Enrollment Trends at Life

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,722 where 2,714 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 2,787 students in 2022 and was lowest at 2,619 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,710 to 2,714 students, a net gain of 4 (0.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Life University since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,710	721	351	370	1,989	1,022	967
2016-17	2,692 -18	718 -3	325 -26	393 23	1,974 -15	990 -32	984 17
2017-18	2,619 -73	755 37	348 23	407 14	1,864 -110	959 -31	905 -79
2018-19	2,746 127	898 143	405 57	493 86	1,848 -16	946 -13	902 -3
2019-20	2,724 -22	879 -19	409 4	470 -23	1,845 -3	917 -29	928 26
2020-21	2,761 37	941 62	442 33	499 29	1,820 -25	882 -35	938 10
2021-22	2,787 26	921 -20	446 4	475 -24	1,866 46	904 22	962 24
2022-23	2,753 -34	915 -6	463 17	452 -23	1,838 -28	882 -22	956 -6
2023-24	2,711 -42	873 -42	453 -10	420 -32	1,838	889 7	949 -7
2024-25	2,714 3	899 26	440 -13	459 39	1,815 -23	916 27	899 -50
Average	2,722	852	408	444	1,870	931	939

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 852 where 899 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 Life University 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	721	521	266	255	200	85	115
2016-17	718	531	252	279	187	73	114
2017-18	755	624	299	325	131	49	82
2018-19	898	727	353	374	171	52	119
2019-20	879	729	356	373	150	53	97
2020-21	941	753	378	375	188	64	124
2021-22	921	746	385	361	175	61	114
2022-23	915	766	410	356	149	53	96
2023-24	873	748	399	349	125	54	71
2024-25	899	786	389	397	113	51	62
Average	852	852	349	344	852	60	99

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,870 where 1,815 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 Life University 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	1,989	1,790	934	856	199	88	111
2016-17	1,974	1,754	900	854	220	90	130
2017-18	1,864	1,634	865	769	230	94	136
2018-19	1,848	1,650	866	784	198	80	118
2019-20	1,845	1,673	839	834	172	78	94
2020-21	1,820	1,645	804	841	175	78	97
2021-22	1,866	1,627	789	838	239	115	124
2022-23	1,838	1,597	783	814	241	99	142
2023-24	1,838	1,652	808	844	186	81	105
2024-25	1,815	1,621	835	786	194	81	113
Average	1,870	1,870	842	822	1,870	88	117

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 40.05% and the percentage of black students is 20.85% at Life University. 3.54% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 20.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.43% to 40.05%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.69% to 3.54%. Black student enrollment increased from 17.34% to 20.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.73% to 20.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7518 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7555 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

• Trends Table
• 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	24	73	470	345	0	1,204	0
2016-17	37	96	498	396	0	1,449	0
2017-18	31	83	488	411	0	1,386	4
2018-19	30	87	513	586	0	1,282	0
2019-20	36	118	544	583	0	1,221	0
2020-21	33	93	581	429	0	1,276	3
2021-22	33	95	573	596	0	1,203	0
2022-23	40	108	573	572	0	1,136	0
2023-24	41	101	557	555	0	1,125	0
2024-25	48	96	566	561	0	1,087	5
Average	35	95	536	503	0	1,237	1