Student Population at LMU

Total Enrollment

6,081

Undergraduate

1,668

Graduate

4,413

Online Enrollment

567

Men Students

1,860

Women Students

4,221

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 6,081 students have enrolled at Lincoln Memorial University - 1,668 undergraduate and 4,413 graduate.

By gender, 1,860 male and 4,221 female students are attending Lincoln Memorial University. By attendance status, there are 5,359 full-time students and 722 part-time students.

The number of students at Lincoln Memorial University is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Tennessee.

Lincoln Memorial University offers online degree/certificate programs and 567 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares LMU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Tennessee.

The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Tennessee average (1,861 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Lincoln Memorial University	6,081	1,668	4,413
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 Lincoln Memorial University and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 1,860 male and 4,221 female students attending LMU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.44 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 LMU.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at LMU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,668	1,335	333
Men	493	434	59
Women	1,175	901	274

Population by Gender/Attending Status at LMU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	4,413	4,024	389
Men	1,367	1,231	136
Women	3,046	2,793	253

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 4,324 White students (71.11%) and 485 Race/Ethnicity Unknown students (7.98%) at Lincoln Memorial University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Lincoln Memorial University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Lincoln Memorial University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	19	7	12
Asian	35	8	27
Black or African American	78	22	56
Hispanic	82	30	52
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	2	1	1
White	1,277	330	947
Two or More Races	0	0	0
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	61	25	36
Total	1,668	493	1,175

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Lincoln Memorial University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	27	11	16
Asian	381	129	252
Black or African American	227	75	152
Hispanic	283	91	192
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	3	9
White	3,047	974	2,073
Two or More Races	0	0	0
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	424	80	344
Total	4,413	1,367	3,046

Online Student Population

At Lincoln Memorial University, 1,854 students (30.49% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 567 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, 333 students live in Tennessee where Lincoln Memorial University is located in and 215 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	6,081	1,668	4,413
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	567	97	470
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	1,287	1,046	241
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	4,227	525	3,702

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	567	97	470
Tennessee Residents	333	65	268
Other State in U.S.	215	29	186
Outside of U.S.	3	3	0
Unknown	16	0	16