Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Student Population

How many students at LSU? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 41,705 students have enrolled in Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College with 34,242 undergraduate and 7,463 graduate students.

By gender, 17,681 male and 24,024 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (34,856 students on average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

5,129 students are enrolled exclusively, and 17,009 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

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College has a total of 41,705 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 34,242 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 7,463 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 17,681 male and 24,024 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 23,927 White, 7,988 Black, and 1,769 Asian students out of a total of 41,705 are attending at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is moderately diverse with a diversity index of 62.1% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

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• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, LSU has 3,697 students under 18 years old and 21 students over 65 years old. There are 34,798 students under 25 years old, and 6,907 students over 25 years old out of 41,705 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 3,696 students are younger than 18 and 7 students are older than 65. LSU has 32,461 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,781 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at LSU, 1 students are younger than 18 and 14 students are older than 65. It has 2,337 graduate students aged under 25 and 5,126 students aged 25 and over.

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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 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College, 5,129 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 17,009 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,543 students who live in Louisiana or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,586 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

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• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 34,242 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,091 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.19%.973 students have transferred in as full-time status and 118 students transferred in as part-time status.