Enrollment Trends at Lourdes

The student population at Lourdes University is 964 (759 undergraduate and 205 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 566 (36.99%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Lourdes is 78.73% which is decreased by 478 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 88 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, up from 41 in 2015.
95 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 26.67% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,547 students in 2020 and was lowest at 964 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,530 to 964 students, a net loss of 566 (37%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,530	1,237	374	863	293	70	223
2016-17	1,426 -104	1,125 -112	401 27	724 -139	301 8	66 -4	235 12
2017-18	1,352 -74	1,044 -81	370 -31	674 -50	308 7	73 7	235
2018-19	1,444 92	1,085 41	429 59	656 -18	359 51	81 8	278 43
2019-20	1,547 103	1,115 30	413 -16	702 46	432 73	91 10	341 63
2020-21	1,253 -294	1,042 -73	409 -4	633 -69	211 -221	70 -21	141 -200
2021-22	1,112 -141	912 -130	387 -22	525 -108	200 -11	67 -3	133 -8
2022-23	1,136 24	953 41	396 9	557 32	183 -17	61 -6	122 -11
2023-24	1,014 -122	827 -126	347 -49	480 -77	187 4	70 9	117 -5
2024-25	964 -50	759 -68	337 -10	422 -58	205 18	65 -5	140 23
Average	1,278	1,010	386	624	268	71	197

Lourdes University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,237	878	276	602	359	98	261
2016-17	1,125	842	324	518	283	77	206
2017-18	1,044	827	316	511	217	54	163
2018-19	1,085	842	349	493	243	80	163
2019-20	1,115	858	333	525	257	80	177
2020-21	1,042	822	342	480	220	67	153
2021-22	912	734	337	397	178	50	128
2022-23	953	693	321	372	260	75	185
2023-24	827	592	264	328	235	83	152
2024-25	759	516	240	276	243	97	146
Average	1,010	1,010	310	450	1,010	76	173

Lourdes University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	293	184	53	131	109	17	92
2016-17	301	194	54	140	107	12	95
2017-18	308	201	55	146	107	18	89
2018-19	359	186	49	137	173	32	141
2019-20	432	227	71	156	205	20	185
2020-21	211	168	62	106	43	8	35
2021-22	200	164	56	108	36	11	25
2022-23	183	174	59	115	9	2	7
2023-24	187	170	67	103	17	3	14
2024-25	205	141	41	100	64	24	40
Average	268	268	57	124	268	15	72

Lourdes University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

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).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	5	6	187	102	2	1,133	37
2016-17	4	13	158	127	2	1,018	53
2017-18	5	15	152	122	1	964	44
2018-19	5	10	148	141	3	1,027	46
2019-20	4	17	166	146	4	1,045	43
2020-21	1	13	164	111	0	785	39
2021-22	8	12	128	14	4	850	0
2022-23	7	18	141	35	3	875	0
2023-24	2	16	110	19	2	782	44
2024-25	0	21	109	68	67	593	32
Average	4	14	146	89	9	907	34

Lourdes University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,530	75	328	1,127
2016-17	1,426	94	354	978
2017-18	1,352	123	263	966
2018-19	1,444	188	271	985
2019-20	1,547	348	280	919
2020-21	1,253	170	580	503
2021-22	1,112	140	400	572
2022-23	1,136	135	352	649
2023-24	1,014	129	313	572
2024-25	964	95	303	566
Average	1,278	150	344	784

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Enrollment Trends at Lourdes

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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