Enrollment Trends at LEC

The student population at Lake Erie College is 1,108 (941 undergraduate and 167 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 135 (10.86%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at LEC is 84.93% which is decreased by 54 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 81 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 94 male students for every 100 female students, down from 96 in 2015.
295 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,034.62% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,066 where 1,108 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 1,243 students in 2016 and was lowest at 906 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,243 to 1,108 students, a net loss of 135 (10.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Lake Erie College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,243	995	487	508	248	121	127
2016-17	1,201 -42	955 -40	460 -27	495 -13	246 -2	111 -10	135 8
2017-18	1,177 -24	955	435 -25	520 25	222 -24	92 -19	130 -5
2018-19	1,160 -17	936 -19	430 -5	506 -14	224 2	85 -7	139 9
2019-20	1,056 -104	833 -103	418 -12	415 -91	223 -1	102 17	121 -18
2020-21	949 -107	759 -74	393 -25	366 -49	190 -33	83 -19	107 -14
2021-22	920 -29	726 -33	393	333 -33	194 4	84 1	110 3
2022-23	906 -14	738 12	424 31	314 -19	168 -26	77 -7	91 -19
2023-24	942 36	744 6	423 -1	321 7	198 30	78 1	120 29
2024-25	1,108 166	941 197	454 31	487 166	167 -31	84 6	83 -37
Average	1,066	858	432	427	208	92	116

Lake Erie College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 858 where 941 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Lake Erie College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	995	804	415	389	191	72	119
2016-17	955	745	390	355	210	70	140
2017-18	955	724	362	362	231	73	158
2018-19	936	686	343	343	250	87	163
2019-20	833	677	360	317	156	58	98
2020-21	759	660	359	301	99	34	65
2021-22	726	612	351	261	114	42	72
2022-23	738	646	382	264	92	42	50
2023-24	744	678	392	286	66	31	35
2024-25	941	852	411	441	89	43	46
Average	858	858	377	332	858	55	95

Lake Erie College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 208 where 167 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Lake Erie College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	248	85	34	51	163	87	76
2016-17	246	78	33	45	168	78	90
2017-18	222	78	27	51	144	65	79
2018-19	224	69	19	50	155	66	89
2019-20	223	83	27	56	140	75	65
2020-21	190	76	25	51	114	58	56
2021-22	194	92	32	60	102	52	50
2022-23	168	71	25	46	97	52	45
2023-24	198	85	25	60	113	53	60
2024-25	167	84	36	48	83	48	35
Average	208	208	28	52	208	63	65

Lake Erie College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.56%. The percentage was 72.49% 10 years ago and LEC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 18.14% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.61% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 72.49% to 60.56%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.13% to 1.17%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.27% to 18.14%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.74% to 3.61%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5983 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4549 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Lake Erie 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	4	14	165	34	0	901	42
2016-17	7	14	185	43	0	840	37
2017-18	3	17	185	56	0	803	43
2018-19	3	15	191	63	0	764	51
2019-20	3	13	127	53	1	756	43
2020-21	5	11	115	49	4	635	38
2021-22	4	13	121	57	2	612	28
2022-23	13	9	116	62	2	592	28
2023-24	14	9	116	79	1	544	20
2024-25	11	13	201	40	2	671	25
Average	7	13	152	54	1	712	36

Lake Erie College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

295 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 27% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,034.62% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Lake Erie College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,243	0	40	1,203
2016-17	1,201	26	40	1,135
2017-18	1,177	59	175	943
2018-19	1,160	92	252	816
2019-20	1,056	111	196	749
2020-21	949	0	0	949
2021-22	920	130	511	279
2022-23	906	123	526	257
2023-24	942	166	462	314
2024-25	1,108	295	551	262
Average	1,066	100	275	691

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Enrollment Trends at LEC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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