Enrollment Trends at WLC

The student population at Wisconsin Lutheran College is 1,086 (1,003 undergraduate and 83 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at WLC is 92.36% which is decreased by 27 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 23 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

60 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -56.20% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,151 where 1,086 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

92.36% of total students is undergraduate students and 7.64% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 27 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 23 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in WLC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wisconsin Lutheran College since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,090	1,030	473	557	60	25	35
2013-14	1,178 88	1,070 40	500 27	570 13	108 48	47 22	61 26
2014-15	1,179 1	1,074 4	490 -10	584 14	105 -3	35 -12	70 9
2015-16	1,188 9	1,071 -3	480 -10	591 7	117 12	47 12	70 0
2016-17	1,114 -74	1,000 -71	434 -46	566 -25	114 -3	47 0	67 -3
2017-18	1,114 0	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
Average	1,151	1,036	466	570	115	41	74

Wisconsin Lutheran College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,036 where 1,003 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wisconsin Lutheran College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,030	968	445	523	62	28	34
2013-14	1,070	1,002	472	530	68	28	40
2014-15	1,074	980	450	530	94	40	54
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
Average	1,036	1,036	427	524	1,036	39	46

Wisconsin Lutheran College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 115 where 83 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Wisconsin Lutheran College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	60	2	2	0	58	23	35
2013-14	108	9	3	6	99	44	55
2014-15	105	3	0	3	102	35	67
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
Average	115	115	2	4	115	39	71

Wisconsin Lutheran College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.11%. The percentage was 83.58% 10 years ago and WLC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.38% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.91% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wisconsin Lutheran College over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	7	14	61	41	0	911	14
2013-14	8	13	65	52	0	970	23
2014-15	7	13	63	56	1	974	26
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
Average	5	15	67	70	0	919	29

Wisconsin Lutheran College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

60 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -56.20% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Wisconsin Lutheran College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,179	137	33	1,009
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
Average	1,154	105	87	963

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