Enrollment Trends at Lourdes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,278 where 964 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

78.73% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.27% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 478 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 88 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.40 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Lourdes than male students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,010 where 759 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 Lourdes University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 268 where 205 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 Lourdes University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 61.51%. The percentage was 74.05% 10 years ago and Lourdes still has a high percentage of white students. 2.18% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.31% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.05% to 61.51%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.39% to 2.18%. Black student enrollment decreased from 12.22% to 11.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.67% to 7.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5974 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4316 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lourdes University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

95 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 26.67% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lourdes University from 2015 to 2025.