Enrollment Trends at LSUA

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,021 where 6,815 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 6,815 students in 2025 and was lowest at 3,104 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,104 to 6,815 students, a net gain of 3,711 (119.6%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,104	1,078	2,026
2016-17	3,276 172	1,087 9	2,189 163
2017-18	3,372 96	1,142 55	2,230 41
2018-19	3,164 -208	979 -163	2,185 -45
2019-20	3,381 217	1,023 44	2,358 173
2020-21	3,706 325	1,058 35	2,648 290
2021-22	3,771 65	1,111 53	2,660 12
2022-23	4,289 518	1,273 162	3,016 356
2023-24	5,330 1,041	1,582 309	3,748 732
2024-25	6,815 1,485	1,948 366	4,867 1,119
Average	4,021	1,228	2,793

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.95%. The percentage was 66.40% 10 years ago and LSUA still has a high percentage of white students. 1.95% of enrolled students is Asian and 21.22% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 0.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.40% to 53.95%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.35% to 1.95%. Black student enrollment increased from 17.07% to 21.22%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.22% to 0.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6406 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5253 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Louisiana State University at Alexandria 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	170	42	530	100	0	2,061	68
2016-17	224	50	565	72	0	2,115	74
2017-18	281	47	558	68	0	2,150	93
2018-19	216	42	564	64	56	2,029	73
2019-20	311	45	602	55	0	2,182	87
2020-21	374	62	675	72	0	2,343	81
2021-22	432	69	675	70	0	2,330	76
2022-23	273	117	808	66	0	2,563	56
2023-24	156	167	978	51	0	3,131	41
2024-25	137	133	1,446	64	0	3,677	1,020
Average	257	77	740	68	6	2,458	167