Enrollment Trends at La Sierra

The student population at La Sierra University is 1,614 (1,263 undergraduate and 351 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 826 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at La Sierra is 78.25% which is decreased by 842 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 16 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.51 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

36 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3,500.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,210 where 1,614 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.25% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.75% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 842 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 16 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.51 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in La Sierra than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,440	2,105	892	1,213	335	142	193
2014-15	2,510 70	2,119 14	895 3	1,224 11	391 56	169 27	222 29
2015-16	2,476 -34	2,103 -16	882 -13	1,221 -3	373 -18	159 -10	214 -8
2016-17	2,384 -92	1,963 -140	811 -71	1,152 -69	421 48	179 20	242 28
2017-18	2,449 65	2,029 66	815 4	1,214 62	420 -1	164 -15	256 14
2018-19	2,339 -110	1,825 -204	737 -78	1,088 -126	514 94	171 7	343 87
2019-20	2,159 -180	1,746 -79	697 -40	1,049 -39	413 -101	157 -14	256 -87
2020-21	1,993 -166	1,577 -169	629 -68	948 -101	416 3	142 -15	274 18
2021-22	1,738 -255	1,351 -226	556 -73	795 -153	387 -29	128 -14	259 -15
2022-23	1,614 -124	1,263 -88	518 -38	745 -50	351 -36	125 -3	226 -33
Average	2,210	1,808	743	1,065	402	154	249

La Sierra University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,808 where 1,263 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 Sierra University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,105	1,912	804	1,108	193	88	105
2014-15	2,119	1,899	804	1,095	220	91	129
2015-16	2,103	1,866	773	1,093	237	109	128
2016-17	1,963	1,780	738	1,042	183	73	110
2017-18	2,029	1,830	741	1,089	199	74	125
2018-19	1,825	1,630	651	979	195	86	109
2019-20	1,746	1,611	634	977	135	63	72
2020-21	1,577	1,343	531	812	234	98	136
2021-22	1,351	1,144	484	660	207	72	135
2022-23	1,263	1,167	479	688	96	39	57
Average	1,808	1,808	664	954	1,808	79	111

La Sierra University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 402 where 351 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 Sierra University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	335	200	90	110	135	52	83
2014-15	391	240	106	134	151	63	88
2015-16	373	243	111	132	130	48	82
2016-17	421	299	125	174	122	54	68
2017-18	420	212	92	120	208	72	136
2018-19	514	284	92	192	230	79	151
2019-20	413	293	114	179	120	43	77
2020-21	416	245	80	165	171	62	109
2021-22	387	249	77	172	138	51	87
2022-23	351	232	77	155	119	48	71
Average	402	402	96	153	402	57	95

La Sierra University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 12.58% and the percentage of black students is 6.63% at La Sierra University. 16.42% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at La Sierra 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	5	347	188	931	53	424	101
2014-15	6	354	201	969	43	419	90
2015-16	9	356	169	1,072	50	376	85
2016-17	8	336	161	1,026	54	386	83
2017-18	11	340	190	1,078	38	381	79
2018-19	11	344	184	1,010	30	364	77
2019-20	11	328	168	978	18	318	75
2020-21	7	309	159	931	19	260	87
2021-22	4	272	136	741	35	214	81
2022-23	6	265	107	767	11	203	82
Average	8	325	166	950	35	335	84

La Sierra University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

36 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3,500.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at La Sierra University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,510	1	22	2,487
2015-16	2,476	0	26	2,450
2016-17	2,384	0	2,384	0
2017-18	2,449	2	0	2,447
2018-19	2,339	2	0	2,337
2019-20	2,159	2	2	2,155
2020-21	1,993	0	0	1,993
2021-22	1,738	0	1,738	0
2022-23	1,614	36	0	1,578
Average	2,185	5	464	1,716

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