Enrollment Trends at Long Beach City

The student population at Long Beach City College is 24,985 (all undergraduate). The number of students has increased by 507 (2.07%) over the past decade.

Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 83 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
7,218 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 586.77% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 23,827 where 24,985 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 24,985 students in 2025 and was lowest at 21,500 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 24,478 to 24,985 students, a net gain of 507 (2.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Long Beach City College since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	24,478	11,109	13,369
2016-17	24,704 226	11,199 90	13,505 136
2017-18	24,658 -46	11,042 -157	13,616 111
2018-19	23,845 -813	10,591 -451	13,254 -362
2019-20	24,127 282	10,410 -181	13,717 463
2020-21	23,147 -980	9,554 -856	13,593 -124
2021-22	21,500 -1,647	9,291 -263	12,209 -1,384
2022-23	22,402 902	9,717 426	12,685 476
2023-24	24,425 2,023	10,787 1,070	13,638 953
2024-25	24,985 560	11,321 534	13,664 26
Average	23,827	10,502	13,325

Long Beach City College Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 12.18% and the percentage of black students is 11.92% at Long Beach City College. 8.60% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 59.92% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 13.76% to 12.18%. Asian enrollment declined from 10.73% to 8.60%. Black student enrollment decreased from 12.42% to 11.92%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 56.91% to 59.92%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6016 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6283 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Long Beach City 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	45	2,626	3,041	13,931	171	3,368	1,069
2016-17	53	2,534	2,833	14,465	185	3,310	1,113
2017-18	48	2,489	2,730	14,620	168	3,261	1,161
2018-19	53	2,365	2,581	14,237	154	3,119	1,157
2019-20	43	2,320	2,646	14,435	149	3,173	1,195
2020-21	36	2,237	2,516	13,705	142	3,169	1,222
2021-22	28	1,955	2,376	12,573	127	3,268	1,074
2022-23	36	2,046	2,610	13,468	133	2,743	1,219
2023-24	42	2,214	2,984	14,570	154	2,911	1,315
2024-25	42	2,149	2,978	14,971	144	3,044	1,333
Average	43	2,294	2,730	14,098	153	3,137	1,186

Long Beach City College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

7,218 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 586.77% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Long Beach City College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	24,478	1,051	3,716	19,711
2016-17	24,704	1,285	4,028	19,391
2017-18	24,658	1,337	4,360	18,961
2018-19	23,845	1,512	4,527	17,806
2019-20	24,127	1,763	5,144	17,220
2020-21	23,147	21,699	1,054	394
2021-22	21,500	13,330	6,635	1,535
2022-23	22,402	8,050	8,260	6,092
2023-24	24,425	6,941	9,474	8,010
2024-25	24,985	7,218	9,339	8,428
Average	23,827	6,419	5,654	11,755

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Enrollment Trends at Long Beach City

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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