Enrollment Trends at Lewis

The student population at Lewis University is 6,513 (3,933 undergraduate and 2,580 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 12 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Lewis is 60.39% which is decreased by 680 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 668 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.00 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

1,332 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 134.51% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,488 where 6,513 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

60.39% of total students is undergraduate students and 39.61% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 680 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 668 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.00 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Lewis.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,525	4,613	2,032	2,581	1,912	615	1,297
2014-15	6,689 164	4,752 139	2,083 51	2,669 88	1,937 25	597 -18	1,340 43
2015-16	6,679 -10	4,652 -100	2,051 -32	2,601 -68	2,027 90	680 83	1,347 7
2016-17	6,544 -135	4,553 -99	2,119 68	2,434 -167	1,991 -36	690 10	1,301 -46
2017-18	6,506 -38	4,506 -47	2,133 14	2,373 -61	2,000 9	684 -6	1,316 15
2018-19	6,440 -66	4,351 -155	2,133 0	2,218 -155	2,089 89	666 -18	1,423 107
2019-20	6,359 -81	4,274 -77	2,134 1	2,140 -78	2,085 -4	641 -25	1,444 21
2020-21	6,437 78	4,306 32	2,137 3	2,169 29	2,131 46	633 -8	1,498 54
2021-22	6,183 -254	3,907 -399	1,937 -200	1,970 -199	2,276 145	866 233	1,410 -88
2022-23	6,513 330	3,933 26	2,053 116	1,880 -90	2,580 304	1,209 343	1,371 -39
Average	6,488	4,385	2,081	2,304	2,103	728	1,375

Lewis University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,385 where 3,933 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 Lewis University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,613	3,723	1,672	2,051	890	360	530
2014-15	4,752	3,816	1,675	2,141	936	408	528
2015-16	4,652	3,809	1,694	2,115	843	357	486
2016-17	4,553	3,744	1,734	2,010	809	385	424
2017-18	4,506	3,687	1,715	1,972	819	418	401
2018-19	4,351	3,575	1,733	1,842	776	400	376
2019-20	4,274	3,542	1,720	1,822	732	414	318
2020-21	4,306	3,484	1,679	1,805	822	458	364
2021-22	3,907	3,253	1,572	1,681	654	365	289
2022-23	3,933	3,128	1,590	1,538	805	463	342
Average	4,385	4,385	1,678	1,898	4,385	403	406

Lewis University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,103 where 2,580 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 Lewis University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,912	400	139	261	1,512	476	1,036
2014-15	1,937	387	145	242	1,550	452	1,098
2015-16	2,027	379	174	205	1,648	506	1,142
2016-17	1,991	449	207	242	1,542	483	1,059
2017-18	2,000	464	186	278	1,536	498	1,038
2018-19	2,089	491	168	323	1,598	498	1,100
2019-20	2,085	503	170	333	1,582	471	1,111
2020-21	2,131	609	201	408	1,522	432	1,090
2021-22	2,276	908	442	466	1,368	424	944
2022-23	2,580	1,415	875	540	1,165	334	831
Average	2,103	2,103	271	330	2,103	457	1,045

Lewis University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.35% and the percentage of black students is 5.93% at Lewis University. 5.51% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lewis 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	10	210	658	963	15	4,122	115
2014-15	8	204	610	1,043	14	4,301	149
2015-16	11	230	581	1,063	17	4,091	163
2016-17	11	246	505	1,059	9	3,816	172
2017-18	11	279	425	1,107	8	3,669	181
2018-19	7	335	442	1,154	9	3,710	155
2019-20	7	353	468	1,232	11	3,664	138
2020-21	8	386	472	1,294	8	3,820	149
2021-22	6	361	387	1,201	9	3,430	139
2022-23	7	359	386	1,180	9	3,214	147
Average	9	296	493	1,130	11	3,784	151

Lewis University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,332 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 134.51% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lewis University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,689	568	1,318	4,803
2015-16	6,679	676	1,379	4,624
2016-17	6,544	822	1,492	4,230
2017-18	6,506	894	1,579	4,033
2018-19	6,440	964	1,659	3,817
2019-20	6,359	933	1,773	3,653
2020-21	6,437	2,268	3,452	717
2021-22	6,183	1,784	2,947	1,452
2022-23	6,513	1,332	3,504	1,677
Average	6,483	1,138	2,123	3,223

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