Enrollment Trends at FLC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,465 where 3,544 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 3,707 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,300 in 2020. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,707 to 3,544 students, a net loss of 163 (4.4%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,707	3,694	1,802	1,892	13	4	9
2016-17	3,601 -106	3,591 -103	1,792 -10	1,799 -93	10 -3	4	6 -3
2017-18	3,332 -269	3,300 -291	1,600 -192	1,700 -99	32 22	10 6	22 16
2018-19	3,319 -13	3,272 -28	1,582 -18	1,690 -10	47 15	14 4	33 11
2019-20	3,300 -19	3,220 -52	1,495 -87	1,725 35	80 33	19 5	61 28
2020-21	3,469 169	3,359 139	1,530 35	1,829 104	110 30	26 7	84 23
2021-22	3,567 98	3,449 90	1,573 43	1,876 47	118 8	28 2	90 6
2022-23	3,400 -167	3,308 -141	1,498 -75	1,810 -66	92 -26	19 -9	73 -17
2023-24	3,413 13	3,313 5	1,565 67	1,748 -62	100 8	20 1	80 7
2024-25	3,544 131	3,392 79	1,578 13	1,814 66	152 52	41 21	111 31
Average	3,465	3,390	1,602	1,788	75	19	57

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,390 where 3,392 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 Fort Lewis College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,694	3,393	1,652	1,741	301	150	151
2016-17	3,591	3,179	1,577	1,602	412	215	197
2017-18	3,300	2,921	1,400	1,521	379	200	179
2018-19	3,272	2,883	1,379	1,504	389	203	186
2019-20	3,220	2,862	1,333	1,529	358	162	196
2020-21	3,359	2,904	1,327	1,577	455	203	252
2021-22	3,449	2,914	1,331	1,583	535	242	293
2022-23	3,308	2,877	1,322	1,555	431	176	255
2023-24	3,313	2,826	1,349	1,477	487	216	271
2024-25	3,392	2,836	1,327	1,509	556	251	305
Average	3,390	3,390	1,400	1,560	3,390	202	229

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 75 where 152 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 Fort Lewis College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13	0	0	0	13	4	9
2016-17	10	0	0	0	10	4	6
2017-18	32	11	5	6	21	5	16
2018-19	47	13	8	5	34	6	28
2019-20	80	9	4	5	71	15	56
2020-21	110	29	12	17	81	14	67
2021-22	118	38	12	26	80	16	64
2022-23	92	20	4	16	72	15	57
2023-24	100	74	18	56	26	2	24
2024-25	152	93	30	63	59	11	48
Average	75	75	9	19	75	9	38

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.65% and the percentage of black students is 1.52% at Fort Lewis College. 0.45% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.45% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 51.39% to 45.65%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.65% to 0.45%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.21% to 1.52%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.60% to 14.45%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6983 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6608 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fort Lewis College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	903	24	45	393	7	1,905	243
2016-17	913	21	36	390	5	1,788	270
2017-18	840	21	37	368	5	1,612	288
2018-19	888	21	33	372	7	1,532	349
2019-20	955	23	32	390	6	1,471	341
2020-21	1,144	12	24	437	8	1,412	345
2021-22	1,203	15	31	455	4	1,401	389
2022-23	1,072	22	35	463	6	1,383	375
2023-24	922	16	41	492	5	1,504	387
2024-25	870	16	54	512	2	1,618	387
Average	971	19	37	427	6	1,563	337