Enrollment Trends at Lamar

The student population at Lamar University is 16,803 (8,264 undergraduate and 8,539 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,768 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Lamar is 49.18% which is decreased by 1,118 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3,886 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.94 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

9,132 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 53.50% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,341 where 16,803 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

49.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 50.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,118 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 3,886 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.94 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Lamar than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14,035	9,382	3,946	5,436	4,653	1,528	3,125
2014-15	14,895 860	9,279 -103	3,924 -22	5,355 -81	5,616 963	1,940 412	3,676 551
2015-16	14,965 70	9,215 -64	3,908 -16	5,307 -48	5,750 134	2,031 91	3,719 43
2016-17	15,001 36	9,308 93	3,871 -37	5,437 130	5,693 -57	1,900 -131	3,793 74
2017-18	14,506 -495	9,268 -40	3,886 15	5,382 -55	5,238 -455	1,531 -369	3,707 -86
2018-19	14,783 277	8,904 -364	3,704 -182	5,200 -182	5,879 641	1,612 81	4,267 560
2019-20	15,460 677	8,701 -203	3,617 -87	5,084 -116	6,759 880	1,644 32	5,115 848
2020-21	16,637 1,177	8,588 -113	3,439 -178	5,149 65	8,049 1,290	1,941 297	6,108 993
2021-22	16,320 -317	8,377 -211	3,393 -46	4,984 -165	7,943 -106	2,043 102	5,900 -208
2022-23	16,803 483	8,264 -113	3,367 -26	4,897 -87	8,539 596	2,356 313	6,183 283
Average	15,341	8,929	3,706	5,223	6,412	1,853	4,559

Lamar University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,929 where 8,264 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 Lamar University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,382	6,604	2,955	3,649	2,778	991	1,787
2014-15	9,279	6,460	2,862	3,598	2,819	1,062	1,757
2015-16	9,215	6,315	2,785	3,530	2,900	1,123	1,777
2016-17	9,308	6,161	2,709	3,452	3,147	1,162	1,985
2017-18	9,268	5,967	2,652	3,315	3,301	1,234	2,067
2018-19	8,904	5,735	2,509	3,226	3,169	1,195	1,974
2019-20	8,701	5,243	2,278	2,965	3,458	1,339	2,119
2020-21	8,588	4,657	1,981	2,676	3,931	1,458	2,473
2021-22	8,377	4,496	1,931	2,565	3,881	1,462	2,419
2022-23	8,264	6,162	2,476	3,686	2,102	891	1,211
Average	8,929	8,929	2,514	3,266	8,929	1,192	1,957

Lamar University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 6,412 where 8,539 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 Lamar University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,653	752	405	347	3,901	1,123	2,778
2014-15	5,616	1,079	692	387	4,537	1,248	3,289
2015-16	5,750	1,083	737	346	4,667	1,294	3,373
2016-17	5,693	862	566	296	4,831	1,334	3,497
2017-18	5,238	553	319	234	4,685	1,212	3,473
2018-19	5,879	722	272	450	5,157	1,340	3,817
2019-20	6,759	613	195	418	6,146	1,449	4,697
2020-21	8,049	711	224	487	7,338	1,717	5,621
2021-22	7,943	855	352	503	7,088	1,691	5,397
2022-23	8,539	2,926	1,179	1,747	5,613	1,177	4,436
Average	6,412	6,412	494	522	6,412	1,359	4,038

Lamar University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 39.57% and the percentage of black students is 25.72% at Lamar University. 4.30% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lamar 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	54	445	3,614	1,662	1	7,160	223
2014-15	55	478	3,532	2,070	10	7,196	258
2015-16	62	515	3,341	2,138	9	7,008	280
2016-17	50	543	3,480	2,280	16	7,129	320
2017-18	70	537	3,426	2,482	14	6,813	324
2018-19	76	576	3,519	2,724	11	6,909	320
2019-20	48	585	3,545	3,062	12	7,049	414
2020-21	59	618	4,074	3,568	8	7,189	444
2021-22	48	641	4,192	3,576	9	6,782	203
2022-23	47	723	4,322	3,609	6	6,649	64
Average	57	566	3,705	2,717	10	6,988	285

Lamar University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

9,132 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 54% of total students. The number of online students has increased 53.50% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lamar University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,895	5,949	2,931	6,015
2015-16	14,965	5,858	3,262	5,845
2016-17	15,001	6,257	3,069	5,675
2017-18	14,506	6,491	3,010	5,005
2018-19	14,783	7,109	3,409	4,265
2019-20	15,460	8,372	2,938	4,150
2020-21	16,637	9,487	3,610	3,540
2021-22	16,320	9,710	4,629	1,981
2022-23	16,803	9,132	4,445	3,226
Average	15,486	7,596	3,478	4,411

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