Enrollment Trends at LaGuardia CC

The student population at CUNY LaGuardia Community College is 14,494 (all undergraduate). The number of students has decreased by 5,088 (25.98%) over the past decade.

Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 87 male students for every 100 female students, up from 74 in 2015.
920 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 10,122.22% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 16,971 where 14,494 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 19,582 students in 2016 and was lowest at 13,064 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 19,582 to 14,494 students, a net loss of 5,088 (26%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at CUNY LaGuardia Community College since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	19,582	8,344	11,238
2016-17	19,456 -126	8,212 -132	11,244 6
2017-18	19,373 -83	8,264 52	11,109 -135
2018-19	19,300 -73	8,125 -139	11,175 66
2019-20	18,555 -745	7,790 -335	10,765 -410
2020-21	16,971 -1,584	6,830 -960	10,141 -624
2021-22	14,919 -2,052	6,373 -457	8,546 -1,595
2022-23	13,064 -1,855	6,151 -222	6,913 -1,633
2023-24	13,998 934	6,842 691	7,156 243
2024-25	14,494 496	6,729 -113	7,765 609
Average	16,971	7,366	9,605

CUNY LaGuardia Community College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 13.12% and the percentage of black students is 13.70% at CUNY LaGuardia Community College. 17.37% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 41.89% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 11.15% to 13.12%. Asian enrollment grew from 17.08% to 17.37%. Black student enrollment decreased from 17.44% to 13.70%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 46.00% to 41.89%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7580 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7162 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at CUNY LaGuardia Community College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	65	3,345	3,416	9,008	69	2,184	177
2016-17	65	3,434	3,214	9,057	61	2,088	184
2017-18	65	3,585	3,044	8,862	57	2,127	181
2018-19	67	3,630	3,052	8,715	48	2,101	274
2019-20	75	3,617	2,887	8,342	42	2,021	292
2020-21	70	3,349	2,829	7,580	34	1,848	293
2021-22	49	2,875	2,502	6,744	36	1,635	297
2022-23	51	2,628	1,984	5,936	21	1,340	233
2023-24	42	2,509	2,278	6,128	19	1,419	257
2024-25	52	2,517	1,986	6,072	23	1,902	270
Average	60	3,149	2,719	7,644	41	1,867	246

CUNY LaGuardia Community College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

920 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 10,122.22% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at CUNY LaGuardia Community College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	19,582	0	0	19,582
2016-17	19,456	0	0	19,456
2017-18	19,373	9	448	18,916
2018-19	19,300	34	810	18,456
2019-20	18,555	27	879	17,649
2020-21	16,971	16,426	476	69
2021-22	14,919	9,421	4,867	631
2022-23	13,064	3,520	4,795	4,749
2023-24	13,998	1,067	5,375	7,556
2024-25	14,494	920	5,078	8,496
Average	16,971	3,142	2,273	11,556

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Enrollment Trends at LaGuardia CC

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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