Enrollment Trends at TLU

The student population at Texas Lutheran University is 1,423 (1,319 undergraduate and 104 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 50 (3.64%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at TLU is 92.69% which is decreased by 45 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 95 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 86 male students for every 100 female students, down from 95 in 2015.
53 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 5,200.00% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,410 where 1,423 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,499 students in 2021 and was lowest at 1,295 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,373 to 1,423 students, a net gain of 50 (3.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,373	1,364	667	697	9	2	7
2016-17	1,295 -78	1,279 -85	624 -43	655 -42	16 7	7 5	9 2
2017-18	1,394 99	1,359 80	649 25	710 55	35 19	19 12	16 7
2018-19	1,443 49	1,411 52	700 51	711 1	32 -3	17 -2	15 -1
2019-20	1,476 33	1,445 34	713 13	732 21	31 -1	17	14 -1
2020-21	1,499 23	1,455 10	659 -54	796 64	44 13	18 1	26 12
2021-22	1,468 -31	1,427 -28	641 -18	786 -10	41 -3	16 -2	25 -1
2022-23	1,369 -99	1,329 -98	635 -6	694 -92	40 -1	4 -12	36 11
2023-24	1,361 -8	1,290 -39	599 -36	691 -3	71 31	19 15	52 16
2024-25	1,423 62	1,319 29	622 23	697 6	104 33	36 17	68 16
Average	1,410	1,368	651	717	42	16	27

Texas Lutheran University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,368 where 1,319 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 Texas Lutheran University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,364	1,284	636	648	80	31	49
2016-17	1,279	1,212	599	613	67	25	42
2017-18	1,359	1,305	629	676	54	20	34
2018-19	1,411	1,338	669	669	73	31	42
2019-20	1,445	1,380	680	700	65	33	32
2020-21	1,455	1,410	643	767	45	16	29
2021-22	1,427	1,351	612	739	76	29	47
2022-23	1,329	1,265	604	661	64	31	33
2023-24	1,290	1,227	570	657	63	29	34
2024-25	1,319	1,259	593	666	60	29	31
Average	1,368	1,368	624	680	1,368	27	37

Texas Lutheran University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 42 where 104 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 Texas Lutheran University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9	7	2	5	2	0	2
2016-17	16	13	7	6	3	0	3
2017-18	35	31	17	14	4	2	2
2018-19	32	24	15	9	8	2	6
2019-20	31	26	15	11	5	2	3
2020-21	44	25	13	12	19	5	14
2021-22	41	41	16	25	0	0	0
2022-23	40	36	3	33	4	1	3
2023-24	71	70	19	51	1	0	1
2024-25	104	97	36	61	7	0	7
Average	42	42	14	23	42	1	4

Texas Lutheran University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.26% and the percentage of black students is 11.24% at Texas Lutheran University. 1.83% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 44.06% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 54.77% to 36.26%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.80% to 1.83%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.45% to 11.24%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 31.68% to 44.06%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6597 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5924 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Texas Lutheran 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	6	11	116	435	0	752	1
2016-17	5	8	123	413	0	697	12
2017-18	3	9	142	467	1	717	7
2018-19	3	11	131	533	1	718	6
2019-20	4	11	133	586	1	686	24
2020-21	10	10	123	595	2	697	37
2021-22	3	15	116	578	0	672	48
2022-23	5	15	130	575	0	568	53
2023-24	5	27	166	542	2	532	52
2024-25	5	26	160	627	3	516	59
Average	5	14	134	535	1	656	30

Texas Lutheran University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

53 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 5,200.00% since 2021. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Texas Lutheran University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,373	0	0	1,373
2016-17	1,295	0	0	1,295
2017-18	1,394	0	0	1,394
2018-19	1,443	0	0	1,443
2019-20	1,476	0	0	1,476
2020-21	1,499	0	1,499	0
2021-22	1,468	1	473	994
2022-23	1,369	8	370	991
2023-24	1,361	39	497	825
2024-25	1,423	53	413	957
Average	1,410	10	325	1,075

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Enrollment Trends at TLU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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