Enrollment Trends at LCU

The student population at Lubbock Christian University is 1,595 (1,313 undergraduate and 282 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 363 (18.54%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at LCU is 82.32% which is decreased by 183 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 180 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 60 male students for every 100 female students, up from 56 in 2015.
159 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 5.30% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,743 where 1,595 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 1,958 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,589 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,958 to 1,595 students, a net loss of 363 (18.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,958	1,496	611	885	462	94	368
2016-17	1,912 -46	1,471 -25	588 -23	883 -2	441 -21	91 -3	350 -18
2017-18	1,883 -29	1,484 13	617 29	867 -16	399 -42	81 -10	318 -32
2018-19	1,805 -78	1,439 -45	578 -39	861 -6	366 -33	61 -20	305 -13
2019-20	1,770 -35	1,473 34	589 11	884 23	297 -69	52 -9	245 -60
2020-21	1,664 -106	1,382 -91	520 -69	862 -22	282 -15	54 2	228 -17
2021-22	1,661 -3	1,393 11	512 -8	881 19	268 -14	50 -4	218 -10
2022-23	1,596 -65	1,346 -47	513 1	833 -48	250 -18	44 -6	206 -12
2023-24	1,589 -7	1,320 -26	523 10	797 -36	269 19	45 1	224 18
2024-25	1,595 6	1,313 -7	531 8	782 -15	282 13	65 20	217 -7
Average	1,743	1,412	558	854	332	64	268

Lubbock Christian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,412 where 1,313 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 Lubbock Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,496	1,271	541	730	225	70	155
2016-17	1,471	1,267	525	742	204	63	141
2017-18	1,484	1,276	543	733	208	74	134
2018-19	1,439	1,272	520	752	167	58	109
2019-20	1,473	1,201	486	715	272	103	169
2020-21	1,382	1,156	442	714	226	78	148
2021-22	1,393	1,173	423	750	220	89	131
2022-23	1,346	1,135	425	710	211	88	123
2023-24	1,320	1,137	459	678	183	64	119
2024-25	1,313	1,145	478	667	168	53	115
Average	1,412	1,412	484	719	1,412	74	134

Lubbock Christian University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 332 where 282 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 Lubbock Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	462	45	9	36	417	85	332
2016-17	441	69	14	55	372	77	295
2017-18	399	73	16	57	326	65	261
2018-19	366	52	6	46	314	55	259
2019-20	297	26	3	23	271	49	222
2020-21	282	56	9	47	226	45	181
2021-22	268	36	7	29	232	43	189
2022-23	250	39	6	33	211	38	173
2023-24	269	38	2	36	231	43	188
2024-25	282	35	18	17	247	47	200
Average	332	332	9	38	332	55	230

Lubbock Christian University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.56%. The percentage was 66.19% 10 years ago and LCU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.19% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.89% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 27.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.19% to 58.56%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.82% to 1.19%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.54% to 4.89%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 23.14% to 27.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5776 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5040 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lubbock Christian 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	16	16	128	453	4	1,296	0
2016-17	24	15	110	415	7	1,302	0
2017-18	15	20	93	429	10	1,282	0
2018-19	15	22	83	422	6	1,228	0
2019-20	19	28	70	361	6	1,196	0
2020-21	10	17	73	343	4	1,098	16
2021-22	15	20	77	321	4	1,098	17
2022-23	12	28	82	340	3	1,040	19
2023-24	6	18	81	376	3	995	21
2024-25	5	19	78	442	5	934	18
Average	14	20	88	390	5	1,147	9

Lubbock Christian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

159 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 5.30% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lubbock Christian University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,958	151	454	1,353
2016-17	1,912	100	481	1,331
2017-18	1,883	53	517	1,313
2018-19	1,805	14	465	1,326
2019-20	1,770	60	422	1,288
2020-21	1,664	71	469	1,124
2021-22	1,661	78	420	1,163
2022-23	1,596	60	474	1,062
2023-24	1,589	149	495	945
2024-25	1,595	159	513	923
Average	1,743	90	471	1,183

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Enrollment Trends at LCU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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