1,887	3,743	5,077	2,149	2,928
2020-21	10,403	5,453	1,788	3,665	4,950	2,037	2,913
2021-22	10,707	5,400	1,791	3,609	5,307	2,234	3,073
2022-23	11,319	5,304	1,829	3,475	6,015	2,623	3,392
2023-24	11,753	5,057	1,790	3,267	6,696	3,019	3,677
2024-25	12,072	5,166	1,844	3,322	6,906	3,199	3,707
Average	9,570	9,570	1,640	3,011	9,570	2,117	2,802

Long Island University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,980 where 4,617 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 Long Island University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,399	1,209	334	875	1,190	280	910
2016-17	2,354	1,150	304	846	1,204	298	906
2017-18	2,183	1,093	267	826	1,090	266	824
2018-19	5,278	2,809	777	2,032	2,469	596	1,873
2019-20	4,839	2,574	638	1,936	2,265	543	1,722
2020-21	4,663	2,541	610	1,931	2,122	453	1,669
2021-22	4,484	2,574	590	1,984	1,910	392	1,518
2022-23	4,418	2,605	650	1,955	1,813	338	1,475
2023-24	4,569	2,866	772	2,094	1,703	352	1,351
2024-25	4,617	3,058	861	2,197	1,559	308	1,251
Average	3,980	3,980	580	1,668	3,980	383	1,350

Long Island University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.17% and the percentage of black students is 8.72% at Long Island University. 10.74% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.88% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 49.95% to 43.17%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.40% to 10.74%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.70% to 8.72%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.73% to 14.88%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7717 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7300 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Long Island 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	13	466	664	925	5	4,307	107
2016-17	13	512	649	977	4	4,379	117
2017-18	12	464	584	992	5	4,371	124
2018-19	37	1,387	1,974	1,955	11	6,111	297
2019-20	36	1,554	1,778	2,002	17	6,713	300
2020-21	30	1,587	1,659	2,110	27	6,773	331
2021-22	31	1,673	1,637	2,101	26	6,919	346
2022-23	32	1,828	1,595	2,174	28	6,983	377
2023-24	34	1,756	1,492	2,341	16	7,129	386
2024-25	22	1,792	1,455	2,484	16	7,205	416
Average	26	1,302	1,349	1,806	16	6,089	280

Long Island University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

327 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 35.12% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Long Island University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,623	242	327	8,054
2016-17	8,634	177	433	8,024
2017-18	8,499	94	287	8,118
2018-19	15,196	137	396	14,663
2019-20	15,546	114	444	14,988
2020-21	15,066	224	134	14,708
2021-22	15,191	197	77	14,917
2022-23	15,737	280	206	15,251
2023-24	16,322	243	102	15,977
2024-25	16,689	327	114	16,248
Average	13,550	204	252	13,095

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Enrollment Trends at Long Island

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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