Enrollment Trends at UL Lafayette

The student population at University of Louisiana at Lafayette is 15,219 (12,950 undergraduate and 2,269 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,427 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at UL Lafayette is 85.09% which is decreased by 2,103 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 676 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,517 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 127.37% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 16,812 where 15,219 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.09% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.91% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,103 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 676 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in UL Lafayette than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16,646	15,053	6,724	8,329	1,593	711	882
2014-15	17,195 549	15,574 521	6,874 150	8,700 371	1,621 28	720 9	901 19
2015-16	17,508 313	15,870 296	6,904 30	8,966 266	1,638 17	725 5	913 12
2016-17	17,519 11	15,998 128	6,852 -52	9,146 180	1,521 -117	653 -72	868 -45
2017-18	17,297 -222	15,666 -332	6,695 -157	8,971 -175	1,631 110	706 53	925 57
2018-19	17,123 -174	15,073 -593	6,415 -280	8,658 -313	2,050 419	906 200	1,144 219
2019-20	16,933 -190	14,603 -470	6,288 -127	8,315 -343	2,330 280	1,039 133	1,291 147
2020-21	16,450 -483	14,020 -583	5,958 -330	8,062 -253	2,430 100	1,041 2	1,389 98
2021-22	16,225 -225	13,700 -320	5,805 -153	7,895 -167	2,525 95	1,113 72	1,412 23
2022-23	15,219 -1,006	12,950 -750	5,464 -341	7,486 -409	2,269 -256	1,005 -108	1,264 -148
Average	16,812	14,851	6,398	8,453	1,961	862	1,099

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 14,851 where 12,950 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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,053	12,295	5,655	6,640	2,758	1,069	1,689
2014-15	15,574	12,498	5,767	6,731	3,076	1,107	1,969
2015-16	15,870	12,867	5,862	7,005	3,003	1,042	1,961
2016-17	15,998	12,876	5,749	7,127	3,122	1,103	2,019
2017-18	15,666	12,767	5,735	7,032	2,899	960	1,939
2018-19	15,073	12,423	5,505	6,918	2,650	910	1,740
2019-20	14,603	11,929	5,274	6,655	2,674	1,014	1,660
2020-21	14,020	11,318	4,920	6,398	2,702	1,038	1,664
2021-22	13,700	10,874	4,686	6,188	2,826	1,119	1,707
2022-23	12,950	10,598	4,499	6,099	2,352	965	1,387
Average	14,851	14,851	5,365	6,679	14,851	1,033	1,774

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,961 where 2,269 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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,593	926	457	469	667	254	413
2014-15	1,621	955	481	474	666	239	427
2015-16	1,638	987	486	501	651	239	412
2016-17	1,521	933	448	485	588	205	383
2017-18	1,631	924	453	471	707	253	454
2018-19	2,050	1,061	493	568	989	413	576
2019-20	2,330	1,137	531	606	1,193	508	685
2020-21	2,430	1,123	493	630	1,307	548	759
2021-22	2,525	1,092	516	576	1,433	597	836
2022-23	2,269	1,093	518	575	1,176	487	689
Average	1,961	1,961	488	536	1,961	374	563

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.66%. The percentage was 68.26% 10 years ago and UL Lafayette still has a high percentage of white students. 2.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 22.85% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Louisiana at Lafayette 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	73	324	3,307	501	13	11,362	235
2014-15	80	373	3,377	547	15	11,666	277
2015-16	77	373	3,530	627	11	11,746	307
2016-17	16	379	3,333	866	6	11,108	242
2017-18	35	402	3,359	920	18	11,290	333
2018-19	54	430	3,254	901	21	11,202	352
2019-20	49	454	3,256	917	17	10,855	436
2020-21	51	451	3,314	948	13	10,281	522
2021-22	57	470	3,567	920	17	9,761	552
2022-23	56	418	3,478	823	13	9,079	553
Average	55	407	3,378	797	14	10,835	381

University of Louisiana at Lafayette Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,517 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 127.37% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Louisiana at Lafayette from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	17,195	1,107	3,388	12,700
2015-16	17,508	1,211	3,173	13,124
2016-17	17,519	1,297	3,077	13,145
2017-18	17,297	1,512	3,489	12,296
2018-19	17,123	1,929	4,128	11,066
2019-20	16,933	2,285	4,299	10,349
2020-21	16,450	2,635	6,225	7,590
2021-22	16,225	2,742	4,441	9,042
2022-23	15,219	2,517	4,220	8,482
Average	16,830	1,915	4,049	10,866

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