Enrollment Trends at Southeastern Louisiana

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,150 where 14,426 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

91.45% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.55% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 362 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 207 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Southeastern Louisiana than male students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 13,122 where 13,192 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 Southeastern Louisiana University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,028 where 1,234 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 Southeastern Louisiana University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 63.30%. The percentage was 62.53% 10 years ago and Southeastern Louisiana still has a high percentage of white students. 1.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 19.61% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.59% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 62.53% to 63.30%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.90% to 1.72%. Black student enrollment increased from 15.90% to 19.61%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 6.71% to 6.59%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5544 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.5761 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

1,094 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 120.56% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southeastern Louisiana University from 2015 to 2025.