Enrollment Trends at Loras

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,394 where 1,189 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

94.45% of total students is undergraduate students and 5.55% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 339 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 0 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.78 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Loras than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Loras 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	1,528	1,462	762	700	66	34	32
2016-17	1,524 -4	1,463 1	769 7	694 -6	61 -5	26 -8	35 3
2017-18	1,467 -57	1,397 -66	727 -42	670 -24	70 9	31 5	39 4
2018-19	1,489 22	1,412 15	773 46	639 -31	77 7	32 1	45 6
2019-20	1,416 -73	1,333 -79	757 -16	576 -63	83 6	29 -3	54 9
2020-21	1,404 -12	1,314 -19	735 -22	579 3	90 7	30 1	60 6
2021-22	1,386 -18	1,296 -18	742 7	554 -25	90	26 -4	64 4
2022-23	1,319 -67	1,227 -69	703 -39	524 -30	92 2	28 2	64
2023-24	1,213 -106	1,130 -97	669 -34	461 -63	83 -9	28	55 -9
2024-25	1,189 -24	1,123 -7	649 -20	474 13	66 -17	20 -8	46 -9
Average	1,394	1,316	729	587	78	28	49

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,316 where 1,123 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 Loras 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	1,462	1,418	739	679	44	23	21
2016-17	1,463	1,400	731	669	63	38	25
2017-18	1,397	1,335	694	641	62	33	29
2018-19	1,412	1,345	733	612	67	40	27
2019-20	1,333	1,264	707	557	69	50	19
2020-21	1,314	1,214	687	527	100	48	52
2021-22	1,296	1,185	683	502	111	59	52
2022-23	1,227	1,147	659	488	80	44	36
2023-24	1,130	1,066	633	433	64	36	28
2024-25	1,123	1,065	625	440	58	24	34
Average	1,316	1,316	689	555	1,316	40	32

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 78 where 66 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 Loras 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	66	53	28	25	13	6	7
2016-17	61	42	18	24	19	8	11
2017-18	70	52	23	29	18	8	10
2018-19	77	69	29	40	8	3	5
2019-20	83	75	26	49	8	3	5
2020-21	90	80	27	53	10	3	7
2021-22	90	81	24	57	9	2	7
2022-23	92	81	25	56	11	3	8
2023-24	83	75	25	50	8	3	5
2024-25	66	62	19	43	4	1	3
Average	78	78	24	43	78	4	7

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.61%. The percentage was 83.38% 10 years ago and Loras still has a high percentage of white students. 1.09% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.04% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.74% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.38% to 75.61%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.85% to 1.09%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.96% to 4.04%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.15% to 7.74%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4198 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3000 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Loras College 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	0	13	30	94	2	1,274	36
2016-17	1	14	33	104	1	1,241	31
2017-18	1	11	33	107	1	1,181	32
2018-19	1	10	45	115	1	1,189	31
2019-20	0	9	48	125	2	1,102	32
2020-21	0	15	60	134	0	1,064	33
2021-22	2	19	57	140	0	1,034	36
2022-23	1	19	62	125	1	967	36
2023-24	0	14	50	104	1	909	30
2024-25	0	13	48	92	2	899	33
Average	1	14	47	114	1	1,086	33