Enrollment Trends at WLC

The student population at Wisconsin Lutheran College is 1,027 (957 undergraduate and 70 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 161 (13.55%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at WLC is 93.18% which is decreased by 114 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 47 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 95 male students for every 100 female students, up from 80 in 2015.
44 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -69.23% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,133 where 1,027 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 5 decreases. It peaked at 1,248 students in 2019 and was lowest at 1,027 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,188 to 1,027 students, a net loss of 161 (13.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,188	1,071	480	591	117	47	70
2016-17	1,114 -74	1,000 -71	434 -46	566 -25	114 -3	47	67 -3
2017-18	1,114	992 -8	451 17	541 -25	122 8	46 -1	76 9
2018-19	1,248 134	1,085 93	482 31	603 62	163 41	57 11	106 30
2019-20	1,148 -100	1,003 -82	450 -32	553 -50	145 -18	50 -7	95 -11
2020-21	1,166 18	1,034 31	463 13	571 18	132 -13	38 -12	94 -1
2021-22	1,147 -19	1,031 -3	443 -20	588 17	116 -16	32 -6	84 -10
2022-23	1,086 -61	1,003 -28	457 14	546 -42	83 -33	26 -6	57 -27
2023-24	1,094 8	1,021 18	483 26	538 -8	73 -10	25 -1	48 -9
2024-25	1,027 -67	957 -64	466 -17	491 -47	70 -3	34 9	36 -12
Average	1,133	1,020	461	559	114	40	73

Wisconsin Lutheran College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,020 where 957 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 Wisconsin Lutheran College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,071	968	429	539	103	51	52
2016-17	1,000	915	397	518	85	37	48
2017-18	992	921	410	511	71	41	30
2018-19	1,085	951	431	520	134	51	83
2019-20	1,003	915	407	508	88	43	45
2020-21	1,034	938	423	515	96	40	56
2021-22	1,031	938	398	540	93	45	48
2022-23	1,003	964	435	529	39	22	17
2023-24	1,021	984	469	515	37	14	23
2024-25	957	929	448	481	28	18	10
Average	1,020	1,020	425	518	1,020	36	41

Wisconsin Lutheran College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 114 where 70 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 Wisconsin Lutheran College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	117	2	2	0	115	45	70
2016-17	114	7	1	6	107	46	61
2017-18	122	11	4	7	111	42	69
2018-19	163	7	4	3	156	53	103
2019-20	145	5	2	3	140	48	92
2020-21	132	7	3	4	125	35	90
2021-22	116	3	0	3	113	32	81
2022-23	83	5	1	4	78	25	53
2023-24	73	3	3	0	70	22	48
2024-25	70	9	7	2	61	27	34
Average	114	114	3	3	114	38	70

Wisconsin Lutheran College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.88%. The percentage was 83.00% 10 years ago and WLC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.00% to 74.88%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.26% to 1.75%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.30% to 5.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.88% to 9.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4262 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3053 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wisconsin Lutheran College 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	4	15	63	58	0	986	25
2016-17	2	13	55	61	0	913	33
2017-18	7	19	57	69	0	914	29
2018-19	6	21	88	79	0	995	38
2019-20	5	15	65	81	0	928	32
2020-21	3	14	74	86	0	878	33
2021-22	2	16	74	90	0	842	33
2022-23	1	15	75	96	1	794	36
2023-24	4	17	79	116	2	785	29
2024-25	2	18	60	96	3	769	26
Average	4	16	69	83	1	880	31

Wisconsin Lutheran College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

44 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 decreased -69.23% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wisconsin Lutheran College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,188	143	73	972
2016-17	1,114	101	57	956
2017-18	1,114	112	93	909
2018-19	1,248	128	136	984
2019-20	1,148	78	97	973
2020-21	1,166	93	98	975
2021-22	1,147	90	90	967
2022-23	1,086	60	102	924
2023-24	1,094	52	86	956
2024-25	1,027	44	55	928
Average	1,133	90	89	954

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Enrollment Trends at WLC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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