Student Population at PLU

The following chart compares PLU'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 Washington.

PLU has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 1,657 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Washington average (1,969 students).

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

By gender, there are 979 male and 1,818 female students attending PLU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.54 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 PLU.

By age, there are 2,271 students whose age under twenty five and 354 students whose age is over thirty years old at Pacific Lutheran University.

Especially, 16 students are younger than eighteen and 4 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Pacific Lutheran University.

At Pacific Lutheran University, 265 students (9.47% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 11 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, 9 students live in Washington where Pacific Lutheran University is located in and 2 students have enrolled from other states.