Enrollment Trends at Ohio University-Lancaster Campus

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,022 where 2,127 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,532 students in 2020 and was lowest at 1,568 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,933 to 2,127 students, a net gain of 194 (10%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ohio University-Lancaster Campus since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,933	756	1,177
2016-17	1,829 -104	750 -6	1,079 -98
2017-18	1,615 -214	645 -105	970 -109
2018-19	1,568 -47	637 -8	931 -39
2019-20	2,532 964	996 359	1,536 605
2020-21	2,516 -16	1,007 11	1,509 -27
2021-22	2,125 -391	796 -211	1,329 -180
2022-23	1,994 -131	721 -75	1,273 -56
2023-24	1,977 -17	700 -21	1,277 4
2024-25	2,127 150	761 61	1,366 89
Average	2,022	777	1,245

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 85.57%. The percentage was 87.33% 10 years ago and Ohio University-Lancaster Campus still has a high percentage of white students. 0.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.10% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 87.33% to 85.57%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.47% to 0.75%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.83% to 3.10%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.12% to 3.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2642 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.2344 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• 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	9	74	41	0	1,688	64
2016-17	5	15	74	27	0	1,603	66
2017-18	9	13	63	22	1	1,399	59
2018-19	5	11	59	28	2	1,345	72
2019-20	11	16	101	64	1	2,176	95
2020-21	9	24	103	61	1	2,147	101
2021-22	3	16	71	49	2	1,812	84
2022-23	4	8	70	47	2	1,675	89
2023-24	3	12	54	57	2	1,680	72
2024-25	1	16	66	69	3	1,820	84
Average	6	14	74	47	1	1,735	79