Enrollment Trends at Lee

The student population at Lee University is 3,927 (3,446 undergraduate and 481 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 995 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Lee is 87.75% which is decreased by 1,104 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 109 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.54 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

450 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -26.59% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,981 where 3,927 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.75% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.25% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,104 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 109 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.54 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Lee than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,922	4,550	1,958	2,592	372	148	224
2014-15	4,965 43	4,574 24	1,909 -49	2,665 73	391 19	172 24	219 -5
2015-16	5,041 76	4,560 -14	1,885 -24	2,675 10	481 90	228 56	253 34
2016-17	5,302 261	4,821 261	1,893 8	2,928 253	481 0	221 -7	260 7
2017-18	5,370 68	4,860 39	1,847 -46	3,013 85	510 29	243 22	267 7
2018-19	5,386 16	4,883 23	1,891 44	2,992 -21	503 -7	228 -15	275 8
2019-20	5,189 -197	4,686 -197	1,839 -52	2,847 -145	503 0	222 -6	281 6
2020-21	5,204 15	4,670 -16	1,777 -62	2,893 46	534 31	241 19	293 12
2021-22	4,505 -699	3,950 -720	1,495 -282	2,455 -438	555 21	230 -11	325 32
2022-23	3,927 -578	3,446 -504	1,341 -154	2,105 -350	481 -74	203 -27	278 -47
Average	4,981	4,500	1,784	2,717	481	214	268

Lee University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,500 where 3,446 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 Lee University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,550	3,830	1,613	2,217	720	345	375
2014-15	4,574	3,769	1,546	2,223	805	363	442
2015-16	4,560	3,785	1,512	2,273	775	373	402
2016-17	4,821	3,828	1,428	2,400	993	465	528
2017-18	4,860	3,854	1,392	2,462	1,006	455	551
2018-19	4,883	3,780	1,365	2,415	1,103	526	577
2019-20	4,686	3,677	1,382	2,295	1,009	457	552
2020-21	4,670	3,459	1,249	2,210	1,211	528	683
2021-22	3,950	3,041	1,099	1,942	909	396	513
2022-23	3,446	2,673	997	1,676	773	344	429
Average	4,500	4,500	1,358	2,211	4,500	425	505

Lee University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 481 where 481 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 Lee University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	372	167	52	115	205	96	109
2014-15	391	173	68	105	218	104	114
2015-16	481	227	99	128	254	129	125
2016-17	481	219	89	130	262	132	130
2017-18	510	225	102	123	285	141	144
2018-19	503	195	74	121	308	154	154
2019-20	503	178	61	117	325	161	164
2020-21	534	202	69	133	332	172	160
2021-22	555	161	52	109	394	178	216
2022-23	481	180	75	105	301	128	173
Average	481	481	74	119	481	140	149

Lee University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.87%. The percentage was 75.78% 10 years ago and Lee still has a high percentage of white students. 1.43% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.33% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lee 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	20	50	267	189	9	3,730	19
2014-15	20	51	271	211	8	3,768	50
2015-16	25	48	268	176	9	3,731	62
2016-17	23	50	283	211	10	3,962	95
2017-18	26	48	259	170	12	4,059	130
2018-19	19	40	254	151	8	4,125	154
2019-20	19	47	221	137	6	3,994	169
2020-21	10	52	244	134	6	3,810	190
2021-22	12	61	214	151	5	3,410	158
2022-23	10	56	170	89	5	2,940	176
Average	18	50	245	162	8	3,753	120

Lee University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

450 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -26.59% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lee University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,965	613	44	4,308
2015-16	5,041	639	21	4,381
2016-17	5,302	648	62	4,592
2017-18	5,370	623	111	4,636
2018-19	5,386	540	211	4,635
2019-20	5,189	495	241	4,453
2020-21	5,204	619	305	4,280
2021-22	4,505	552	359	3,594
2022-23	3,927	450	300	3,177
Average	4,988	575	184	4,228

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