Enrollment Trends at LSUHSC

The student population at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans is 2,750 (862 undergraduate and 1,888 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 41 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at LSUHSC is 31.35% which is decreased by 15 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 26 and it has been decreasing.

The female to male ratio is 2.48 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

39 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,779 where 2,750 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

31.35% of total students is undergraduate students and 68.65% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 15 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 26 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.48 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in LSUHSC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,791	877	125	752	1,914	842	1,072
2016-17	2,758 -33	873 -4	124 -1	749 -3	1,885 -29	831 -11	1,054 -18
2017-18	2,777 19	921 48	118 -6	803 54	1,856 -29	771 -60	1,085 31
2018-19	2,809 32	915 -6	114 -4	801 -2	1,894 38	767 -4	1,127 42
2019-20	2,820 11	921 6	135 21	786 -15	1,899 5	755 -12	1,144 17
2020-21	2,827 7	904 -17	133 -2	771 -15	1,923 24	749 -6	1,174 30
2021-22	2,835 8	893 -11	115 -18	778 7	1,942 19	713 -36	1,229 55
2022-23	2,740 -95	880 -13	119 4	761 -17	1,860 -82	666 -47	1,194 -35
2023-24	2,683 -57	843 -37	119	724 -37	1,840 -20	651 -15	1,189 -5
2024-25	2,750 67	862 19	114 -5	748 24	1,888 48	677 26	1,211 22
Average	2,779	889	122	767	1,890	742	1,148

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 889 where 862 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 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	877	601	87	514	276	38	238
2016-17	873	654	97	557	219	27	192
2017-18	921	696	87	609	225	31	194
2018-19	915	729	90	639	186	24	162
2019-20	921	831	122	709	90	13	77
2020-21	904	783	114	669	121	19	102
2021-22	893	788	97	691	105	18	87
2022-23	880	783	111	672	97	8	89
2023-24	843	758	109	649	85	10	75
2024-25	862	779	106	673	83	8	75
Average	889	889	102	638	889	20	129

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,890 where 1,888 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 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,914	1,804	826	978	110	16	94
2016-17	1,885	1,806	809	997	79	22	57
2017-18	1,856	1,783	759	1,024	73	12	61
2018-19	1,894	1,796	745	1,051	98	22	76
2019-20	1,899	1,796	735	1,061	103	20	83
2020-21	1,923	1,836	735	1,101	87	14	73
2021-22	1,942	1,843	699	1,144	99	14	85
2022-23	1,860	1,774	650	1,124	86	16	70
2023-24	1,840	1,767	635	1,132	73	16	57
2024-25	1,888	1,825	663	1,162	63	14	49
Average	1,890	1,890	726	1,077	1,890	17	71

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.73%. The percentage was 70.37% 10 years ago and LSUHSC still has a high percentage of white students. 11.64% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.37% to 62.73%. Asian enrollment grew from 8.46% to 11.64%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.46% to 12.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.44% to 7.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5708 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4885 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans 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	9	236	236	124	0	1,964	8
2016-17	9	249	229	127	0	1,921	17
2017-18	7	224	235	132	1	1,950	34
2018-19	7	227	248	137	2	1,949	44
2019-20	8	240	275	144	0	2,023	47
2020-21	11	250	289	146	1	1,995	52
2021-22	11	253	317	162	2	1,948	49
2022-23	10	275	322	157	2	1,827	63
2023-24	11	290	312	175	6	1,742	59
2024-25	9	320	353	199	5	1,725	60
Average	9	256	282	150	2	1,904	43

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

39 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,791	0	2,791
2016-17	2,758	0	2,758
2017-18	2,777	0	2,777
2018-19	2,809	0	2,809
2019-20	2,820	0	2,820
2020-21	2,827	0	2,827
2021-22	2,835	4	2,831
2022-23	2,740	18	2,722
2023-24	2,683	26	2,657
2024-25	2,750	39	2,711
Average	2,779	9	2,770

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Enrollment Trends at LSUHSC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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