Enrollment Trends at PLU

The student population at Pacific Lutheran University is 2,633 (2,301 undergraduate and 332 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 829 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at PLU is 87.39% which is decreased by 841 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 12 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.80 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

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

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,058 where 2,633 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.39% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.61% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 841 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 12 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.80 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in PLU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,462	3,142	1,203	1,939	320	103	217
2014-15	3,242 -220	2,926 -216	1,094 -109	1,832 -107	316 -4	99 -4	217 0
2015-16	3,170 -72	2,860 -66	1,089 -5	1,771 -61	310 -6	106 7	204 -13
2016-17	3,072 -98	2,783 -77	1,034 -55	1,749 -22	289 -21	93 -13	196 -8
2017-18	3,122 50	2,766 -17	1,019 -15	1,747 -2	356 67	102 9	254 58
2018-19	3,207 85	2,836 70	1,015 -4	1,821 74	371 15	103 1	268 14
2019-20	3,062 -145	2,695 -141	981 -34	1,714 -107	367 -4	98 -5	269 1
2020-21	2,907 -155	2,544 -151	919 -62	1,625 -89	363 -4	99 1	264 -5
2021-22	2,706 -201	2,373 -171	860 -59	1,513 -112	333 -30	92 -7	241 -23
2022-23	2,633 -73	2,301 -72	854 -6	1,447 -66	332 -1	88 -4	244 3
Average	3,058	2,723	1,007	1,716	336	98	237

Pacific Lutheran University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,723 where 2,301 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 Pacific Lutheran University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,142	3,010	1,135	1,875	132	68	64
2014-15	2,926	2,822	1,046	1,776	104	48	56
2015-16	2,860	2,774	1,045	1,729	86	44	42
2016-17	2,783	2,704	991	1,713	79	43	36
2017-18	2,766	2,655	967	1,688	111	52	59
2018-19	2,836	2,730	975	1,755	106	40	66
2019-20	2,695	2,627	954	1,673	68	27	41
2020-21	2,544	2,486	884	1,602	58	35	23
2021-22	2,373	2,279	812	1,467	94	48	46
2022-23	2,301	2,192	800	1,392	109	54	55
Average	2,723	2,723	961	1,667	2,723	46	49

Pacific Lutheran University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 336 where 332 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 Pacific Lutheran University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	320	191	63	128	129	40	89
2014-15	316	196	58	138	120	41	79
2015-16	310	186	63	123	124	43	81
2016-17	289	202	66	136	87	27	60
2017-18	356	254	69	185	102	33	69
2018-19	371	262	75	187	109	28	81
2019-20	367	241	72	169	126	26	100
2020-21	363	259	73	186	104	26	78
2021-22	333	228	60	168	105	32	73
2022-23	332	227	63	164	105	25	80
Average	336	336	66	158	336	32	79

Pacific Lutheran University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.31%. The percentage was 70.19% 10 years ago and PLU still has a high percentage of white students. 11.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.22% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pacific Lutheran 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	25	206	95	236	18	2,430	229
2014-15	28	218	95	249	24	2,181	233
2015-16	29	247	84	247	31	2,118	219
2016-17	24	284	101	259	31	2,002	223
2017-18	18	303	112	278	31	1,944	249
2018-19	17	311	132	364	33	1,867	294
2019-20	14	315	115	368	39	1,749	314
2020-21	6	310	119	379	37	1,651	305
2021-22	12	296	96	408	41	1,475	295
2022-23	19	294	111	439	49	1,351	269
Average	19	278	106	323	33	1,877	263

Pacific Lutheran University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,242	0	0	3,242
2015-16	3,170	0	0	3,170
2016-17	3,072	0	0	3,072
2017-18	3,122	0	0	3,122
2018-19	3,207	0	0	3,207
2019-20	3,062	0	0	3,062
2020-21	2,907	1,319	1,536	52
2021-22	2,706	61	67	2,578
2022-23	2,633	39	85	2,509
Average	3,013	158	188	2,668

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