Student Population at Southeastern Louisiana

Total Enrollment

13,465

Undergraduate

12,426

Graduate

1,039

Online Enrollment

866

Men Students

4,918

Women Students

8,547

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 13,465 students have enrolled at Southeastern Louisiana University - 12,426 undergraduate and 1,039 graduate.

By gender, 4,918 male and 8,547 female students are attending Southeastern Louisiana University. By attendance status, there are 8,127 full-time students and 5,338 part-time students.

The number of students at Southeastern Louisiana University is very large compared to Public, 4-Years Colleges in Louisiana. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as Grambling State University and Louisiana State University-Shreveport, its population is very large (average population is 7,350).

Southeastern Louisiana University offers online degree/certificate programs and 866 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

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

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 4,918 male and 8,547 female students attending Southeastern Louisiana. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.58 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 Southeastern Louisiana.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Southeastern Louisiana
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	12,426	7,715	4,711
Men	4,683	2,915	1,768
Women	7,743	4,800	2,943

Population by Gender/Attending Status at Southeastern Louisiana
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	1,039	412	627
Men	235	114	121
Women	804	298	506

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 8,217 White students (61.02%) and 2,325 Black or African American students (17.27%) at Southeastern Louisiana University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Southeastern Louisiana University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	21	6	15
Asian	155	75	80
Black or African American	2,146	754	1,392
Hispanic	853	303	550
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	8	5	3
White	7,519	2,859	4,660
Two or More Races	413	146	267
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	1,169	459	710
Total	12,426	4,683	7,743

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Southeastern Louisiana University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	0	1
Asian	7	2	5
Black or African American	179	43	136
Hispanic	53	15	38
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	698	141	557
Two or More Races	46	15	31
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	7	2	5
Total	1,039	235	804

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 11,873 students whose age under twenty five and 853 students whose age is over thirty years old at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Especially, 2,937 students are younger than eighteen and 21 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Southeastern Louisiana University.

Population by Student Age at Southeastern Louisiana University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	12,426	4,683	7,743
Under 18	2,937	1,086	1,851
18-19	3,768	1,419	2,349
20-21	3,164	1,151	2,013
22-24	1,679	695	984
25-29	489	213	276
30-34	165	59	106
35-39	82	19	63
40-49	83	27	56
50-64	44	8	36
65 and over	15	6	9
Total	12,426	4,683	7,743

Population by Student Age at Southeastern Louisiana University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	1,039	235	804
20-21	21	4	17
22-24	304	91	213
25-29	250	60	190
30-34	128	27	101
35-39	99	12	87
40-49	162	27	135
50-64	69	13	56
65 and over	6	1	5
Total	1,039	235	804

Online Student Population

At Southeastern Louisiana University, 4,930 students (36.61% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 866 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, 836 students live in Louisiana where Southeastern Louisiana University is located in and 29 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	13,465	12,426	1,039
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	866	446	420
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	4,064	3,995	69
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	8,535	7,985	550

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	866	446	420
Louisiana Residents	836	439	397
Other State in U.S.	29	7	22
Outside of U.S.	1	0	1
Unknown	0	0	0