Lewis University Student Population

How many students at Lewis? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 7,011 students have enrolled in Lewis University with 4,326 undergraduate and 2,685 graduate students.

By gender, 3,381 male and 3,630 female students are attending the school.

It has almost same number of students compared to similar colleges (6,772 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (larger programs)).

1,357 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,662 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Lewis University has a total of 7,011 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 4,326 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,685 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 3,381 male and 3,630 female students (the male-female ratio is 48:52) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,035 White, 445 Black, and 398 Asian students out of a total of 7,011 are attending at Lewis University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Lewis University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 76.2% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Lewis has 251 students under 18 years old and 4 students over 65 years old. There are 4,482 students under 25 years old, and 2,529 students over 25 years old out of 7,011 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 251 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Lewis has 3,536 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 790 students aged 25 and over.

It has 946 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,739 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Lewis University, 1,357 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,662 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,229 students who live in Illinois or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 128 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,326 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 751 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 17.36%.500 students have transferred in as full-time status and 251 students transferred in as part-time status.