Student Population at La Sierra

Total Enrollment

1,574

Undergraduate

1,226

Graduate

348

Men Students

639

Women Students

935

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 1,574 students have enrolled at La Sierra University - 1,226 undergraduate and 348 graduate.

By gender, 639 male and 935 female students are attending La Sierra University. By attendance status, there are 1,284 full-time students and 290 part-time students.

The number of students at La Sierra University is relatively small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as California Institute of the Arts and Dominican University of California, its population is average (average population is 1,552).

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares La Sierra's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California.

La Sierra has similar enrollment size to similarly ranked schools (average: 1,552 students). The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California average (2,024 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
La Sierra University	1,574	1,226	348
Similarly Ranked Schools	1,552	1,137	415
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in California	2,024	1,628	1,062

The below chart compares the student population between La Sierra University and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 639 male and 935 female students attending La Sierra. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.68 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at La Sierra.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at La Sierra
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,226	1,069	157
Men	514	444	70
Women	712	625	87

Population by Gender/Attending Status at La Sierra
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	348	215	133
Men	125	72	53
Women	223	143	80

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 747 Hispanic students (47.46%) and 225 Asian students (14.29%) at La Sierra University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at La Sierra University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at La Sierra University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	4	2	2
Asian	199	101	98
Black or African American	84	43	41
Hispanic	616	206	410
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	19	6	13
White	129	70	59
Two or More Races	87	39	48
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	8	2	6
Total	1,226	514	712

Population by Race/Ethnicity at La Sierra University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	2	1	1
Asian	26	11	15
Black or African American	49	19	30
Hispanic	131	29	102
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	3	2	1
White	64	30	34
Two or More Races	11	4	7
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	1	1	0
Total	348	125	223

Online Student Population

At La Sierra University, 66 students (4.19% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 0 students live in California where La Sierra University is located in and 0 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	1,574	1,226	348
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	0	0	0
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	66	6	60
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	1,508	1,220	288

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	0	0	0
California Residents	0	0	0
Other State in U.S.	0	0	0
Outside of U.S.	0	0	0
Unknown	0	0	0