Enrollment Trends at Wright State University-Lake Campus

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,343 where 1,356 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,749 students in 2021 and was lowest at 1,037 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,172 to 1,356 students, a net gain of 184 (15.7%).

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

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,158	556	602
2016-17	1,302 144	611 55	691 89
2017-18	1,037 -265	466 -145	571 -120
2018-19	1,063 26	456 -10	607 36
2019-20	1,648 585	718 262	930 323
2020-21	1,739 91	720 2	1,019 89
2021-22	1,435 -304	578 -142	857 -162
2022-23	1,294 -141	521 -57	773 -84
2023-24	1,398 104	587 66	811 38
2024-25	1,356 -42	552 -35	804 -7
Average	1,343	577	767

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 89.97%. The percentage was 90.87% 10 years ago and Wright State University-Lake Campus still has a high percentage of white students. 1.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.99% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.65% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 90.87% to 89.97%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.60% to 1.25%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.75% to 1.99%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.13% to 2.65%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1882 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1722 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	2	7	44	25	0	1,065	16
2016-17	0	7	33	25	1	1,236	13
2017-18	1	7	15	29	0	955	12
2018-19	0	7	15	29	0	976	17
2019-20	1	13	69	47	1	1,469	43
2020-21	1	21	62	41	2	1,566	38
2021-22	1	17	43	26	1	1,314	36
2022-23	0	16	35	21	1	1,172	36
2023-24	1	16	50	34	1	1,237	52
2024-25	3	17	27	36	3	1,220	44
Average	1	13	39	31	1	1,221	31