Enrollment Trends at Lincoln

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,021 where 1,670 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 2,376 students in 2019 and was lowest at 1,670 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,904 to 1,670 students, a net loss of 234 (12.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lincoln 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	1,904	1,696	640	1,056	208	67	141
2016-17	2,092 188	1,824 128	668 28	1,156 100	268 60	77 10	191 50
2017-18	2,266 174	2,002 178	678 10	1,324 168	264 -4	80 3	184 -7
2018-19	2,376 110	2,122 120	714 36	1,408 84	254 -10	60 -20	194 10
2019-20	2,241 -135	2,040 -82	694 -20	1,346 -62	201 -53	53 -7	148 -46
2020-21	2,077 -164	1,895 -145	591 -103	1,304 -42	182 -19	49 -4	133 -15
2021-22	1,916 -161	1,767 -128	597 6	1,170 -134	149 -33	36 -13	113 -20
2022-23	1,824 -92	1,712 -55	594 -3	1,118 -52	112 -37	23 -13	89 -24
2023-24	1,848 24	1,717 5	584 -10	1,133 15	131 19	35 12	96 7
2024-25	1,670 -178	1,545 -172	558 -26	987 -146	125 -6	45 10	80 -16
Average	2,021	1,832	632	1,200	189	53	137

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,832 where 1,545 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 Lincoln 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	1,696	1,546	587	959	150	53	97
2016-17	1,824	1,668	619	1,049	156	49	107
2017-18	2,002	1,826	621	1,205	176	57	119
2018-19	2,122	1,963	673	1,290	159	41	118
2019-20	2,040	1,901	649	1,252	139	45	94
2020-21	1,895	1,680	513	1,167	215	78	137
2021-22	1,767	1,664	567	1,097	103	30	73
2022-23	1,712	1,593	554	1,039	119	40	79
2023-24	1,717	1,609	538	1,071	108	46	62
2024-25	1,545	1,503	543	960	42	15	27
Average	1,832	1,832	586	1,109	1,832	45	91

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 189 where 125 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 Lincoln 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	208	139	46	93	69	21	48
2016-17	268	191	60	131	77	17	60
2017-18	264	196	58	138	68	22	46
2018-19	254	192	38	154	62	22	40
2019-20	201	149	34	115	52	19	33
2020-21	182	137	36	101	45	13	32
2021-22	149	108	23	85	41	13	28
2022-23	112	92	20	72	20	3	17
2023-24	131	100	25	75	31	10	21
2024-25	125	100	37	63	25	8	17
Average	189	189	38	103	189	15	34

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.66% and the percentage of black students is 84.43% at Lincoln University. 0.12% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.39% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 1.16% to 0.66%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 0.12%. Black student enrollment decreased from 86.66% to 84.43%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.52% to 5.39%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2825 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.2485 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lincoln 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	5	0	1,650	29	1	22	22
2016-17	8	2	1,755	50	0	27	25
2017-18	6	2	1,905	69	0	24	42
2018-19	5	0	2,016	95	0	21	58
2019-20	3	1	1,905	99	0	15	66
2020-21	2	2	1,762	106	0	17	66
2021-22	4	1	1,635	117	0	16	57
2022-23	5	1	1,513	121	2	17	65
2023-24	5	2	1,546	116	1	12	79
2024-25	7	2	1,410	90	1	11	68
Average	5	1	1,710	89	1	18	55

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Lincoln University does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.