Enrollment Trends at Lake Forest

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,648 where 1,837 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 1,837 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,512 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,600 to 1,837 students, a net gain of 237 (14.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lake Forest 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	1,600	1,572	688	884	28	10	18
2016-17	1,578 -22	1,540 -32	658 -30	882 -2	38 10	15 5	23 5
2017-18	1,542 -36	1,508 -32	645 -13	863 -19	34 -4	9 -6	25 2
2018-19	1,512 -30	1,492 -16	639 -6	853 -10	20 -14	5 -4	15 -10
2019-20	1,562 50	1,538 46	648 9	890 37	24 4	7 2	17 2
2020-21	1,583 21	1,558 20	637 -11	921 31	25 1	8 1	17
2021-22	1,690 107	1,661 103	692 55	969 48	29 4	10 2	19 2
2022-23	1,753 63	1,727 66	716 24	1,011 42	26 -3	5 -5	21 2
2023-24	1,818 65	1,796 69	767 51	1,029 18	22 -4	8 3	14 -7
2024-25	1,837 19	1,814 18	786 19	1,028 -1	23 1	7 -1	16 2
Average	1,648	1,621	688	933	27	8	19

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,621 where 1,814 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 Lake Forest College since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,572	1,553	681	872	19	7	12
2016-17	1,540	1,524	654	870	16	4	12
2017-18	1,508	1,487	629	858	21	16	5
2018-19	1,492	1,472	627	845	20	12	8
2019-20	1,538	1,517	640	877	21	8	13
2020-21	1,558	1,526	620	906	32	17	15
2021-22	1,661	1,641	682	959	20	10	10
2022-23	1,727	1,685	700	985	42	16	26
2023-24	1,796	1,764	748	1,016	32	19	13
2024-25	1,814	1,793	776	1,017	21	10	11
Average	1,621	1,621	676	921	1,621	12	13

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 27 where 23 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 Lake Forest 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	28	11	3	8	17	7	10
2016-17	38	13	6	7	25	9	16
2017-18	34	8	2	6	26	7	19
2018-19	20	5	0	5	15	5	10
2019-20	24	13	3	10	11	4	7
2020-21	25	19	6	13	6	2	4
2021-22	29	13	5	8	16	5	11
2022-23	26	13	2	11	13	3	10
2023-24	22	16	6	10	6	2	4
2024-25	23	18	5	13	5	2	3
Average	27	27	4	9	27	5	9

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.71% and the percentage of black students is 2.67% at Lake Forest College. 6.15% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 18.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 58.56% to 46.71%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.13% to 6.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.56% to 2.67%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.38% to 18.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7430 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6224 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	4	82	105	262	0	937	49
2016-17	5	85	91	246	0	898	54
2017-18	4	89	82	219	0	875	54
2018-19	4	77	74	215	2	861	56
2019-20	5	78	70	224	4	858	60
2020-21	6	79	66	277	2	787	56
2021-22	6	91	69	298	3	816	54
2022-23	7	109	60	353	3	832	54
2023-24	4	112	62	332	1	852	62
2024-25	2	113	49	334	0	858	66
Average	5	92	73	276	2	857	57

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Lake Forest College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.