Enrollment Trends at OLLU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,761 where 1,968 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 3,334 to 1,968 students, a loss of 1,366 (41%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Our Lady of the Lake 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	3,334	1,528	471	1,057	1,806	385	1,421
2016-17	3,233 -101	1,351 -177	422 -49	929 -128	1,882 76	385	1,497 76
2017-18	3,212 -21	1,342 -9	410 -12	932 3	1,870 -12	362 -23	1,508 11
2018-19	3,149 -63	1,419 77	455 45	964 32	1,730 -140	323 -39	1,407 -101
2019-20	2,974 -175	1,368 -51	435 -20	933 -31	1,606 -124	306 -17	1,300 -107
2020-21	2,771 -203	1,294 -74	401 -34	893 -40	1,477 -129	281 -25	1,196 -104
2021-22	2,550 -221	1,217 -77	389 -12	828 -65	1,333 -144	252 -29	1,081 -115
2022-23	2,326 -224	1,195 -22	397 8	798 -30	1,131 -202	207 -45	924 -157
2023-24	2,096 -230	1,147 -48	381 -16	766 -32	949 -182	162 -45	787 -137
2024-25	1,968 -128	1,108 -39	361 -20	747 -19	860 -89	129 -33	731 -56
Average	2,761	1,297	412	885	1,464	279	1,185

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,297 where 1,108 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 Our Lady of the Lake 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	1,528	1,343	414	929	185	57	128
2016-17	1,351	1,180	363	817	171	59	112
2017-18	1,342	1,221	382	839	121	28	93
2018-19	1,419	1,291	411	880	128	44	84
2019-20	1,368	1,244	394	850	124	41	83
2020-21	1,294	1,177	362	815	117	39	78
2021-22	1,217	1,081	354	727	136	35	101
2022-23	1,195	1,037	362	675	158	35	123
2023-24	1,147	994	345	649	153	36	117
2024-25	1,108	951	326	625	157	35	122
Average	1,297	1,297	371	781	1,297	41	104

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,464 where 860 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 Our Lady of the Lake 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	1,806	1,678	356	1,322	128	29	99
2016-17	1,882	1,659	341	1,318	223	44	179
2017-18	1,870	1,622	330	1,292	248	32	216
2018-19	1,730	1,527	283	1,244	203	40	163
2019-20	1,606	1,403	275	1,128	203	31	172
2020-21	1,477	1,281	249	1,032	196	32	164
2021-22	1,333	1,150	216	934	183	36	147
2022-23	1,131	974	182	792	157	25	132
2023-24	949	842	142	700	107	20	87
2024-25	860	734	111	623	126	18	108
Average	1,464	1,464	249	1,039	1,464	31	147

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 11.08% and the percentage of black students is 11.94% at Our Lady of the Lake University. 1.27% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 68.65% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 21.15% to 11.08%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.90% to 1.27%. Black student enrollment decreased from 14.07% to 11.94%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 56.57% to 68.65%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5020 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.6153 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Our Lady of the Lake University 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	15	30	469	1,886	6	705	39
2016-17	15	25	446	1,894	6	692	45
2017-18	17	29	466	1,885	4	624	43
2018-19	15	25	438	1,889	5	540	44
2019-20	11	20	350	1,889	4	440	22
2020-21	5	21	305	1,821	1	362	9
2021-22	4	25	255	1,690	0	347	3
2022-23	2	24	251	1,561	0	340	0
2023-24	2	20	229	1,405	0	271	0
2024-25	4	25	235	1,351	2	218	0
Average	9	24	344	1,727	3	454	21