Pacific Lutheran University Student Population and Demographics

PLU Student Population

There are 2,797 students including 2,446 undergraduate and 351 graduate students at Pacific Lutheran University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 2,595 full-time and 202 part-time students with gender distribution of 979 male and 1,818 female students.

Pacific Lutheran University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 11 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Pacific Lutheran University has a total enrollment of 2,797 with a gender distribution of 35.00% male (979 students) and 65.00% female (1,818 students). There are 886 male and 1,560 female students in undergraduate school and 93 male and 258 female students are attending graduate school at Pacific Lutheran University.

Student Population By Gender
Pacific Lutheran University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,797	979	1,818
Undergraduate	2,446	886	1,560
Graduate	351	93	258
Full-time	2,595	900	1,695
Part-time	202	79	123

[Chart] Pacific Lutheran University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Pacific Lutheran University has 2,595 full-time and 202 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 2,359 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 87 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 236 students are full-time and 115 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Pacific Lutheran University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	2,797	2,595	202
Undergraduate	2,446	2,359	87
Graduate	351	236	115
Men	979	900	79
Women	1,818	1,695	123

[Chart] Pacific Lutheran University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Pacific Lutheran University, 11 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 254 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 2,797 students.

In undergraduate schools, 223 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 42 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Pacific Lutheran University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,797	2,446	351
Online Exclusively	11	1	10
In Some Online Classes	254	222	32
Not In Online Classes	2,532	2,223	309

[Chart] Pacific Lutheran University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Pacific Lutheran University. There are 18 American Indian/Native American, 1,285 White, 157 Black/African American, 295 Asian, 511 Hispanic, 64 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 132 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Pacific Lutheran University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	2,797	979	1,818
American Indian/Native American	18	9	9
Asian	295	97	198
Black/African American	157	56	101
Hispanic	511	143	368
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	64	23	41
White	1,285	467	818
Two More	306	116	190
Race Un-Known	43	16	27

[Chart] Pacific Lutheran UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

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

Age Distribution
Pacific Lutheran University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	2,797	2,446	351
Under 18	16	16	0
Age 18-19	1,016	1,016	0
Age 20-21	776	764	12
Age 22-24	463	392	71
Age 25-29	172	115	57
Age 30-34	113	57	56
Age 35-39	93	50	43
Age 40-49	104	31	73
Age 50-64	40	5	35
Over 64	4	0	4
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Pacific Lutheran University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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