Enrollment Trends at Lake Forest

The student population at Lake Forest College is 1,753 (1,727 undergraduate and 26 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 135 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Lake Forest is 98.52% which is increased by 137 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 2 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Lake Forest College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,606 where 1,753 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

98.52% of total students is undergraduate students and 1.48% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 137 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 2 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Lake Forest than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lake Forest College since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,618	1,590	671	919	28	10	18
2014-15	1,626 8	1,607 17	688 17	919 0	19 -9	4 -6	15 -3
2015-16	1,600 -26	1,572 -35	688 0	884 -35	28 9	10 6	18 3
2016-17	1,578 -22	1,540 -32	658 -30	882 -2	38 10	15 5	23 5
2017-18	1,542 -36	1,508 -32	645 -13	863 -19	34 -4	9 -6	25 2
2018-19	1,512 -30	1,492 -16	639 -6	853 -10	20 -14	5 -4	15 -10
2019-20	1,562 50	1,538 46	648 9	890 37	24 4	7 2	17 2
2020-21	1,583 21	1,558 20	637 -11	921 31	25 1	8 1	17 0
2021-22	1,690 107	1,661 103	692 55	969 48	29 4	10 2	19 2
2022-23	1,753 63	1,727 66	716 24	1,011 42	26 -3	5 -5	21 2
Average	1,606	1,579	668	911	27	8	19

Lake Forest College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,579 where 1,727 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 Lake Forest College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,590	1,571	661	910	19	10	9
2014-15	1,607	1,589	676	913	18	12	6
2015-16	1,572	1,553	681	872	19	7	12
2016-17	1,540	1,524	654	870	16	4	12
2017-18	1,508	1,487	629	858	21	16	5
2018-19	1,492	1,472	627	845	20	12	8
2019-20	1,538	1,517	640	877	21	8	13
2020-21	1,558	1,526	620	906	32	17	15
2021-22	1,661	1,641	682	959	20	10	10
2022-23	1,727	1,685	700	985	42	16	26
Average	1,579	1,579	657	900	1,579	11	12

Lake Forest College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 27 where 26 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 Lake Forest College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28	11	5	6	17	5	12
2014-15	19	3	1	2	16	3	13
2015-16	28	11	3	8	17	7	10
2016-17	38	13	6	7	25	9	16
2017-18	34	8	2	6	26	7	19
2018-19	20	5	0	5	15	5	10
2019-20	24	13	3	10	11	4	7
2020-21	25	19	6	13	6	2	4
2021-22	29	13	5	8	16	5	11
2022-23	26	13	2	11	13	3	10
Average	27	27	3	8	27	5	11

Lake Forest College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.46% and the percentage of black students is 3.42% at Lake Forest College. 6.22% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lake Forest College 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	77	99	231	2	945	55
2014-15	4	81	108	243	0	941	57
2015-16	4	82	105	262	0	937	49
2016-17	5	85	91	246	0	898	54
2017-18	4	89	82	219	0	875	54
2018-19	4	77	74	215	2	861	56
2019-20	5	78	70	224	4	858	60
2020-21	6	79	66	277	2	787	56
2021-22	6	91	69	298	3	816	54
2022-23	7	109	60	353	3	832	54
Average	5	85	82	257	2	875	55

Lake Forest College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Lake Forest

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes