How many students at Lee? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 3,927 students have enrolled in Lee University with 3,446 undergraduate and 481 graduate students.

By gender, 1,544 male and 2,383 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (1,948 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (medium programs)).

450 students are enrolled exclusively, and 300 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Lee University has a total of 3,927 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 3,446 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 481 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,544 male and 2,383 female students (the male-female ratio is 39:61) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total3,9273,446481
Men1,5441,341203
Women2,3832,105278
Lee University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartLee University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartLee University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 2,940 White, 170 Black, and 56 Asian students out of a total of 3,927 are attending at Lee University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1046
Asian561739
Black1707397
Hispanic893554
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders523
White2,9401,1421,798
Two or more races17663113
Race Unknown376156220
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American945
Asian501634
Black1366373
Hispanic501436
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders523
White2,6421,0271,615
Two or more races1585999
Race Unknown317116201
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American101
Asian615
Black341024
Hispanic392118
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White298115183
Two or more races18414
Race Unknown594019
Lee University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartLee University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartLee University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Lee has 249 students under 18 years old and 246 students over 65 years old. There are 3,409 students under 25 years old, and 1,082 students over 25 years old out of 4,505 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 249 students are younger than 18 and 244 students are older than 65. Lee has 3,212 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 727 students aged 25 and over.

It has 197 graduate students aged under 25 and 355 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18249140109
18-191,191826365
20-211,322850472
22-24647356291
25-2922013288
30-341367066
35-391326468
40-4920698108
50-641427963
Over 6524615789
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18249140109
18-191,191826365
20-211,307836471
22-24465238227
25-291145559
30-34784236
35-39723537
40-491245965
50-64956134
Over 6524415787
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-2115141
22-2418211864
25-291067729
30-34582830
35-39602931
40-49823943
50-64471829
Over 65202
Lee University 2022 Student Population by Age chartLee University 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartLee University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartLee University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartLee University 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartLee University 2022 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Lee University, 450 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 300 students are enrolled in some online courses.

106 students lived in Tennessee or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 344 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students3,927450300
Undergraduate3,446396250
Graduate4815450
Online Student Population by Locality
Tennessee ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1063422
Undergraduate863091
Graduate20331
Lee University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 3,446 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 155 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.50%.141 students have transferred in as full-time status and 14 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time2,532
Transfer-in Full-time141
Regular Part-time759
Transfer-in Part-time14

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