Enrollment Trends at Lesley

The student population at Lesley University is 3,406 (1,554 undergraduate and 1,852 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,789 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Lesley is 45.63% which is decreased by 394 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,395 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 4.09 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

575 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 76.92% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,568 where 3,406 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

45.63% of total students is undergraduate students and 54.37% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 394 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,395 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 4.09 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Lesley than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,195	1,948	448	1,500	3,247	481	2,766
2014-15	4,859 -336	1,929 -19	433 -15	1,496 -4	2,930 -317	449 -32	2,481 -285
2015-16	5,067 208	1,982 53	470 37	1,512 16	3,085 155	444 -5	2,641 160
2016-17	4,865 -202	1,968 -14	454 -16	1,514 2	2,897 -188	392 -52	2,505 -136
2017-18	4,732 -133	2,096 128	476 22	1,620 106	2,636 -261	359 -33	2,277 -228
2018-19	4,838 106	2,208 112	465 -11	1,743 123	2,630 -6	373 14	2,257 -20
2019-20	4,510 -328	2,128 -80	489 24	1,639 -104	2,382 -248	335 -38	2,047 -210
2020-21	4,200 -310	1,861 -267	407 -82	1,454 -185	2,339 -43	306 -29	2,033 -14
2021-22	4,010 -190	1,757 -104	411 4	1,346 -108	2,253 -86	307 1	1,946 -87
2022-23	3,406 -604	1,554 -203	404 -7	1,150 -196	1,852 -401	265 -42	1,587 -359
Average	4,568	1,943	446	1,497	2,625	371	2,254

Lesley University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,943 where 1,554 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 Lesley University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,948	1,460	336	1,124	488	112	376
2014-15	1,929	1,383	311	1,072	546	122	424
2015-16	1,982	1,476	352	1,124	506	118	388
2016-17	1,968	1,541	360	1,181	427	94	333
2017-18	2,096	1,645	356	1,289	451	120	331
2018-19	2,208	1,700	350	1,350	508	115	393
2019-20	2,128	1,599	366	1,233	529	123	406
2020-21	1,861	1,394	304	1,090	467	103	364
2021-22	1,757	1,322	317	1,005	435	94	341
2022-23	1,554	956	244	712	598	160	438
Average	1,943	1,943	330	1,118	1,943	116	379

Lesley University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,625 where 1,852 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 Lesley University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,247	1,094	168	926	2,153	313	1,840
2014-15	2,930	862	121	741	2,068	328	1,740
2015-16	3,085	850	100	750	2,235	344	1,891
2016-17	2,897	742	90	652	2,155	302	1,853
2017-18	2,636	701	59	642	1,935	300	1,635
2018-19	2,630	669	91	578	1,961	282	1,679
2019-20	2,382	631	90	541	1,751	245	1,506
2020-21	2,339	675	87	588	1,664	219	1,445
2021-22	2,253	617	87	530	1,636	220	1,416
2022-23	1,852	551	94	457	1,301	171	1,130
Average	2,625	2,625	99	641	2,625	272	1,614

Lesley University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.04%. The percentage was 67.72% 10 years ago and Lesley still has a high percentage of white students. 4.87% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.04% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lesley 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	21	125	275	252	12	3,518	120
2014-15	18	124	287	287	7	3,199	125
2015-16	17	165	317	323	6	3,278	130
2016-17	11	131	291	361	7	3,120	147
2017-18	12	148	291	402	6	2,968	144
2018-19	9	166	281	456	6	2,899	135
2019-20	12	167	297	462	9	2,542	115
2020-21	10	176	314	486	5	2,589	121
2021-22	14	160	249	454	1	2,522	117
2022-23	15	166	274	410	2	2,011	103
Average	14	153	288	389	6	2,865	126

Lesley University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

575 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 76.92% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lesley University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,859	325	397	4,137
2015-16	5,067	409	434	4,224
2016-17	4,865	490	468	3,907
2017-18	4,732	530	442	3,760
2018-19	4,838	510	461	3,867
2019-20	4,510	470	452	3,588
2020-21	4,200	4,200	0	0
2021-22	4,010	779	305	2,926
2022-23	3,406	575	260	2,571
Average	4,499	921	358	3,220

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