Student Population at Lee

Total Enrollment

3,714

Undergraduate

3,271

Graduate

443

Online Enrollment

358

Men Students

1,415

Women Students

2,299

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 3,714 students have enrolled at Lee University - 3,271 undergraduate and 443 graduate.

By gender, 1,415 male and 2,299 female students are attending Lee University. By attendance status, there are 2,583 full-time students and 1,131 part-time students.

The number of students at Lee University is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Tennessee. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Christian Brothers University and Cumberland University, its population is large (average population is 2,698).

Lee University offers online degree/certificate programs and 358 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares Lee'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 Tennessee.

Lee has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 2,698 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Tennessee average (1,861 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Lee University	3,714	3,271	443
Similarly Ranked Schools	2,698	2,258	440
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 Tennessee	1,861	1,597	632

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

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 1,415 male and 2,299 female students attending Lee. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.62 to 1 and the ratio is than 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 Lee.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Lee
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,271	2,414	857
Men	1,244	922	322
Women	2,027	1,492	535

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Lee
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	443	169	274
Men	171	61	110
Women	272	108	164

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 2,669 White students (71.86%) and 406 Race/Ethnicity Unknown students (10.93%) at Lee University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Lee University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Lee University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	14	6	8
Asian	50	22	28
Black or African American	116	56	60
Hispanic	57	11	46
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	10	5	5
White	2,379	893	1,486
Two or More Races	172	68	104
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	388	142	246
Total	3,271	1,244	2,027

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Lee University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	0	1
Asian	5	1	4
Black or African American	36	17	19
Hispanic	53	25	28
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	290	106	184
Two or More Races	17	4	13
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	18	8	10
Total	443	171	272

Online Student Population

At Lee University, 759 students (20.44% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 358 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 98 students live in Tennessee where Lee University is located in and 258 students have enrolled from other states.