Enrollment Trends at LA Tech

The student population at Louisiana Tech University is 11,873 (10,881 undergraduate and 992 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 498 (4.03%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at LA Tech is 91.64% which is increased by 199 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 697 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 111 male students for every 100 female students, up from 99 in 2015.
384 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -65.96% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,760 where 11,873 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 12,839 students in 2018 and was lowest at 10,839 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 12,371 to 11,873 students, a net loss of 498 (4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,371	10,682	5,554	5,128	1,689	613	1,076
2016-17	12,672 301	11,281 599	5,863 309	5,418 290	1,391 -298	546 -67	845 -231
2017-18	12,839 167	11,328 47	5,818 -45	5,510 92	1,511 120	557 11	954 109
2018-19	11,909 -930	10,622 -706	5,536 -282	5,086 -424	1,287 -224	548 -9	739 -215
2019-20	11,510 -399	10,289 -333	5,371 -165	4,918 -168	1,221 -66	521 -27	700 -39
2020-21	11,126 -384	10,013 -276	5,188 -183	4,825 -93	1,113 -108	498 -23	615 -85
2021-22	11,037 -89	10,053 40	5,270 82	4,783 -42	984 -129	457 -41	527 -88
2022-23	10,839 -198	9,924 -129	5,219 -51	4,705 -78	915 -69	425 -32	490 -37
2023-24	11,427 588	10,401 477	5,482 263	4,919 214	1,026 111	489 64	537 47
2024-25	11,873 446	10,881 480	5,773 291	5,108 189	992 -34	473 -16	519 -18
Average	11,760	10,547	5,507	5,040	1,213	513	700

Louisiana Tech University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,547 where 10,881 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 Tech University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,682	7,386	4,138	3,248	3,296	1,416	1,880
2016-17	11,281	7,850	4,388	3,462	3,431	1,475	1,956
2017-18	11,328	8,090	4,396	3,694	3,238	1,422	1,816
2018-19	10,622	8,143	4,492	3,651	2,479	1,044	1,435
2019-20	10,289	8,131	4,465	3,666	2,158	906	1,252
2020-21	10,013	7,854	4,314	3,540	2,159	874	1,285
2021-22	10,053	7,643	4,263	3,380	2,410	1,007	1,403
2022-23	9,924	7,325	4,142	3,183	2,599	1,077	1,522
2023-24	10,401	7,857	4,440	3,417	2,544	1,042	1,502
2024-25	10,881	8,203	4,629	3,574	2,678	1,144	1,534
Average	10,547	10,547	4,367	3,482	10,547	1,141	1,559

Louisiana Tech University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,213 where 992 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 Tech University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,689	946	408	538	743	205	538
2016-17	1,391	826	369	457	565	177	388
2017-18	1,511	820	374	446	691	183	508
2018-19	1,287	734	346	388	553	202	351
2019-20	1,221	732	336	396	489	185	304
2020-21	1,113	716	312	404	397	186	211
2021-22	984	623	301	322	361	156	205
2022-23	915	613	293	320	302	132	170
2023-24	1,026	718	339	379	308	150	158
2024-25	992	645	304	341	347	169	178
Average	1,213	1,213	338	399	1,213	175	301

Louisiana Tech University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.13%. The percentage was 67.84% 10 years ago and LA Tech still has a high percentage of white students. 1.85% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.65% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.04% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 67.84% to 72.13%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.17% to 1.85%. Black student enrollment decreased from 13.24% to 11.65%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.96% to 4.04%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4635 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5209 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Louisiana Tech 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	40	145	1,638	366	12	8,392	253
2016-17	42	162	1,565	448	10	8,444	299
2017-18	56	144	1,596	446	11	8,899	346
2018-19	48	156	1,470	469	9	8,307	339
2019-20	43	177	1,327	454	9	8,091	334
2020-21	47	154	1,240	434	7	7,932	331
2021-22	40	167	1,187	498	10	7,758	345
2022-23	39	148	1,188	521	7	7,869	241
2023-24	37	252	1,307	560	5	8,270	153
2024-25	63	220	1,383	480	12	8,564	295
Average	46	173	1,390	468	9	8,253	294

Louisiana Tech University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

384 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -65.96% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Louisiana Tech University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	12,371	1,128	2,260	8,983
2016-17	12,672	1,074	2,508	9,090
2017-18	12,839	760	8,513	3,566
2018-19	11,909	271	1,478	10,160
2019-20	11,510	458	1,450	9,602
2020-21	11,126	1,324	5,561	4,241
2021-22	11,037	697	2,379	7,961
2022-23	10,839	611	2,278	7,950
2023-24	11,427	385	2,028	9,014
2024-25	11,873	384	2,259	9,230
Average	11,760	709	3,071	7,980

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Enrollment Trends at LA Tech

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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