Enrollment Trends at Xavier University of Louisiana

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,237 where 3,218 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

83.53% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.47% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 322 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 73 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.15 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Xavier University of Louisiana than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,969	2,366	640	1,726	603	172	431
2016-17	2,997 28	2,248 -118	608 -32	1,640 -86	749 146	205 33	544 113
2017-18	3,044 47	2,293 45	613 5	1,680 40	751 2	211 6	540 -4
2018-19	3,231 187	2,478 185	619 6	1,859 179	753 2	203 -8	550 10
2019-20	3,325 94	2,530 52	596 -23	1,934 75	795 42	222 19	573 23
2020-21	3,383 58	2,517 -13	575 -21	1,942 8	866 71	216 -6	650 77
2021-22	3,604 221	2,755 238	650 75	2,105 163	849 -17	211 -5	638 -12
2022-23	3,419 -185	2,696 -59	600 -50	2,096 -9	723 -126	176 -35	547 -91
2023-24	3,181 -238	2,591 -105	629 29	1,962 -134	590 -133	127 -49	463 -84
2024-25	3,218 37	2,688 97	649 20	2,039 77	530 -60	127	403 -60
Average	3,237	2,516	618	1,898	721	187	534

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,516 where 2,688 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 Xavier University of Louisiana 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	2,366	2,242	596	1,646	124	44	80
2016-17	2,248	2,124	564	1,560	124	44	80
2017-18	2,293	2,155	555	1,600	138	58	80
2018-19	2,478	2,357	579	1,778	121	40	81
2019-20	2,530	2,424	564	1,860	106	32	74
2020-21	2,517	2,406	545	1,861	111	30	81
2021-22	2,755	2,642	608	2,034	113	42	71
2022-23	2,696	2,607	579	2,028	89	21	68
2023-24	2,591	2,452	591	1,861	139	38	101
2024-25	2,688	2,561	631	1,930	127	18	109
Average	2,516	2,516	581	1,816	2,516	37	83

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 721 where 530 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 Xavier University of Louisiana 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	603	558	165	393	45	7	38
2016-17	749	710	196	514	39	9	30
2017-18	751	730	206	524	21	5	16
2018-19	753	723	190	533	30	13	17
2019-20	795	760	214	546	35	8	27
2020-21	866	838	210	628	28	6	22
2021-22	849	819	203	616	30	8	22
2022-23	723	693	168	525	30	8	22
2023-24	590	555	115	440	35	12	23
2024-25	530	491	114	377	39	13	26
Average	721	721	178	510	721	9	24

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.01% and the percentage of black students is 80.05% at Xavier University of Louisiana. 3.23% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 4.57% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 6.67% to 3.01%. Asian enrollment declined from 13.07% to 3.23%. Black student enrollment increased from 69.69% to 80.05%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.50% to 4.57%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3540 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4909 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Xavier University of Louisiana 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	5	388	2,069	104	4	198	82
2016-17	5	365	2,096	110	6	197	102
2017-18	4	348	2,120	109	3	180	112
2018-19	3	303	2,312	137	2	173	114
2019-20	1	257	2,427	145	0	181	121
2020-21	0	226	2,542	152	1	202	120
2021-22	1	181	2,770	164	1	205	129
2022-23	1	133	2,723	144	2	176	124
2023-24	1	114	2,499	135	1	136	117
2024-25	0	104	2,576	147	0	97	112
Average	2	242	2,413	135	2	175	113