Enrollment Trends at Lipscomb

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,760 where 5,017 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

66.49% of total students is undergraduate students and 33.51% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 306 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 31 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.74 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Lipscomb than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lipscomb 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	4,680	3,030	1,167	1,863	1,650	614	1,036
2016-17	4,632 -48	2,986 -44	1,143 -24	1,843 -20	1,646 -4	577 -37	1,069 33
2017-18	4,642 10	2,987 1	1,170 27	1,817 -26	1,655 9	574 -3	1,081 12
2018-19	4,620 -22	2,938 -49	1,139 -31	1,799 -18	1,682 27	600 26	1,082 1
2019-20	4,595 -25	2,859 -79	1,135 -4	1,724 -75	1,736 54	578 -22	1,158 76
2020-21	4,884 289	2,997 138	1,158 23	1,839 115	1,887 151	584 6	1,303 145
2021-22	4,778 -106	2,952 -45	1,160 2	1,792 -47	1,826 -61	530 -54	1,296 -7
2022-23	4,704 -74	2,955 3	1,152 -8	1,803 11	1,749 -77	508 -22	1,241 -55
2023-24	5,047 343	3,270 315	1,270 118	2,000 197	1,777 28	516 8	1,261 20
2024-25	5,017 -30	3,336 66	1,328 58	2,008 8	1,681 -96	504 -12	1,177 -84
Average	4,760	3,031	1,182	1,849	1,729	559	1,170

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,031 where 3,336 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 Lipscomb 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	3,030	2,726	1,041	1,685	304	126	178
2016-17	2,986	2,656	1,028	1,628	330	115	215
2017-18	2,987	2,723	1,074	1,649	264	96	168
2018-19	2,938	2,738	1,066	1,672	200	73	127
2019-20	2,859	2,680	1,065	1,615	179	70	109
2020-21	2,997	2,798	1,080	1,718	199	78	121
2021-22	2,952	2,761	1,076	1,685	191	84	107
2022-23	2,955	2,791	1,088	1,703	164	64	100
2023-24	3,270	2,886	1,111	1,775	384	159	225
2024-25	3,336	2,872	1,120	1,752	464	208	256
Average	3,031	3,031	1,075	1,688	3,031	107	161

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,729 where 1,681 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 Lipscomb 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	1,650	859	332	527	791	282	509
2016-17	1,646	871	356	515	775	221	554
2017-18	1,655	1,491	507	984	164	67	97
2018-19	1,682	1,473	516	957	209	84	125
2019-20	1,736	1,530	497	1,033	206	81	125
2020-21	1,887	1,631	499	1,132	256	85	171
2021-22	1,826	1,572	447	1,125	254	83	171
2022-23	1,749	1,515	409	1,106	234	99	135
2023-24	1,777	1,555	409	1,146	222	107	115
2024-25	1,681	1,470	413	1,057	211	91	120
Average	1,729	1,729	439	958	1,729	120	212

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.07%. The percentage was 75.21% 10 years ago and Lipscomb still has a high percentage of white students. 2.83% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.41% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.21% to 68.07%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.91% to 2.83%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.17% to 9.41%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.42% to 9.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5164 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4227 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lipscomb 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	9	136	429	207	6	3,520	92
2016-17	12	136	443	248	3	3,493	105
2017-18	13	154	443	271	2	3,462	117
2018-19	11	149	467	281	5	3,395	139
2019-20	11	152	487	282	5	3,325	125
2020-21	16	162	502	315	4	3,525	119
2021-22	24	172	499	300	4	3,388	87
2022-23	32	159	439	385	4	3,253	51
2023-24	11	141	452	421	6	3,574	172
2024-25	9	142	472	487	4	3,415	170
Average	15	150	463	320	4	3,435	118