Enrollment Trends at Longwood

The student population at Longwood University is 4,358 (3,154 undergraduate and 1,204 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 476 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Longwood is 72.37% which is decreased by 1,201 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 725 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.29 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

879 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,411.43% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,830 where 4,358 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

72.37% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.63% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,201 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 725 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.29 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Longwood than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,834	4,355	1,459	2,896	479	55	424
2013-14	4,960 126	4,497 142	1,534 75	2,963 67	463 -16	57 2	406 -18
2014-15	5,096 136	4,574 77	1,548 14	3,026 63	522 59	75 18	447 41
2015-16	5,087 -9	4,613 39	1,486 -62	3,127 101	474 -48	62 -13	412 -35
2016-17	4,884 -203	4,520 -93	1,472 -14	3,048 -79	364 -110	54 -8	310 -102
2017-18	5,074 190	4,472 -48	1,492 20	2,980 -68	602 238	92 38	510 200
2018-19	4,911 -163	4,324 -148	1,401 -91	2,923 -57	587 -15	74 -18	513 3
2019-20	4,468 -443	3,859 -465	1,229 -172	2,630 -293	609 22	73 -1	536 23
2020-21	4,841 373	3,940 81	1,238 9	2,702 72	901 292	190 117	711 175
2021-22	4,612 -229	3,486 -454	1,068 -170	2,418 -284	1,126 225	340 150	786 75
2022-23	4,358 -254	3,154 -332	961 -107	2,193 -225	1,204 78	363 23	841 55
Average	4,830	4,163	1,353	2,810	666	130	536

Longwood University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,163 where 3,154 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 Longwood University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,355	3,963	1,305	2,658	392	154	238
2013-14	4,497	4,123	1,390	2,733	374	144	230
2014-15	4,574	4,183	1,406	2,777	391	142	249
2015-16	4,613	4,141	1,352	2,789	472	134	338
2016-17	4,520	3,953	1,290	2,663	567	182	385
2017-18	4,472	3,959	1,326	2,633	513	166	347
2018-19	4,324	3,793	1,236	2,557	531	165	366
2019-20	3,859	3,439	1,122	2,317	420	107	313
2020-21	3,940	3,319	1,034	2,285	621	204	417
2021-22	3,486	3,010	910	2,100	476	158	318
2022-23	3,154	2,871	878	1,993	283	83	200
Average	4,163	4,163	1,204	2,500	4,163	149	309

Longwood University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 666 where 1,204 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 Longwood University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	479	125	10	115	354	45	309
2013-14	463	142	14	128	321	43	278
2014-15	522	153	20	133	369	55	314
2015-16	474	161	19	142	313	43	270
2016-17	364	136	16	120	228	38	190
2017-18	602	143	20	123	459	72	387
2018-19	587	136	15	121	451	59	392
2019-20	609	142	13	129	467	60	407
2020-21	901	231	33	198	670	157	513
2021-22	1,126	264	68	196	862	272	590
2022-23	1,204	313	87	226	891	276	615
Average	666	666	29	148	666	102	388

Longwood University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.65%. The percentage was 80.70% 10 years ago and Longwood still has a high percentage of white students. 1.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.70% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Longwood 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	14	44	359	190	8	3,901	134
2013-14	13	55	386	223	7	3,899	162
2014-15	15	73	415	229	6	3,971	164
2015-16	18	71	468	240	4	3,865	172
2016-17	19	64	448	220	3	3,707	160
2017-18	16	65	522	253	7	3,764	183
2018-19	18	61	510	269	4	3,626	178
2019-20	11	47	463	249	2	3,313	195
2020-21	10	85	577	288	3	3,469	215
2021-22	8	100	586	276	3	3,220	208
2022-23	9	86	510	276	2	3,079	202
Average	14	68	477	247	4	3,619	179

Longwood University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

879 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,411.43% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Longwood University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,096	35	153	4,908
2015-16	5,087	299	785	4,003
2016-17	4,884	27	122	4,735
2017-18	5,074	245	107	4,722
2018-19	4,911	303	125	4,483
2019-20	4,468	276	86	4,106
2020-21	4,841	794	2,346	1,701
2021-22	4,612	904	707	3,001
2022-23	4,358	879	407	3,072
Average	4,815	418	538	3,859

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