Enrollment Trends at Loras

The student population at Loras College is 1,319 (1,227 undergraduate and 92 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 218 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Loras is 93.03% which is decreased by 270 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 52 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.80 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

31 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 520.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,478 where 1,319 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

93.03% of total students is undergraduate students and 6.97% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 270 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 52 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.80 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Loras than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,537	1,497	776	721	40	12	28
2013-14	1,621 84	1,554 57	805 29	749 28	67 27	22 10	45 17
2014-15	1,569 -52	1,490 -64	778 -27	712 -37	79 12	39 17	40 -5
2015-16	1,528 -41	1,462 -28	762 -16	700 -12	66 -13	34 -5	32 -8
2016-17	1,524 -4	1,463 1	769 7	694 -6	61 -5	26 -8	35 3
2017-18	1,467 -57	1,397 -66	727 -42	670 -24	70 9	31 5	39 4
2018-19	1,489 22	1,412 15	773 46	639 -31	77 7	32 1	45 6
2019-20	1,416 -73	1,333 -79	757 -16	576 -63	83 6	29 -3	54 9
2020-21	1,404 -12	1,314 -19	735 -22	579 3	90 7	30 1	60 6
2021-22	1,386 -18	1,296 -18	742 7	554 -25	90 0	26 -4	64 4
2022-23	1,319 -67	1,227 -69	703 -39	524 -30	92 2	28 2	64 0
Average	1,478	1,404	757	647	74	28	46

Loras College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,404 where 1,227 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 Loras College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,497	1,456	750	706	41	26	15
2013-14	1,554	1,484	762	722	70	43	27
2014-15	1,490	1,446	751	695	44	27	17
2015-16	1,462	1,418	739	679	44	23	21
2016-17	1,463	1,400	731	669	63	38	25
2017-18	1,397	1,335	694	641	62	33	29
2018-19	1,412	1,345	733	612	67	40	27
2019-20	1,333	1,264	707	557	69	50	19
2020-21	1,314	1,214	687	527	100	48	52
2021-22	1,296	1,185	683	502	111	59	52
2022-23	1,227	1,147	659	488	80	44	36
Average	1,404	1,404	718	618	1,404	39	29

Loras College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 74 where 92 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 Loras College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	40	10	4	6	30	8	22
2013-14	67	16	3	13	51	19	32
2014-15	79	68	35	33	11	4	7
2015-16	66	53	28	25	13	6	7
2016-17	61	42	18	24	19	8	11
2017-18	70	52	23	29	18	8	10
2018-19	77	69	29	40	8	3	5
2019-20	83	75	26	49	8	3	5
2020-21	90	80	27	53	10	3	7
2021-22	90	81	24	57	9	2	7
2022-23	92	81	25	56	11	3	8
Average	74	74	22	35	74	6	11

Loras College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.31%. The percentage was 82.95% 10 years ago and Loras still has a high percentage of white students. 1.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.70% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Loras College 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	2	10	27	75	3	1,275	17
2013-14	3	12	35	93	1	1,321	23
2014-15	1	13	39	89	2	1,305	22
2015-16	0	13	30	94	2	1,274	36
2016-17	1	14	33	104	1	1,241	31
2017-18	1	11	33	107	1	1,181	32
2018-19	1	10	45	115	1	1,189	31
2019-20	0	9	48	125	2	1,102	32
2020-21	0	15	60	134	0	1,064	33
2021-22	2	19	57	140	0	1,034	36
2022-23	1	19	62	125	1	967	36
Average	1	13	43	109	1	1,178	30

Loras College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

31 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 520.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Loras College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,569	5	11	1,553
2015-16	1,528	3	37	1,488
2016-17	1,524	10	53	1,461
2017-18	1,467	7	73	1,387
2018-19	1,489	20	47	1,422
2019-20	1,416	11	68	1,337
2020-21	1,404	18	879	507
2021-22	1,386	14	179	1,193
2022-23	1,319	31	74	1,214
Average	1,456	13	158	1,285

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