Enrollment Trends at La Salle

The student population at La Salle University is 4,049 (2,773 undergraduate and 1,276 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,387 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at La Salle is 68.49% which is decreased by 1,636 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 751 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.03 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,293 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 175.11% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,160 where 4,049 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

68.49% of total students is undergraduate students and 31.51% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,636 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 751 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.03 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in La Salle than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at La Salle University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,436	4,409	1,558	2,851	2,027	617	1,410
2014-15	6,242 -194	4,322 -87	1,571 13	2,751 -100	1,920 -107	552 -65	1,368 -42
2015-16	5,683 -559	3,955 -367	1,482 -89	2,473 -278	1,728 -192	486 -66	1,242 -126
2016-17	5,197 -486	3,652 -303	1,399 -83	2,253 -220	1,545 -183	457 -29	1,088 -154
2017-18	5,197 0	3,821 169	1,474 75	2,347 94	1,376 -169	404 -53	972 -116
2018-19	5,191 -6	3,904 83	1,473 -1	2,431 84	1,287 -89	384 -20	903 -69
2019-20	4,933 -258	3,665 -239	1,346 -127	2,319 -112	1,268 -19	410 26	858 -45
2020-21	4,624 -309	3,293 -372	1,182 -164	2,111 -208	1,331 63	397 -13	934 76
2021-22	4,043 -581	2,746 -547	955 -227	1,791 -320	1,297 -34	372 -25	925 -9
2022-23	4,049 6	2,773 27	965 10	1,808 17	1,276 -21	372 0	904 -21
Average	5,160	3,654	1,341	2,314	1,506	445	1,060

La Salle University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,654 where 2,773 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at La Salle University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,409	3,542	1,363	2,179	867	195	672
2014-15	4,322	3,583	1,412	2,171	739	159	580
2015-16	3,955	3,362	1,345	2,017	593	137	456
2016-17	3,652	3,181	1,283	1,898	471	116	355
2017-18	3,821	3,322	1,335	1,987	499	139	360
2018-19	3,904	3,363	1,324	2,039	541	149	392
2019-20	3,665	3,188	1,234	1,954	477	112	365
2020-21	3,293	2,823	1,085	1,738	470	97	373
2021-22	2,746	2,304	863	1,441	442	92	350
2022-23	2,773	2,000	760	1,240	773	205	568
Average	3,654	3,654	1,200	1,866	3,654	140	447

La Salle University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,506 where 1,276 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at La Salle University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,027	406	108	298	1,621	509	1,112
2014-15	1,920	388	92	296	1,532	460	1,072
2015-16	1,728	331	82	249	1,397	404	993
2016-17	1,545	294	83	211	1,251	374	877
2017-18	1,376	270	68	202	1,106	336	770
2018-19	1,287	258	50	208	1,029	334	695
2019-20	1,268	240	57	183	1,028	353	675
2020-21	1,331	276	62	214	1,055	335	720
2021-22	1,297	270	51	219	1,027	321	706
2022-23	1,276	280	71	209	996	301	695
Average	1,506	1,506	72	229	1,506	373	832

La Salle University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.04%. The percentage was 58.06% 10 years ago and La Salle still has a high percentage of white students. 5.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 22.18% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at La Salle University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	17	293	1,120	477	7	3,737	263
2014-15	16	286	1,078	462	7	3,520	349
2015-16	12	262	989	542	4	3,135	137
2016-17	10	245	951	594	7	2,808	130
2017-18	10	240	962	764	8	2,793	141
2018-19	8	257	950	826	9	2,696	142
2019-20	5	263	821	759	7	2,623	148
2020-21	5	221	754	648	5	2,567	128
2021-22	6	209	728	550	3	2,163	113
2022-23	5	227	898	549	4	2,026	124
Average	9	250	925	617	6	2,807	168

La Salle University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,293 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 32% of total students. The number of online students has increased 175.11% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at La Salle University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,242	470	245	5,527
2015-16	5,683	497	291	4,895
2016-17	5,197	476	355	4,366
2017-18	5,197	502	361	4,334
2018-19	5,191	572	330	4,289
2019-20	4,933	640	451	3,842
2020-21	4,624	1,762	2,461	401
2021-22	4,043	927	527	2,589
2022-23	4,049	1,293	550	2,206
Average	5,018	793	619	3,605

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