Enrollment Trends at LA Tech

The student population at Louisiana Tech University is 10,839 (9,924 undergraduate and 915 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 176 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at LA Tech is 91.56% which is increased by 679 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 855 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.92 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

611 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -32.71% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,654 where 10,839 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.56% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.44% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 679 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 855 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.92 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in LA Tech.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,015	9,245	4,895	4,350	1,770	696	1,074
2014-15	11,225 210	9,532 287	5,072 177	4,460 110	1,693 -77	672 -24	1,021 -53
2015-16	12,371 1,146	10,682 1,150	5,554 482	5,128 668	1,689 -4	613 -59	1,076 55
2016-17	12,672 301	11,281 599	5,863 309	5,418 290	1,391 -298	546 -67	845 -231
2017-18	12,839 167	11,328 47	5,818 -45	5,510 92	1,511 120	557 11	954 109
2018-19	11,909 -930	10,622 -706	5,536 -282	5,086 -424	1,287 -224	548 -9	739 -215
2019-20	11,510 -399	10,289 -333	5,371 -165	4,918 -168	1,221 -66	521 -27	700 -39
2020-21	11,126 -384	10,013 -276	5,188 -183	4,825 -93	1,113 -108	498 -23	615 -85
2021-22	11,037 -89	10,053 40	5,270 82	4,783 -42	984 -129	457 -41	527 -88
2022-23	10,839 -198	9,924 -129	5,219 -51	4,705 -78	915 -69	425 -32	490 -37
Average	11,654	10,297	5,379	4,918	1,357	553	804

Louisiana Tech University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,297 where 9,924 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 Louisiana Tech University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,245	6,585	3,685	2,900	2,660	1,210	1,450
2014-15	9,532	6,891	3,883	3,008	2,641	1,189	1,452
2015-16	10,682	7,386	4,138	3,248	3,296	1,416	1,880
2016-17	11,281	7,850	4,388	3,462	3,431	1,475	1,956
2017-18	11,328	8,090	4,396	3,694	3,238	1,422	1,816
2018-19	10,622	8,143	4,492	3,651	2,479	1,044	1,435
2019-20	10,289	8,131	4,465	3,666	2,158	906	1,252
2020-21	10,013	7,854	4,314	3,540	2,159	874	1,285
2021-22	10,053	7,643	4,263	3,380	2,410	1,007	1,403
2022-23	9,924	7,325	4,142	3,183	2,599	1,077	1,522
Average	10,297	10,297	4,217	3,373	10,297	1,162	1,545

Louisiana Tech University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,357 where 915 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 Louisiana Tech University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,770	964	455	509	806	241	565
2014-15	1,693	966	441	525	727	231	496
2015-16	1,689	946	408	538	743	205	538
2016-17	1,391	826	369	457	565	177	388
2017-18	1,511	820	374	446	691	183	508
2018-19	1,287	734	346	388	553	202	351
2019-20	1,221	732	336	396	489	185	304
2020-21	1,113	716	312	404	397	186	211
2021-22	984	623	301	322	361	156	205
2022-23	915	613	293	320	302	132	170
Average	1,357	1,357	364	431	1,357	190	374

Louisiana Tech University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.60%. The percentage was 68.13% 10 years ago and LA Tech still has a high percentage of white students. 1.37% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.96% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Louisiana Tech 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	47	130	1,434	132	11	7,504	149
2014-15	43	131	1,441	123	16	7,768	190
2015-16	40	145	1,638	366	12	8,392	253
2016-17	42	162	1,565	448	10	8,444	299
2017-18	56	144	1,596	446	11	8,899	346
2018-19	48	156	1,470	469	9	8,307	339
2019-20	43	177	1,327	454	9	8,091	334
2020-21	47	154	1,240	434	7	7,932	331
2021-22	40	167	1,187	498	10	7,758	345
2022-23	39	148	1,188	521	7	7,869	241
Average	45	151	1,409	389	10	8,096	283

Louisiana Tech University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

611 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -32.71% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Louisiana Tech University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,225	908	1,187	9,130
2015-16	12,371	1,128	2,260	8,983
2016-17	12,672	1,074	2,508	9,090
2017-18	12,839	760	8,513	3,566
2018-19	11,909	271	1,478	10,160
2019-20	11,510	458	1,450	9,602
2020-21	11,126	1,324	5,561	4,241
2021-22	11,037	697	2,379	7,961
2022-23	10,839	611	2,278	7,950
Average	11,725	803	3,068	7,854

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